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Order No. 497 of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy introducing identification and registration of swine.

Country/Territory
Ukraine
Document type
Regulation
Date
2004
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Swine Registration Certification Animal production Animal health Herd book Traceability/product tracing
Geographical area
Black Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia
Abstract

The Regulation establishes the modalities of identification and registration of swine. All swine that are bred or kept in Ukraine shall be subject to compulsory identification and registration. The purpose of identification and registration of swine shall be: 1) access to reliable information on sex, age, breed and location of animals; 2) protection of the national territory against infectious disease; 3) sanitary supervision of the pig-breeding farms and quality control and traceability of the pork; 4) veterinary supervision, prevention, cure of the infectious, invasive and non-contagious diseases; 5) observance of the pedigree standards in animal husbandry; 6) reliability of information in the process of certification of pedigree (genetic) resources. Identification and registration of swine shall include the following operations: 1) registration of pig-breeding farm; 2) numeration of animals by attaching tag containing the identification number; 3) registration of the identified animals in the herd book; 4) legalization and issuing of the registration certificate; 5) registration in the herd book of data regarding transfer, loss of animals, slaughtering, recycling etc. All the animals shall be identified by two tags that shall be attached to each ear and shall be kept for the whole animal life. Each tag must contain the same identification number. Identification number shall be composed of thirteen symbols structured in the following manner: 1) positions one and two shall contain country code in letters; 2) positions three and four shall contain province code in figures; 3) positions five to thirteen shall contain the last nine figures of the identification number of the animal of which the last five figures shall correspond to the working number of the animal. The official number of the identification tag for swine shall be yellow.

Full text
Ukrainian
Website
www.rada.kiev.ua