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Regulation No. 637 supplementing the Animal Health Regulation with provisions on terrestrial animal facilities and hatcheries, as well as traceability of terrestrial animals and hatching eggs (the Terrestrial Animal Traceability Regulation).

Country/Territory
Norway
Document type
Regulation
Date
2022
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock, Food & nutrition
Keyword
Traceability/product tracing Food quality control/food safety Registration Authorization/permit Certification Transport/storage Slaughtering Cattle Sheep/goats Swine Camelids Equine-animals Monitoring Marking/identification
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

The present regulation complements the Animal Health Regulation with provisions on the registration, certification and approval of hatcheries, facilities with terrestrial animals, supply chains, transporters and other operators. The Regulation also includes provisions on record keeping and traceability of terrestrial animals and hatching eggs. The Regulation consists of 57 sections divided into the following chapters: I. Scope of application, definitions and implementation; II. Supplementary national provisions on registration, certification and approval of facilities and supply chains; III. Supplementary national provisions on record keeping; IV. Supplementary national provisions on the identification and marking of cattle, sheep, goats, swine, camelids, deer, dogs, cats, ferrets, parrot birds and honey bees; V. Supplementary national provisions on documents that must accompany sheep, goats or swine that are transported in Norway; VI. Supplementary national provisions on registration of information on cattle, pigs, sheep and goats in the Norwegian Food Safety Authority's database; VII. Supplementary national provisions on the traceability of equine animals; VIII. Administrative decisions. The Annex lays down the program for monitoring Newcastle disease in poultry farms.

Full text
Norwegian
Website
www.lovdata.no