The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Record keeping in protection zones and surveillance zones

1.—(1) The occupier of every premises in a protection zone or surveillance zone where susceptible animals are kept shall create and maintain the following records in respect of the premises—

(a) the number of each species of animal;

(b) for each species of susceptible animal, the number of dead, the number suspected of being infected and the number suspected of being contaminated;

(c) the stock of milk, milk products, meat, meat products, carcases, hides and skins, wool, semen, embryos, ova, slurry, manure, fodder and used litter.

(2) Records shall be kept in a form approved for the purpose by the Department.

(3) The occupier shall maintain the records kept under sub-paragraphs (1)(a) and (1)(b) by updating them within 24 hours of any change.