The Bovine Embryo (Collection, Production and Transfer) Regulations 1995

Records at stores

23.—(1) The person supervising a store for bovine embryos shall keep a record in permanent form of the following—

(a) the identification of each embryo entering the store;

(b) the date of entry of each embryo;

(c) the place of origin of each embryo or the place in which it was last stored, if different;

(d) the date of removal of each embryo from the store; and

(e) the destination of each embryo,

and shall keep the record for the period the embryo remains in the store and for twelve months after the date of removal of the embryo from the store.

(2) In the case of bovine embryos derived by in vitro fertilisation, the identification in the record may be done on the basis of a batch, but must contain details of the date and place of collection of ovaries or oocytes. It must also be possible to identify the herd of origin of the donor animals.