The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2009

Food-producing animals: records of administration by a veterinary surgeon

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18.—(1) A veterinary surgeon who administers a veterinary medicinal product to a food-producing animal must either enter the following information personally in the keeper’s records or give it to the keeper in writing (in which case the keeper must enter the following into those records)—

(a)the name of the veterinary surgeon;

(b)the name of the product and the batch number;

(c)the date of administration of the product;

(d)the amount of product administered;

(e)the identification of the animals treated; and

(f)the withdrawal period.

(2) It is an offence to fail to comply with this regulation.