PART IIRECORDS AND IDENTIFICATION OF PIGS

IDENTIFICATION OF PIGS

Ear tags6

1

No person shall attach an identification mark to a pig in the form of an ear tag unless the ear tag satisfies the provisions of paragraph (2); and in this Order references to an ear tag are to an ear tag which satisfies those provisions.

2

An ear tag shall be so constructed as—

a

not adversely to affect the well-being of the pig to which it is attached;

b

to be incapable of being altered in such a way that the fact of alteration cannot be readily observed; and

c

to be incapable of re-use.