Diseases of Animals (Livestock Identification and Trace-back) Regulations (Chapter 37:01)

Copyright Government of Botswana (10th December 2004) ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS REGULATION 1. Citation 2. Interpretation 3. Removal and burning of specified risk material 4. Disposal of specified risk material S.I. 124, 2004. 1. Citation These Regulations may be cited as the Diseases of Animals (BSE Control (Removal of Specified Risk Material)) Regulations. 2. Interpretation In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires "BSE" means Bovine Spongiform Ecephalopathy; "lairage" means any part of the abbattoir used for the confinement of animals awaiting slaughter; and "specified risk material" means the brain, eyes, spinal cord, tonsils, the whole of an animal which has died on a farm, during transportation, or lairage, and any other part of a bovine animal that has been specified by the Minister as likely to be contaminated with the agent that causes BSE. 3. Removal and burning of specified risk material The specified risk material of every animal that is slaughtered by an abattoir or export slaughter house shall be removed immediately after the slaughtering of that animal, and shall be burned or buried. 4. Disposal of specified risk material The Minister may, by Statutory Instrument, specify the parts of a bovine animal that are likely to be contaminated with the agent that causes BSE. DISEASES OF ANIMALS (LIVESTOCK IDENTIFICATION AND TRACE-BACK) REGULATIONS (section 19) (25th February, 2005) ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS REGULATIONS 1. Citation 2. Interpretation 3. Inspection of export slaughter houses 4. Submission of boluses recovered after slaughtering Copyright Government of Botswana 5. Permit for submission of animals to export slaughter houses 6. Acceptance of cattle for slaughter by export slaughter houses 7. Maintenance of trace-back data by export slaughter houses 8. Director to maintain trace-back register 9. Approval of animal identification devices 10. Offences and penalties S.I. 12, 2005. 1. Citation These Regulations may be cited as the Diseases of Animals (Livestock Identification and Trace-back) Regulations. 2. Interpretation In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires "export slaughter house" means any slaughter house licensed in terms of the Control of Livestock Industry Act; "bolus" means a ceramic device designed to reside in the alimentary tract of cattle and containing an electronically stored individual animal identification number; "cattle" means bull, ox, cow, heifer and calves which have been weaned; "Director" means the Director of Animal Health and Production or any veterinary officer, or a veterinary surgeon registered under the provisions of the Veterinary Surgeons Act, authorised in writing by the Director to carry out any of the Director's functions under these Regulations; and "individual identification number" means a unique 16 digit number electronically stored within a bolus. 3. Inspection of export slaughter houses The Director may (a) visit and inspect all portions of an approved export slaughter house to ensure that (i) the meat hygiene at the slaughter house conforms to best practice, (ii) the provisions of these Regulations, that relate to the duties of the export slaughter houses are being properly carried out, and (iii) livestock identification and trace-back records are kept in accordance with regulation 6 hereof; and (b) require to be furnished with copies of the livestock identification and trace-back records, within such time as he or she may specify. 4. Submission of boluses recovered after slaughtering The manager of an abattoir or export slaughter house shall, before the 7th of each month, submit to the Director, in relation to all cattle slaughtered in the previous month, the boluses Copyright Government of Botswana recovered from the alimentary tract of each animal that was slaughtered. 5. Permit for submission of animals to export slaughter houses (1) No person shall submit any animal to any export slaughter house unless such person has obtained a permit from the Director in accordance with regulation 57 of the Diseases of Stock Regulations. (2) The Director shall not issue a permit referred to in subregulation (1) unless there is a record, in relation to each animal for which a permit is issued of (a) the name, address, and national identity card number of the owner of the animal; (b) the individual animal identification number of the animal; (c) the brand on the animal which is the subject of the permit; (d) the vaccinations that the animal has received; and (e) such other information as the Director may from time to time require the slaughter house to record. 6. Acceptance of cattle for slaughter by export slaughter houses No abattoir or export slaughter house shall accept any animal for slaughter unless the owner of such animal produces (a) a permit obtained in accordance with regulation 6 hereof; and (b) any other information that the abattoir or export slaughter house may be required by the Director to obtain from such owner. 7. Maintenance of trace-back data by export slaughter houses The manager of an abattoir or export slaughter house shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, a register in which shall be recorded, in relation to cattle (a) the name, address and national identity card number of the owner of the animal; (b) the individual animal identification number of the animal; (c) the number of the permit issued in terms of regulation 57 of the Diseases of Stock Regulations; (d) the brand on the animal which is the subject of the permit; and (e) such other information as the Director may from time to time find necessary to record. 8. Director to maintain trace-back register The Director shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, a register in which shall be recorded, in relation to cattle (a) the name, address and national identity card number of the owner of the animal; Copyright Government of Botswana (b) the individual animal identification number of the animal; (c) the number of the permit issued in terms of regulation 57 of the Diseases of Stock Regulations; (d) the brand on the animal which is the subject of the permit; and (e) such other information as the Director may from time to time find necessary to record. 9. Approval of animal identification devices No bolus or any other individual animal identification device, or any device used to read the information stored therein, shall be imported into, or manufactured in, Botswana unless prior written consent has been obtained from the Director. 10. Offences and penalties Any person who contravenes any provision of these Regulations commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding P500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both. DISEASES OF ANIMALS (STOCK FEED) REGULATIONS (section 19) (10th December, 2004) ARRANGEMENT OF PARAGRAPHS PARAGRAPH 1. Citation 2. Interpretation 3. Manufacturing of stock feed 4. Labeling of products intended to feed stock 5. Feeding of stock 6. Fertiliser containing animal protein 7. Waste disposal 8. Offences and penalties S.I. 126, 2004. 1. Citation These Regulations may be cited as the Diseases of Animals (Stock Feed) Regulations. 2. Interpretation (1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, "stock" means bulls, oxen, cows, heifers calves, donkeys, mules, sheep, camels, goats, horses, mules, asses, pigs, domesticated birds, fowls or poultry, and any other animal that has been prescribed to be stock for purposes of these Regulations. (2) For the purposes of regulations 3 and 4, "stock" shall not include poultry, fowl or