Regulations of Animal Diseases (Prevention of Biological Residue) of 2000

Quality Translations Job No. 33311 1 Regulations of Animal Diseases (Prevention of Biological Residue) - 2000 By the power vested in me under Sections 22 and 23 of the Animal Disease Ordinance (New Version) 19851, with the approval of the Knesset Economics Committee pursuant to Section 48(a) of the Basic Law: the Government2 and Section 2 (b) of the Penal Law - 19773, and in the matter of Regulation 5 with the approval of the Minister of Finance pursuant to Section 89(b) of the Budget Foundations Law - 19854, and with the approval of the Knesset Finance Committee pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Basic Law: the Economy and the State5, I hereby enact the following regulations: Definitions: 1. In these regulations "The Director" - The Director of Veterinary Services or a person authorized by him for the purposes of these regulations. "Maximal Level" - The maximal permitted level of biological residue in animal carcasses or the products thereof, as specified in the list drafted by the Director with the consent of the Food Services Administration of the Ministry of Health, which is updated from time to time and which has been made available to the public for inspection at the district offices of the Veterinary Services and at the library of the Veterinary Institute at Beit Dagan. "Biological Residue" - Pesticides, organic substances, inorganic substances, metallic substances, hormones, antibiotics, other antimicrobial substances, deworming compounds, tranquilizers or any other substance, including derivatives thereof, which leaves a residue in the animal at the time of its death or thereafter, in any of its tissues or organs or in a product thereof. "Product" - any of the following: 1) Eggs - from their exit from the grading center to market. 2) Meat - from its dispatch from the premises of the slaughterhouse or abattoir, as the case may be. 3) Milk - from its delivery at the premises of the dairy. 4) Fish - from its exit from the fish farm site. 5) Honey - from its exit from the bee farm site. Prohibition on Marketing 2. Marketing animal carcasses or animal Products is permitted solely in the event that said carcass or Product does not contain any Biological Residue in excess of the Maximal Level. 1 Code 1985, p. 84. 2 Code 1992, p. 214. 3 Code 1977, p. 226 4 Code 1985, p. 60, 1996, p. 4. 5 Code 1985, p. 206, 1992, p. 224. Quality Translations Job No. 33311 2 Identification of Biological Residue 3. a. Biological Residue in an animal, its carcass or Product shall be identified in laboratory tests - in a separate test for each substance constituting Biological Residue. b. The Director is entitled to require one or more tests of an animal, its carcass or Product, to identify Biological Residue therein. Test 4. Should the Director require, pursuant to Regulation 3, that the owner of animals, their carcass or Products, bring them in for tests, the owner shall bring them for tests at such place and time as determined by the Director. Fee 5. For each test on an animal, its carcass or Product, as stated in Regulation 3, the owner of the animal shall pay a fee of NIS 329. Revocation 6. The Regulations of Animal Diseases (Tests for Biological Residue) - 19946 are hereby revoked. Inception 7. Regulation 2 shall take effect sixty days from the date of publication of these regulations. March 28, 2000 HM-2493-3 (-) Haim Oron Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development 6 Compendium of Regulations 1994, p. 453.