Farm inspections and inspections of livestock markets are carried out by the Animal Health and Welfare Team. On-farm inspections
During an inspection we may look at:
- Animal by-products (removal of fallen stock and records)
- Medicine records and storage of drugs
- Stock movement records
- On-farm bio-security measures
- Stock identification
- Ear tags
- Cattle passports
- Vehicles
We carry out inspections to make sure you comply with current legislation. Problems we have found whilst inspecting farms relate to:
- Medicine records
- Failure to correctly tag stock
- Absence of an animal transport certificate
- Failure to record movements of stock within the required 36-hour period
- Failure to complete cattle passports and report movements
- Relaxation of bio-security measures
Market inspections
During an inspection we look at:
- Animal welfare
- Animal documentation
- Suitability of the market to hold a sale
- Stock movement records
- Market bio-security measures
- Stock identification
- Vehicles
Problems we have found during market inspections relate to:
- Failure to correctly identify stock
- Incorrect documentation
- Failure to notify destination local authority of movements within the required three-day period
- Failure to cleanse and disinfect on market premises and to complete cleansing and disinfection
- Relaxation of bio-security practices by visitors to market
Feedback
If we have carried out an inspection we will encourage you to fill in a comments card. We have analysed these comments and the results for 2005-06 are available to download from this page.