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The Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 2011

Consolidated Text Cited authorities 11 Cited in Amendments 8 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2011/2154
  • This Order may be cited as the Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 2011; it applies in England and comes into force on 1st October 2011.
  • In this Order—
    • (1) Any notification, licence, or approval issued under this Order must be in writing.(2) Licences and approvals may be subject to conditions and may be suspended, amended or revoked in writing at any time.their name and address; andthe address of the holding.(2) On receipt of a notification under paragraph (1) the Secretary of State must issue a herdmark.(3) The occupier must notify the Secretary of State of any change to the information in paragraph (1) within one month.(4) The occupier must notify the Secretary of State within one month if they cease to keep pigs at any holding notified under paragraph (1) .(1) Within 36 hours of the movement of a pig on or off a holding the keeper must complete the form in the Schedule.(2) Once a year a keeper must record the maximum number of pigs normally on the holding and the actual number of pigs on the holding at that date.(3) The keeper must keep these records for at least 3 years.easy to read during the pig’s lifetime;made of either metal or plastic or a combination of metal and plastic;tamper-resistant;incapable of re-use;sufficiently heat-resistant that neither the ear tag nor the information printed or stamped on it can be damaged by the processing of the carcase following slaughter; anddesigned to remain attached to the pig without harming it.(2) A tattoo must be applied either by tattoo forceps, in which case it must be on an ear, or by slap-marking equipment, in which case it must be on each shoulder and must, in either case, be easy to read.(3) As an alternative to applying a tattoo by the methods referred to in paragraph (2) a keeper may apply a tattoo to each shoulder by means of equipment which uses compressed air to drive the tattooing pins into the skin of the pig provided the tattoo is easy to read.(4) A keeper may mark a pig with any further information, or add further information to the ear tag or tattoo provided that the further information is clearly distinguished from the information required under this Order.an ear tag with the letters “UK” followed by the herdmark of the holding from which it is being moved; ora tattoo showing that herdmark (with or without the letters “UK”) ;a pig may be moved off if it is marked with the herdmark of the holding from which it arrived;if the pig is not correctly identified when it arrives at a market a keeper may correct the identification so that it is identified with the herdmark of the holding from which it arrived, but if he does not do so it may only be returned to the holding from which it came.either by itself or by reference to a document accompanying the pig during the movement enables the holding from which the pig was last moved to be identified; andlasts until the pig reaches its destination.to a market;to a slaughterhouse;for the F22purpose of export; orto a show.to a show or exhibition;for breeding purposes with the intention of returning the pig to the holding from which it was moved; orfor the purpose of collection of semen at a porcine semen centre;
  • No person may move a pig off a holding for the
    • the letters “UK”;the herdmark of the herd into which the imported pig is introduced;any other information, if the keeper wishes to apply such information; andthe letter “F”.(2) The ear tag or tattoo must be applied to the pig within 30 days of its arrival at the holding of destination and, in any event, before it is moved from that holding.(3) A person importing a pig from outside the European Union need not apply a new identification mark in accordance with paragraph (1) where a pig is moved directly to a slaughterhouse and is slaughtered within 30 days of arrival.

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