![]() Import conditions of slaughter pigs from GB Identification requirementsįollowing exit, slaughter pigs for dispatch from GB to the EU or NI must be identified with an ear tag or ear tattoo which will need to read GB or 826 plus the animal’s herd mark and an individual number. Identification requirements for imported pigs.Owner's declaration for breeding/production pigs.Importer checklist for breeding and production pigs from GB.Pigs must be re-identified within 30 days of arriving in NI and before leaving the holding of destination in NI and the letter “F” should be included on the ear tag after the pig’s individual identification number. This is because, under the relevant EU law, which will continue to apply to Northern Ireland, animals must be identified, upon entry, with a unique identification code, related to the holding of destination. Imported pigs must be presented to an officer of the Department for checking and post import testing as may be required on the premises of destination.Īll pigs moving from GB to NI for breeding and production purposes will need to be re-tagged by the receiving NI keeper. This requires the importer to submit the health certificate and supplementary certificate that accompanied the animals from GB to the local DVO. The person in charge of the holding of destination of the imported animals must advise the local Divisional Veterinary Officer of their arrival not later than the next working day following importation. Immediately after landing imported pigs must be moved directly to the holding of destination in Northern Ireland as shown in the health certificate and must remain there for a period of at least 30 days, unless they are dispatched directly to a slaughterhouse. The tests must be carried out by the Central Veterinary Laboratory Weybridge/Lasswade or Veterinary Sciences Division (AFBI) with negative results in the case of every pig tested (either a serum neutralisation test for Transmissible Gastro-Enteritis or an ELISA test for Transmissible Gastro-Enteritis). ![]() Not sooner than the 21st day of pre-export isolation period referred to above and not more than 30 days prior to the date of export, all the isolated pigs were subjected to the serological tests detailed below.All the pigs to be exported/all those pigs from which pigs to be exported were finally selected at the time of export were isolated in separate airspace(s) as remote from other livestock as possible for a period of not less than 30 days immediately preceding the date of export.There has been no evidence of swine influenza in the exporting herd during the 12 month period immediately preceding the date of export.There has been no clinical, pathological or serological evidence of Transmissible Gastro-Enteritis (TGE) in any herd in which the pigs have been kept during the past 12 months. ![]() The imported animals must also be accompanied by a supplementary certificate for breeding/production pigs signed by the certifying OV and certifying that:
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