Health of Animals Regulations

175.01 (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, every person who owns or has the possession, care or control of a pig shall ensure that it is identified by an approved tag that is applied to it before it is removed from a site.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the transportation of pigs, other than bred pigs, between parts of a farm that are not contiguous or between farms if

• (a) the operator of the departure site ensures that the pigs being transported are accompanied with the following information in a form that can be immediately read by an inspector:

  • (i) the location of the departure site and the location of the destination site,

  • (ii) the date and time that the conveyance carrying the pigs left the departure site,

  • (iii) the number of pigs loaded onto the conveyance,

  • (iv) the identification number on any approved tag applied to the pigs, and

  • (v) the licence plate number or, if there is no licence plate, other identification of the conveyance;

• (b) the operator of the departure site reports that information to the responsible administrator within seven days after the departure of the pigs; and

• (c) the operator of the destination site, within seven days after the pigs’ reception, reports the following information to the responsible administrator:

  • (i) the location of the departure site and the location of the destination site,

  • (ii) the date and time that the conveyance carrying the pigs arrived at the destination site,

  • (iii) the number of pigs and pig carcasses that arrived at the destination site,

  • (iv) the identification number on any approved tag applied to the pigs, and

  • (v) the licence plate number or, if there is no licence plate, other identification of the conveyance.

(3) The reporting requirements set out in paragraphs (2)(b) and (c) do not apply if at the time of the transportation the departure site and the destination site are registered as being linked with each other under section 172.1.

(4) There is no requirement to identify pigs if they are transported from one part of a farm to another contiguous part of that farm.

(5) If a pig is transported directly from any site to any other site that is an abattoir or that is used exclusively for the purpose of collecting animals before they are transported to an abattoir, every person who owns or has the possession, care or control of the pig at the departure site shall ensure that it is identified by an approved tag or an approved slap tattoo before it is moved from that site.

(6) The operator of a site that is used for the purpose of collecting pigs before transport shall apply an approved tag to any pig that remains at the collection site for longer than 96 hours or that is sent anywhere other than to an abattoir.

(7) Every person who exports a pig shall ensure that, before its export, it has applied to it an indicator approved by the importing country and bearing or corresponding to an identification number issued by the responsible administrator under paragraph 174(2)(b).

(8) Every person who owns or has the possession, care or control of a pig carcass or part of a pig carcass that is transported from any site to any other site shall ensure that the carcass or the part is accompanied with the following information in a form that can be immediately read by an inspector:

• (a) the location of the departure site and the location of the destination site;

• (b) the date and time that the conveyance carrying the carcass or the part left the departure site; and

• (c) the licence plate number or, if there is no licence plate, other identification of the conveyance.