Prevention of pain, injury and disease to livestock Reduce the incidence of TSEs in livestock Do not feed animal protein, or any feeding stuff that contains animal protein, to ruminants
Do not use fishmeal; blood products; bloodmeal (for feeding to farmed fish); dicalcium phosphate and tricalcium phosphate of animal origin to produce feed for non-ruminants (without authorisation)
Do not feed products containing gelatine from ruminants or processed animal protein to any farmed animals
Livestock are provided with sufficient space
Livestock are regularly inspected
Livestock feed is free from harmful contaminants Livestock feed is stored away from harmful contaminants
Lorries/trucks/loaders and other equipment used to transport and handle poultry feed are kept clean
Poultry feed is stored in conditions that prevent deterioration and contamination
Reduce contamination of forage/feed with pathogens After slurry/manure application, pasture is not grazed for one month, preferably eight weeks, or until all visible signs of the slurry solids have disappeared
Muckheaps must be fenced off if they are in areas accessible to stock
Lorries/trucks/loaders and other equipment used to transport and handle pig feed are kept clean
Reduce contamination of forage/feed with toxic elements Do not graze livestock or harvest forage crops for 3 weeks after applying sewage sludge
Do not use sewage sludge on grassland
Reduce concentrations of toxic elements within forage crops Concentrations of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) are kept below maximum permissible limits on grassland/forage soils Do not use sewage sludge on grassland/forage soil that has not been properly sampled and analysed
Do not use sewage sludge on grassland
Do not exceed the limits for the average annual rate of addition through sewage sludge of toxic elements on grassland/forage soils
Do not use sewage sludge on grassland/forage land where the limits for PTEs have been exceeded or will be exceeded if the sludge is applied
Do not use sewage sludge that has not been properly sampled and analysed on grassland/forage soils
Do not use sewage sludge on grassland
Do not apply sewage sludge to grassland/forage soils with a pH of less than 5
Reduce the spread of injurious plants Prevent the spread of injurous weeds
Pig feed is stored in conditions that prevent deterioration and contamination
Livestock feed is stored in conditions that prevent deterioration and contamination
Lorries/trucks/loaders and other equipment used to transport and handle feed are kept clean
Facilities and materials harmful to livestock are inaccessible to livestock
Minimise the transmission of livestock diseases Livestock housing, passageways and yards are regularly cleaned
Poultry housing, passageways and yards are regularly cleaned
Reduce contamination of forage/feed with pathogens After slurry/manure application, pasture is not grazed for one month, preferably eight weeks, or until all visible signs of the slurry solids have disappeared
Muckheaps must be fenced off if they are in areas accessible to stock
Visitors to poultry farms pass through adequate disinfection facilities
Notify the relevant authority immediately if you know or suspect that an animal or carcass on the farm is infected with: foot and mouth disease; bluetongue; rinderpest; peste des petits ruminants; swine vesicular disease; epizootic haemorrhagic virus disease of deer; sheep and goat pox; vesicular stomatitis; African swine fever; lumpy skin disease; Rift Valley fever
Pig housing, passageways and yards are regularly cleaned
Incoming pigs are quarantined
Visitors to pig farms pass through adequate disinfection facilities
Incoming livestock are quarantined
Veterinary equipment is maintained and kept clean
Visitors to the farm pass through adequate disinfection facilities
Livestock have individual (or batch) identification
Livestock movements are fully recorded
Livestock health history is fully recorded
Sick or injured livestock are isolated
Surgical operations are carried out by a competent stockman or vet
Veterinary equipment is maintained and kept clean
Unfit livestock are not transported
Facilities for loading and unloading livestock for transport are secure and designed avoid injuries
Loading and unloading procedures and techniques minimise distress to livestock
Loading and unloading procedures and techniques minimise distress to pigs
Livestock are provided with a diet that provides sufficient nutrients (e.g. energy, protein, minerals) to meet the daily demands for maintenance and production