Identification and registration of animals and movement control

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Identification and registration of animals and
movement control
Seminar on animal health Ankara - 6 December
2004

• Päivi Virtanen
• Information Centre of Ministry of Agriculture and
  Forestry
• Finland
• presented by
• Philippe Houdart
• Belgian Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food
  Chain
• crisis prevention and crisis management unit -
  head of unit

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Identification and registration of animals and
movement control

• Identification of animals
• EU Legislation
• Implementation in Finland
• Problems and advantages
• Traces
• Implementation in Finland
• Experiences of use

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EU legislation - bovines

• Directive 64/432
• health problems affecting intra-Community trade
  in bovine animals and swine
• art 14 18 health surveillance systems and
  databases
• Regulation 1760/2000
• identification and registration of bovines
• labelling of beef
• Regulation 911/2004
• eartags, passports, holding registers

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EU legislation - bovines

• Regulation 1082/2003 (amended by 499/2004)
• bovine ir controls
• model of reporting controls to Commission
• Regulation 494/98
• minimum sanctions

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EU legislation - bovines

• Regulation 509/1999
• maximum period for tagging of bisons
• Regulation 2680/1999
• identification for bulls intended for cultural
  and sporting events
• Decision 2001/672 (2004/318)
• summer grazing in mountain areas

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Identification of bovines

• Bovine identification system started in 1995
• according to directives 92/102 and 64/432
• national legislation in March 1995
• Animal identification
• most bovines tagged before end of 1995
• Database
• animal keepers, animals, movements
• Register on the holding
• animals and movements

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Identification of bovines

• New features according to regulations 820/97
  (?1760/2000) and 2629/97 (?911/2004)
• double tagging
• time limits for notifying to database
• orders for slaughterers and animal dealers
• bovine passport for exported animals
• New national legislation in January 1999

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Identification of bovines

• Continuing improval of the ir system
• Renewal of the database in 2003
• new technical base
• some changes of the register
• model of identification codes
• movements between holdings and owners
• some new information (embryo transfer, gmo, etc.)
• management of imported animals

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Bovine identification controls

• Controls started in 1998
• according to regulations 2630/97 (?1082/2003) and
  494/98
• national legislation in August 1998
• On the spot controls
• 5 of the holdings
• inspections by the local EED-centers
• conclusions and restrictive measures by
  provincial veterinarians
• Database for results
• Controls have improved the identification and
  registration situation significantly

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EU legislation - pigs

• Directive 92/102
• identification and registration of animals
• Directive 64/432 (amended by 2000/15)
• art 14 18 health surveillance systems and
  databases
• Decision 2000/678
• database of holdings

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Identification of pigs

• Swine identification was started in 1997
• according to directives 92/102 and 64/432
• national legislation in 1997
• June 1997 (database of keepers)
• December 1997 (identification, register on the
  holding)
• Database of pig keepers
• Animal identification
• animals identified by eartags or tattoo
• identification code of the holding
• Register on the holding
• animals and movements

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Identification of pigs

• Central database of movements in 2002
• according to directive 2000/15 (64/432)
• national legislation in December 2001
• Database
• movements between holdings
• number of animals in holding monthly

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EU legislation - sheep and goats

• Directive 92/102
• identification and registration of animals
• Regulation 21/2004
• identification and registration of ovine and
  cprine animals

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Identification of sheep and goats

• Identification started in 1997
• according to directive 92/102
• national legislation in October 1997
• Database of sheep and goat keepers
• Animal identification
• eartags bearing the identification code of the
  holding
• Register on the holding
• animals and movements

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Identification of sheep and goats

• Preparation of a new system in 2004-2005
• according to regulation 21/2004
• call for tender for developing the database
• Individual identification
• eartags, later also electrical identifiers
• Central database
• individual animal information
• movements

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Pig, sheep and goat identification controls

• Identification controls started in 2003
• On the spot controls
• 5 of pig holdings
• 10 of sheep and goat holdings
• inspections by the local EED-centers
• conclusions and restrictive measures by
  provincial veterinarians
• Database for results under construction in 2004

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Problems in animal identification

• Definitions in identification legislation
• Interpretations used in Finland
• holding epidemiological unit
• building, isolated pasture, slaughterhouse,
  animal transportation vehicle, etc.
• farm farming business unit which owns animals
• owner person who owns animals
• keeper person responsible of animals
• Commission working groups are important

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Problems in animal identification

• Motivating the animal keepers
• especially hobby animal keepers
• Methods
• education and written guides
• importance of identification in disease control
  and food tracing
• animal premiums, premium controls
• Motivating the authorities

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Problems in animal identification

• Data quality
• automatic controls of incoming data
• cross-checking of notifications
• feedback to animal keepers
• checklist every two months
• identification controls
• risk analysis
• supervision by central authority

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Use of animal registers

• Disease control
• tracing of animals, map system
• Bovine register check before slaughtering
• registration status
• origin of animal
• possible restrictions or testing orders
• Automatic alarm of violations of restrictrions
• Meat labelling
• IACS system
• paying of premiums, premium controls

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Traces

• Use of Traces started 1.4.2004 in Finland
• 1 central unit
• 16 local units at provincial veterinary offices
• 5 border inspection posts
• Registration of Traces users
• provincial veterinarians register official
  veterinarians and economic operators
• BIPs register economic operators for third
  country imports

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Traces

• Setting up the system
• attending and arranging trainings
• renewal of national legislation
• user registration
• initial load of data - animal dealers, meat and
  fish establishments, warehouses, etc.
• Technical problems
• language versions, scandic letters (å, ä, ö)
• messages between Animo and Traces
• codification of products
• same operators are registered several times

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Traces

• User comments
• technical problems
• system is improving all the time
• user experience quite positive
• Traces is more flexible and user friendly than
  Animo
• includes useful information