Paragraph 6 Semen, ova and embryos collected in a protection or surveillance zone

England and Wales

(1)

This paragraph applies to semen, ova and embryos collected from susceptible animals originating in a protection zone or a surveillance zone.

(2)

No person is permitted sell or consign for sale any animal product to which this paragraph applies unless it complies with sub-paragraph (3) or sub-paragraph (4).

(3)

Semen, ova and embryos comply with this sub-paragraph if they satisfy the following requirements—

(a)

they are frozen;

(b)

they were collected and stored before the date 21 days before the earliest infection date in the protection zone, or in the case of a surveillance zone, the associated protection zone;

(c)

they have at all times been stored separately from semen, ova and embryos which were not so collected and stored.

(4)

Semen complies with this sub-paragraph if it satisfies the following requirements—

(a)

it is frozen;

(b)

it was collected and stored on or after the date 21 days before the earliest infection date in the protection zone, or in the case of a surveillance zone, the associated protection zone;

(c)

it was at all times stored separately from semen which was not so collected and stored;

(d)

it is not sold or consigned for sale until the premises on which it was collected is no longer in a protection or surveillance zone;

(e)

a veterinary inspector certifies by notice served on the owner of the semen that he has—

(i)

clinically examined all susceptible animals on the premises on which it was collected,

(ii)

subjected a serological sample from each such animal to a test for disease with a negative result, and

(iii)

subjected a serological sample taken from the donor animal 28 days or more after collection of the semen to a test for the detection of antibodies against disease with a negative result.