Article 8 Identification of pigsI1

Subject to paragraph (6), a person shall not move a pig off a holding unless it is identified in accordance with this article.

A pig shall be identified with an ear tag bearing a holding code and an individual identification number by the time it reaches 6 months of age or before it is moved off the holding, whichever is earlier.

Paragraph (2) does not apply in the case of a pig that is kept for meat production and which is under the age of 6 months. Any such pig may be identified with an ear tag or tattoo.

When an individual identification number is applied to a pig, the same number shall not be applied to any other pig on the same holding.

An identification mark applied on a holding shall bear the holding code or curer mark allocated to the keeper of that holding.

Paragraphs (2) to (5) do not apply to a pig which was identified in accordance with the Aujeszky’s Disease Order (Northern Ireland) 1994.