{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2006/regulation-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2006/regulation-24.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/2407",
  "legislation_title": "The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/24",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Records of products administered to a food-producing animal under the cascade",
  "text": "(1) A veterinary surgeon administering a veterinary medicinal product to a food-producing animal under the cascade, or permitting another person to administer it under his responsibility, must, as soon as is reasonably practicable, record—\n(a) the date he examined the animals;\n(b) the name and address of the owner;\n(c) the identification and number of animals treated;\n(d) the diagnosis;\n(e) the trade name of the product if there is one;\n(f) the manufacturer’s batch number shown on the product if there is one;\n(g) the name and quantity of the active substances;\n(h) the doses administered;\n(i) the duration of treatment; and\n(j) the withdrawal period.\n(2) He must keep the record for at least five years.\n(3) It is an offence to fail to comply with this regulation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 24 in force at 1.10.2006, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2407/regulation/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:22:09.984208+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}