{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2007/regulation-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2007/regulation-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2539",
  "legislation_title": "The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/19",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Food-producing animals: records of acquisition and administration",
  "text": "(1) When a veterinary medicinal product is bought or otherwise acquired for a food-producing animal the keeper must, at the time, record—\n(a) the name of the product and the batch number;\n(b) the date of acquisition;\n(c) the quantity acquired; and\n(d) the name and address of the supplier.\n(2) At the time of administration (unless the administration is by a veterinary surgeon in which case the record must be in accordance with regulation 18) he must record—\n(a) the name of the product;\n(b) the date of administration;\n(c) the quantity administered;\n(d) the withdrawal period; and\n(e) the identification of the animals treated.\n(3) If he disposes of any or all of the veterinary medicinal product other than by treating an animal, he must record—\n(a) the date of disposal;\n(b) the quantity of product involved; and\n(c) how and where he disposed of it.\n(4) It is an offence to fail to comply with this regulation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2539/regulation/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:44:29.692897+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."
}