# The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013, Regulation 18: Food-producing animals: records of administration by a veterinary surgeon

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

A veterinary surgeon who administers a veterinary medicinal product to a food-producing animal must as soon as is reasonably practicable either enter the following information personally in the keeper’s records or give it to the keeper in writing (in which case the keeper must enter the following into those records)—
(a) the name of the veterinary surgeon;
(b) the name of the product and the batch number;
(c) the date of administration of the product;
(d) the amount of product administered;
(e) the identification of the animals treated; and
(f) the withdrawal period.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2033/regulation/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2013/regulation-18
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