{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2013/regulation-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2013/regulation-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/2033",
  "legislation_title": "The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2013",
  "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) the keeper 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) A keeper who disposes of any or all of the veterinary medicinal product other than by treating an animal must record—\n(a) the date of disposal;\n(b) the quantity of product involved; and\n(c) how and where it was disposed of.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2033/regulation/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:44:44.019972+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."
}