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Animal Improvement Act, 1998 (Act No. 62 of 1998)

Regulations

17. Records to be kept at centres

 

(1) The holder of a registration certificate in respect of a centre shall keep the following records in respect of animal from which genetic material is collected and of such genetic material:
(a) The identification of the animal from which the semen or ova are collected and, in the case of an embryo, the identification of the animal from which Semen has been used for the fertilisation of the ovum concerned as well as the identification of the donor animal of the ovum concerned.
(b) The dates on which genetic material has been collected from each such animal and, if applicable, the batch number allocated to such genetic material: Provided that if a batch of genetic material is unfit for use, the date on which it is destroyed shall be recorded.
(c) The number of doses of genetic material packed from each such batch.
(d) The name and address of each person to whom genetic material from each such animal have been sold, the date of such sale and the number of doses of genetic material thus sold.

 

(2) The records referred to in subregulation (1) shall be kept on the premises of the centre concerned for at least two years after the date on which the last genetic material of the animal concerned has been sold or destroyed