L7: Preharvest food safety Flashcards
Which disinfectants must you use in the case of a notifiable disease?
A Defra-approved one
Is HACCP legally required at farm level?
No (but good to be applied as codes of good practice)
Who is responsible for on-farm control of medicinal products?
Vets
For how long must you retain farm medicine records?
5 years
What must you include in the farm’s medicine records?
Use, administration, broken needles
Who keeps all species/registration records from birth-death?
Country Parish Holding Records
How long can the standstill period be?
6 or 20 days
After how long must all cattle be double-tagged?
20 days
After how long must dairy cows have one tag?
36 hours
How many tags must a cow have to move off the holding?
Both
What is the only kind of cattle that can be tagged up to 9 months after birth?
Bison
What colour are primary tags?
Yellow plastic
What are secondary tags made of?
Metal/plastic button in different ear
How soon must you replace a lost tag?
28 days
Which service provides cattle passports?
British Cattle Movement Service
After what date do cows have passports?
1/7/96
Which documents do older cattle have instead of a passport?
Cattle Tracing Scheme
How long after ear tagging must the cow have applied for a passport?
Within 7 days
What happens if the passport application is late?
Refused
Can a cow with no passport enter the food chain?
No
Where are the only places a farm can go if no passport?
Hunt kennel or knackers yard
How can you appeal a no-passport decision?
DNA
Under what scheme are pigs identified?
PRIMO 2011
Which pigs must have a permanent herdmark?
Over 1 year old or going to slaughter
Which pigs can have a temporary herdmark?
Under 1 year moving to another holding
What are four methods of identifying pigs?
Slap mark on each shoulder, ear tags, ear tattoo, temporary paint mark
By what time must sheep be identified?
Before 9 months, or 6 months if housed, or before they leave their birth holding
What are the three options for tagging sheep?
Double tags, electronic single slaughter lamb tag, non-electronic single slaughter lamb tag
After which date must all foals have a microchip and passport?
1/7/09
By what age must foals have a microchip and passport?
6 months or 31st Dec or earlier if being sold without the mother
Which organisation issues horse passport?
Many
How long before animals arrive must Food Chain Information be sent to the abattoir?
24 hours
Which species is Food Chain Information required for?
Poultry, pigs, horses, cattle, sheep, calves under 8 months
Where are inspection results at the abattoir sent?
Back to the farm
When is on-farm slaughter allowed?
If animal can’t go to the slaughterhouse on welfare grounds
What must you do for an animal slaughtered on-farm to go for human consumption?
Farmer’s declaration and veterinary ante-mortem certificate
Which scheme has powers to enforce good practice?
None
Which scheme covers broilers?
Assured British Chicken
Which scheme covers layers?
Lion Quality Code of Practice
Which scheme covers milk production?
National Dairy Farm Assured Scheme
When can unfit animals be lifted mechanically?
If vet present
When can unfit animals travel for treatment or slaughter?
Not dragged or pushed, not lifted by a mechanical device, no unnecessary suffering, stand square on all legs, load/unload unassisted, not deteriorate during transport
