The
Lieutenant Governor in Council makes the Traceability Livestock Identification
Regulation set out in the attached Appendix.
APPENDIX
Animal Health Act
TRACEABILITY LIVESTOCK
IDENTIFICATION REGULATION
Table of Contents
1 Definitions
2 Application
3 Recording and reporting livestock information
4 Feedlots
5 Retagging
6 Records
7 Reporting into the Canadian Livestock Tracking System
8 Offence
9 Expiry
10 Coming into force
Definitions
1 In this Regulation,
(a) “actual
birth date” means the day, month and year of birth of livestock;
(b) “approved
tag” means a tag that meets the requirements of the Health of Animals
Regulations (Canada);
(c) “birthing
start date” means the day, month and year of the first head of livestock born
as part of a herd;
(d) “Canadian
Livestock Tracking System” means the database operated by the Canadian Cattle
Identification Agency;
(e) “dairy
farm” means an operation, including the buildings and land occupied or used in
connection with the production of milk, where dairy livestock are kept and part
or all of the milk obtained from the dairy livestock is sold, offered for sale
or supplied for human consumption;
(f) “farm
of origin” has the meaning set out in the Health of Animals Act
(Canada);
(g) “feedlot”
means an operation that feeds more than 5000 head of livestock annually and is
operated in whole or in part for the purposes of growing or finishing livestock
by means other than grazing, but does not include
(i) an overwintering site where livestock are fed and sheltered,
(ii) a dairy farm, or
(iii) a site for breeding livestock and their offspring;
(h) “livestock”
means cattle;
(i) “premises”
means a premises as defined in the Traceability Premises Identification
Regulation;
(j) “premises
identification number” means a premises identification number as defined in the
Traceability Premises Identification Regulation.
Application
2 This Regulation applies to all cattle
born in Alberta on or after January 1, 2009.
Recording and
reporting livestock information
3(1) A
livestock owner must identify livestock following the birth of a head of
livestock, keep records and report to the Minister in accordance with this
section.
(2) Except
as provided in subsection (5), a livestock owner must ensure that livestock are
identified by an approved tag and that corresponding records required by
subsection (4)(b) are created and reported to the Minister,
(a) if
the livestock owner records birth dates by birthing start date, within 8 months
of the birthing start date, or
(b)
if the livestock owner records birth dates by actual birth date, within 90 days
of the birth of each head of livestock
or before the
livestock leave the farm of origin, whichever occurs first.
(3) A
livestock owner must record the age of livestock by
(a) the
actual birth date, or
(b) the
birthing start date.
(4) A
livestock owner must
(a) apply
an approved tag required to be applied to the livestock in a manner that meets
the requirements of the Health of Animals Regulations (Canada),
(b) record
in the livestock owner’s records for each head of livestock
(i) the livestock owner’s premises identification number,
(ii) the approved tag number applied to the livestock in accordance
with the Health of Animals Regulations (Canada),
(iii) the actual birth date or birthing start date for the livestock,
and
(iv) the method by which the birth date is determined according to
subclause (iii),
and
(c) report
all information required by clause (b) to the Minister.
(5) A
livestock owner may move livestock without an approved tag to a site that meets
the requirements of the Health of Animals Regulations (Canada) for the
purposes of having an approved tag applied to the livestock at that site and
must apply an approved tag within 6 months of the birthing start date.
Feedlots
4(1) A
feedlot owner must identify livestock by recording and reporting all of the
following information to the Minister:
(a) the
premises identification number for the feedlot;
(b) the
approved tag number for each head of livestock that moves into the feedlot
within 7 days of the date the livestock moves into the feedlot;
(c) the
approved tag number for each head of livestock that moves out of the feedlot
within 7 days of the date the livestock moves out of the feedlot, unless the
head of livestock is destined for slaughter.
(2) A
head of livestock is destined for slaughter if the livestock is delivered
directly to a meat facility licensed under the Meat Inspection Act or to
a registered establishment operating under the Meat Inspection Act
(Canada) after leaving the feedlot.
Retagging
5 A person who owns, possesses or has the
care or control of livestock that does not bear an approved tag must
(a) apply
a new approved tag in accordance with the Health of Animals Regulations
(Canada), and
(b) report
to the Minister
(i) the date the new approved tag is applied to the livestock,
(ii) the new approved tag number,
(iii) the previously approved tag number, if available, and
(iv) the premises identification number of the person from whom the
livestock owner or feedlot owner took possession of, custody of or control of
the livestock, if available,
within 30 days of the
date the new tag is applied by livestock owners or before the date the
livestock leave the farm of origin, whichever is earlier, and within 7 days of
the date the new tag is applied by feedlot owners or before the livestock leave
the feedlot, whichever is earlier.
Records
6 Any person who is required to identify
livestock under this Regulation must
(a) retain
records containing the livestock’s approved tag number and the livestock’s
production number or other on‑farm or feedlot livestock identification
numbers,
(b) correlate
records required by sections 3(4)(b) and 4(1), as applicable, with records
retained in clause (a) for each head of livestock, and
(c) provide
a copy of the records referred to in this section to the Minister upon request.
Reporting into the
Canadian Livestock Tracking System
7 Livestock owners and feedlot owners must
comply with the reporting requirements of this Regulation except the
requirements of section 6(c) by reporting the required information into the
Canadian Livestock Tracking System.
Offence
8(1) No person shall create false records or provide
false information to the Minister or to the Canadian Livestock Tracking System
for the purposes of this Regulation.
(2) Any
person who contravenes section 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 is guilty of an offence.
Expiry
9 For the purpose of ensuring that this
Regulation is reviewed for ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option
that it may be repassed in its present or an amended form following a review,
this Regulation expires on January 31, 2014.
Coming into force
10 This Regulation comes into force on
January 1, 2009.