The 2023 Act The Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023 Act provides for the making of regulations on the retailing of veterinary medicinal products including sales at a distance which are a matter for national law and will be regulated for in secondary legislation in accordance with the provisions of this Act. This Act provides for the making of regulations on […]
The Legislation The Legislation in respect of veterinary medicines is broadly similar to that for human medicines. It has now been consolidated at the EU level pursuant to the Directive. Principles of mutual recognition of animal remedies apply within the EU. The Irish regulation is the EU (Animal Remedies) Regulations. The Department of Agriculture administers the regulations. The Animal Remedies Act is domestic legislation. The […]
Control of Noxious Weeds Under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1936, it is an offence not to prevent the growth and spread of noxious weeds. Owners and occupiers of land must ensure that they abide by the provision in the Act. Noxious weeds, which must be controlled, are ragwort, thistle, dock, common barberry, male wild hop and wild oat. • For control methods, please contact: • […]
Seed Certification Scheme Seed certification is a quality assurance system whereby seed intended for marketing is subject to official control and inspection. At its simplest, the system certifies that a sack, packet or box of seed contains what it says on the label and that the seed was produced, inspected and graded in accordance with the requirements of a Certification Scheme. The immediate objective of […]
Control of Manufacture The manufacture for sale of animal feedingstuffs is officially controlled. Manufacturers are required to be either approved or registered depending on their activity. To ensure that compounders comply with the required legislation and that products conform to the label declarations on the content of specified constituents, manufacturers’ premises are regularly inspected by officers of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine […]
General The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine oversees and implements a number of controls in relation to veterinary medicines and residues, in order to safeguard public health and also animal health and welfare. The applicable national legislation is as follows; • The European Communities (Animal Remedies) (No. 2) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 786/2007) • The European Communities (Control of Animal Remedies and their […]
A.I. Licences Persons wishing to practice artificial insemination in their bovine herd must be appropriately trained and licensed and ensure that only semen from approved sources is used in the process. No person other than the herdowner, or his/her nominee, who has satisfactorily completed an approved programme of training in the practice of artificial insemination, can be approved by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and […]
Beef Data and Genomics Programme The Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) is approved under Article 28 of Regulation 1305/2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development. As with all area based rural development schemes the Regulations require that the scheme is of 5 to 7 years duration. The BDGP runs for 6 years and applies from 2015 to […]