These Regulations provide inspectors with powers of entry to carry out monitoring for zoonoses and antimicrobial resistance to zoonotic agents and other agents that pose a threat to public health. These inspections are required by Directive 2003/99/EC. The Regulations require food business operators involved in primary production to keep intact areas that been tested for a zoonosis and to provide tests to the Welsh Ministers on demand. The Welsh Ministers shall consult the Countryside Council for Wales in relation to any programme for the monitoring of zoonosis or zoonotic agents in wild animals that includes sampling of live wild animals or their nests or resting places. Remaining provisions deal with enforcement and create offences for obstructing an inspector.
These Regulations provide inspectors with powers of entry to carry out monitoring for zoonoses and antimicrobial resistance to zoonotic agents and other agents that pose a threat to public health. These inspections are required by Directive 2003/99/EC. The Regulations require food business operators involved in primary production to keep intact areas that been tested for a zoonosis and to provide tests to the Welsh Ministers on demand. The Welsh Ministers shall consult the Countryside Council fo
Title:
Zoonoses (Monitoring) (Wales) Regulations 2007 (W.S.I. No. 2459 (W. 207) of 2007).
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Type of document:
Regulation
Date of text:
2007
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