S.L. 449.18 Art. 11Import requirements.

(a) Countries whose legislation authorises the placing on the market and the administration of stilbenes, stilbene derivatives, their salts and esters, thyrostatic substances or chloramphenicol, for administering to animals of all species, will not appear on any of the lists which authorise the importation of farm or aquaculture animals or meat or products obtained from such animals.

(b) The Director shall also prohibit the importation of:

(i) farm or aquaculture animals - to which substances or products referred to in regulation 3(a) have been administered by any means whatsoever; - to which substances or products referred to in paragraph regulation 4(a) have been administered, unless those substances or products were administered in compliance with the provisions and requirements laid down in regulations 5, 6 and 8, and the withdrawal periods allowed in international recommendations have been observed; and

(ii) meat or products obtained from animals the importation of which is prohibited under sub-paragraph (i).

(c) Animals intended for breeding, breeding animals at the end of their reproductive life, or meat therefrom, may be imported from countries which provide guarantees at least equivalent to those laid down in these regulations.

(d) Checks on imports shall be carried out by the Director.