Cap. 437 Art. 36Monitoring of certain substances, animal waste and pathogens.

(1) The owner, the keeper, the dealer or the importer, the consignee, the carrier, the retailer or ,where applicable, any other person authorised under the provisions of this Act to keep, manufacture, import, prescribe, wholesale distribute, broker, market, trade, dispense, advertise, provide data on sales and use of veterinary medicinal products or to supply, retail or dispose of live animals, products of animal origin, products listed in the First Schedule, animal feeding stuffs veterinary medicinal products or active substances, or the representative of such persons, or any person in charge of a private veterinary activity subject to the provisions of this Act -

(a) shall assist the veterinary services in the monitoring of such substances, and residues thereof, as may be provided by or under this Act, in live animals and products of animal origin;

(b) shall place on the market only animals to which no unauthorised substances or products have been administered or which have not undergone any illegal treatment contrary to the provisions of this Act;

(c) shall not place in a holding or on the market animals which have been treated with veterinary medicinal products, unless the relevant withdrawal period has been observed before the animals were so placed or slaughtered;

(d) shall not accept, whether by direct delivery or through an intermediary, any animals for which the producer is not able to guarantee that the withdrawal periods have been observed;

(e) shall place under official control, when requested to do so by an officer of the veterinary services, any unauthorised substances or products, until appropriate measures are taken by the veterinary services;

(f) shall comply with any order for the suspension or withdrawal of any authorisation or approval previously given by the veterinary services;

(g) shall comply with any order restricting or prohibiting trade in products declared unfit for human or animal consumption, or ordering the destruction of products of animal origin which present a serious threat to animal or public health;

(h) shall pay the relevant fees for the inspections and controls referred to in this article, or in any regulations as may be prescribed;

(i) shall generally assist and co-operate with the veterinary services in any activities, ordered by the veterinary services, designed to avoid the outbreak of diseases amongst animals or for the control thereof; and

(j) shall obtain any relevant authorisations from the veterinary services prior to the slaughtering of animals for human or animal consumption, unless exempted from doing so under this Act or any other national or EU law; and

(k) shall forfeit to the veterinary services any instruments, animals, products of animal origin, active substances, veterinary medical devices, veterinary medicinal products, feeding stuffs, appliances and other products or substances which are suspected to have been used in the commission of an offence against this article.

(2) The Minister may make rules providing that any person who acts in contravention thereof shall be guilty of an offence against this article and shall, on conviction, be liable to such penalty as may be prescribed by the Minister, being a penalty of not more than imprisonment for six months or of a fine (multa) of not more than twenty-three thousand and two hundred and ninety-three euro and seventy-three cents (23,293.73), or of both such fine and imprisonment.