Council Directive 98/58/EC of 20 July 1998 concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes (c. 58)

ANNEX U.K.

Record keeping U.K.

5. The owner or keeper of the animals shall maintain a record of any medicinal treatment given and of the number of mortalities found to each inspection. U.K.

Where equivalent information is required to be kept for other purposes, this shall also suffice for the purposes of this Directive.

6. These records shall be retained for a period of at least three years and shall be made available to the competent authority when carrying out an inspection or when otherwise requested. U.K.