INTEGRATED CONTROLS DIVISION Cross Compliance Farm Advisory Service Training 2016 SMR 5 ‘ Hormone Ban’

Concerns the prohibition or restrictions on the use in farming of: 1) certain substances having a hormonal or thyrostatic action 2) beta agonists

Substances Substances having a hormonal or thyrostatic action are divided into 4 groups: 1 Stilbenes; Synthetic estrogens; (diethylstilbestrol) 2 Antithyroid agents (thiouracil) 3 Steroids (dexamethasone) ‘Finaplix’ 4 Resorcyclic acid lactones, (zeranol) ‘Ralgro’ Beta-agonists (clenbuterol and mabuterol)

Legislation Council Directive 96/22/EC of 29 April 1996 Articles 3,4,5 and 7 refer. S.I. No. 183 of 2009 S.I. No. 263 of 2012 (Animal remedies & residues)

Use Legislation prohibits or restricts uses of such substances in all species of farm animals Some of these substances may be authorised animal remedies under Veterinary prescription Must comply with withdrawal periods for Animal Remedies authorised under the exceptions to the Hormone Ban

Controls Controls for this SMR are based on routine sampling and follow-up farm inspections National Residue Monitoring Plan, (NRCP) a requirement under EU Legislation, (96/23/EC) Plan has to be submitted to Commission for approval

Controls Comprehensive testing plan Covers 11 animal/food categories and 18 distinct residue groups Samples taken at both farm and processing plant levels Approx 85% samples targeted In 2014 ~4400 samples checked for these specific banned substances ( total samples)

Results Cross reporting’ used to sanction breaches found YearNo of positives, YearNo of positives *

Summary Do not use prohibitive substances Adhere to withdrawal periods for all veterinary prescription medicines

INTEGRATED CONTROLS DIVISION Cross Compliance Farm Advisory Service Training 2016 SMR 9 Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs)

Requirements Laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies

Aim To minimise the risk posed to human and animal health Animal health Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy- BSE (bovines) Scrapie (sheep & goats) Human health Creutzfeldt'Jakob Disease (CJD) (Controls substantially reinforced in 1997)

Legislation Council Regulation (EC) No 999/2001. Articles 7,11,12,13 & 15 refer (TSE’s) (Amended by a number of Regulations since) Regulation 1069/2009 (Animal by products Regulations) S.I. No 252 of 2008 (TSE’s) S.I. No 532 of 2015 (TSE’s)

TSE’s Primarily affect the brain & nervous system

Controls Feed : Feeding animal protein to ruminants is prohibited (eg meat and bone meal (MBM)or poultry offal meal(POM)) ( ban first introduced in 1990) Animal feed should not be contaminated with feed containing animal protein (ie pet food).

Controls Animal Any animal suspected of being infected by a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) must be immediately notified to the competent authority. (Requirement first in Irish Legisl in 1989 following first diagnosis of BSE in Ireland ) Producers must fully comply with movement restrictions or any other notices served on that herd/animal by the control authority.

Farm inspection Checking on: Storage of products on farm - Are animal proteins being stored on the farm - Is pet food containing animal by prod stored to avoid cross contamination Use of animal feed for ruminants - Is feed containing FM being fed to ruminants - Are feed containing other animal proteins being fed on farm Notification of a TSE - Evidence that animal infected was not notified to Competent Control - Evidence that movement restrictions were not adhered too

BSE cases Year of diagnosisNo of BSE cases

Ireland ’ s BSE risk status changed Reclassification from ‘ negligible risk ’ to ‘ controlled ’ status follows recent BSE case

Summary Do not feed ABPs to farm animals* Store pet food containing ABPs separately Notify DAFM of problems, comply with restriction notices *exceptions above

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