California Code of Regulations › Title 3 - Food and Agriculture › Division 2 - Animal Industry › Chapter 2 - Livestock Disease Control › Article 14 - Animal Disease Traceability › Section 837 - Recordkeeping

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) All
				  USDA accredited and state licensed veterinarians issuing Certificates of
				  Veterinary Inspection must maintain the Certificates of Veterinary Inspection
				  with supporting documents for (5) five years.
(b) Approved livestock facilities, approved
				  tagging sites, registered feedlots and livestock markets must keep Certificates
				  of Veterinary Inspection or alternate documentation with supporting documents
				  required by this article for the movement of livestock entering the facility
				  for five (5) years.
(c) Approved
				  licensed dealers must keep an individual identification record for each animal
				  sufficient to identify the animal, seller and buyer, and Certificates of
				  Veterinary Inspection or alternate documentation with supporting documents
				  required by this article for the movement of livestock for five (5)
				  years.
(d) Any person receiving
				  livestock must maintain official documents with supporting documentation
				  required pursuant to this article for five (5) years.
(e) Documents recording intrastate movements
				  must be kept by the owner of the animal for five (5) years.
(f) USDA accredited and state-licensed
				  veterinarians or other persons or entities distributing official eartags or any
				  person applying official eartags to animals on behalf of the owner must
				  maintain for five (5) years a record, including but not limited to, the names
				  and addresses of anyone to whom the devices were distributed or the owner of
				  the animals, official eartag numbers of the devices distributed or applied, and
				  the date of distribution or application.
(g) Any person applying any additional
				  official eartag or device must maintain records as specified in section
				  831.2(b)(2) through
				  (4) of this article for five (5)
				  years.
(h) Any person replacing an
				  official eartag or device must maintain records as specified in section
				  831.2(c)(4) of
				  this article for five (5) years.
(i) Any person applying a vaccination eartag
				  must record and maintain the information about the event pursuant to Title 3,
				  California Code of Regulations, section
				  752(a)(5) for five
				  (5) years.
(j) Any person applying
				  a new official identification device with a different official identification
				  number must record and maintain the information about the event as specified in
				  section 831.2(d) of this
				  article for five (5) years.
(k) Any
				  person replacing a temporary identification device with a new official
				  identification device (retagging event) must record and maintain the
				  information about the event as specified in section
				  831.2(c)(4)(B) of
				  this article for five (5) years.
(l) Any person applying USDA approved
				  backtags to animals must maintain for five (5) years a record, including but
				  not limited to, the names and addresses of the owner of the animals, backtag
				  numbers applied, and the date of application.
(m) The Department may inspect and/or
				  photocopy during normal business hours any records required to be kept pursuant
				  to this article.
1. New
					 section filed 2-27-2017; operative 4-1-2017 (Register 2017, No. 9).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						407
						and
						10610,
						Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections
						9561,
						9562,
						9932,
						10324,
						10325
						and
						10610,
						Food and Agricultural Code.