Traceability requirements for germinal products of bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine animals
Article 10
1. Operators collecting, producing, processing or storing germinal products of bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine or equine animals shall mark each straw or other package in which semen, oocytes or embryos, whether or not separated into individual doses, are placed, stored and transported, in such a way that the following information can be readily established: (a) the date of collection or production of those germinal products; (b) the species and identification of the donor animal(s); (c) the unique approval number of the germinal product establishment of collection or production, processing and storage of those germinal products; (d) any other relevant information. 2. In case of sex-sorting of semen at a germinal product processing establishment, the operator of the semen collection centre shall supplement the information referred to in paragraph 1 with information which permits the identification of the unique approval number of the germinal product processing establishment where that semen was sex-sorted. 3. Where a single straw or another package contains semen of bovine, porcine, ovine or caprine animals collected from more than one donor animal, the operator shall ensure that the information referred to in paragraph 1 permits the identification of all donor animals that have contributed to the dose of semen used for insemination. 4. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, where the semen of ovine or caprine animals is (a) frozen in pellets, the operator may mark the goblet containing the semen pellets of a single donor instead of marking each individual pellet in that goblet; (b) fresh or chilled semen, the operator may mark the goblet containing the semen tubes or straws of a single donor instead of marking each individual tube or straw in that goblet. 5. By way of derogation from paragraph 1(c), the operator shall ensure that the marking of each straw or other package in which semen, oocytes or embryos are placed, stored and transported, is carried out in such a way that it permits the identification of: (a) in the case of semen of ovine and caprine animals which has been collected at the establishment where the donor animals are kept as referred to in Article 13, the unique registration number of that establishment; or (b) in the case of germinal products of bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine or equine animals which have been collected or produced at a confined establishment referred to in Article 14, the unique approval number of that confined establishment.