Cattle Baron Master Business Plan — Compliance and Traceability

Animal identification, movement permits, veterinary obligations and the traceability requirements intensified by the FMD outbreak.

Compliance and Traceability

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Requirement

Detail

When

Company registration

Registration with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission; annual returns

Before any funding application

Tax

Income tax and VAT registration; tax compliance status pin

Month one; required for every funding application

Livestock brand

Registered mark under the Animal Identification Act; every animal branded

Before the foundation herd arrives

Animal Diseases Act

Notifiable disease reporting; compliance with any control measures declared

Ongoing

FMD vaccination

Under the national programme; recorded by animal

As the programme reaches the district

Movement permits

Required for the movement of animals in controlled areas

Before every movement; checked with the state veterinarian

Digital livestock tracking

A national system recording movement and vaccination is being implemented

Adopt early rather than when compelled

Herd records

Every calving, mortality, treatment, mating and sale recorded on the day

From day one; Gate 1 requires twelve complete months

Employment

Contracts under the Basic Conditions of Employment Act; UIF and COIDA registration

From the first appointment

Insurance

Breeding herd mortality and theft, public liability, vehicles and assets

Before the herd arrives

Grazing rights

Lease or permission to occupy confirmed in writing, with capacity assessed

Before the herd arrives and before every expansion