British Riding Clubs - Area 7

 

 

 

 

FROM A BRC MEMBER

 

 

One  of  my  riders  had  a problem at the RWHS, she was stopped by Trading Standards  Officers  for  a horse passport check, only to be told that hers was  illegal  –  she  fortunately  received an official caution rather than being  prosecuted.  Her  offence,  she  had  not  got a completed Section 9

certificate,   Medicinal   Treatment   concerning   "slaughter   for  human

consumption  or  not" in her passport. Her passport was issued by the Welsh Pony  Society  pre mandatory passports so the certificate was not included. How  many of our members would fall foul of this part of the law?  Numerous I suspect.

 

Here  is a simple checklist of the sections that Trading Standards Officers

check:

     Name of horse is shown together with colour and sex

     name, address and signature of current owner

     completed  certificate  in  Medicinal Treatment concerning "slaughter

     for human consumption or not",

     plus if any treatments have been given that the vet has completed the

     section fully

     drawing  and  description of horse signed by a competent authority or

     vet plus vets stamp

plus,  of  course,  we  want  to be able to see the full flu vac history in either the passport or old style flu vac card or a combination of both.

 

It would probably be as well for us to all notify our clubs and for them to tell  their  members  plus  it wouldn't do any harm for it to appear in the next Rider.

 

Regards

 

 

David”