Author Topic: Transporting weaners (Read 8143 times)

oaklandspigs · « **Reply #15 on:** April 18, 2012, 12:57:39 pm »

Quote from: Muc on April 18, 2012, 12:38:43 pm

I see that it is only required by those transporting animals 'as an economic activity'.
There's nothing economic about my activities.

They take nearly three pages to describe what is an economic activity, and production of food is generally counted as economic if you sell meat. However whether you would ever be done for this is debateable, esp. as Trading Standards have better things to do.

Bionic · « **Reply #16 on:** April 18, 2012, 01:40:47 pm »

I sent an email to Animal Health, Carmarthenshire on 4th April asking them to clarify what was classed as economic activity. They haven't yet responded. Presumably still making up their mind

When/if I do get a response I will post it here.

Sally

suziequeue · « **Reply #17 on:** April 18, 2012, 01:42:39 pm »

Ah yes - this has been debated on this forum before and I seen to remember that the issue of "economic activity" was never really sorted out satisfactorally

oaklandspigs · « **Reply #18 on:** April 18, 2012, 06:08:55 pm »

Suspect yuu'll get the usual Defra response (AH is part of defra), that only the courts can qualify what the term means.

Bionic · « **Reply #19 on:** April 18, 2012, 07:54:39 pm »

I have sent them another email reminding them that I am waiting for a reply. Lets see what happens
Sally

harry · « **Reply #20 on:** April 18, 2012, 09:09:32 pm »

2-3-4-and 5hrs away towing a trailer.. deisal nearly £1.50 a ltr

... they must be dam expensive locally.

robert waddell · « **Reply #21 on:** April 18, 2012, 09:51:46 pm »

maybe they want quality

Tiva Diva · « **Reply #22 on:** April 20, 2012, 11:07:50 pm »

The guidence I got here in Scotland specifically mentioned hobby breeders and smallholders. Basically it's economic activity if you're running pig-keeping as a business (though it doesn't have to be a profitable one!), but if you're mainly raising a couple of pigs for you and your family it doesn't count, even if you sell some of the pork to friends. I sat the exam: it's 60% common sense and the rest can be learned in half an hour or so. It cost £80 all told, so quite a bit of money, but we do sell most of our pork and are a business so are engaged in economic activity, though not neccessarily a profitable one

The regs say anything up to 8 hours is ok for weaners over 10kg. The longest I've done was about 5 hours (for weaners for breeding) in the back of the car. The car stank, but they were fine!