Tel: 028 9263 3017
Fax: 028 9263 3003
Address:
Operations Centre
Lissue House
31 Ballinderry Road
LISBURN
Northern Ireland
BT28 2SL

Livestock Market Inspection

Inspection Interval

NIFCC carry out routine surveillance nspections to ensure that approved markets continue to meet the Product Standard. Surveillance inspections will involve a full inspection against the requirements of the ABM Product Standard. Routine surveillance inspections will take place at approximately 12 month intervals.

Inspection Scope

The market inspection covers marketing of cattle, sheep and pigs.  An inspection will normally take between 2 and 3 hours depending on the market to be inspected.

Inspection Format

The inspector will check the eight areas of the ABM Product Standard, as shown below.

  1. Market Employees
  2. Market Premises Construction
  3. Arrival at Market
  4. Market Lairage and Sale
  5. Market Documentation
  6. Transportation to and from Market
  7. Market Biosecurity and Public Safety
  8. Market Environment
 

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