Registers and obligations

(1) The registers required under the Epidemiological, Prevention and Control Program shall include the following information– (a) cases considered positive, suspected or at risk of BSE; (b) clinical and laboratory examinations, as well as of epidemiological analyses undertaken in the application of the Epidemiological Surveillance and Control Program; (c) animals slaughtered or rendered under regulation 18; (d) imported animals required by authority under the Act; (e) any other necessary for the prevention and control of the risk of BSE. (2) The person who operates a laboratory designated pursuant to regulation 10(g) that carries out tests for the purposes of these Regulations shall maintain a complete register of diagnostic samples taken in testing for the presence of BSE. (3) A person required to maintain a register under subregulation (2) shall safeguard the register for a minimum period of eight years.