Home Slaughter Of Livestock: A Guide To The Law In Wales

Intended audience
This guidance is applicable to:

• Keepers of animals who slaughter livestock¹ on farm² for their own consumption or by members of their household living there.
• Local Authorities which are responsible for the enforcement of Animal welfare, Food Hygiene and Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) Regulations on farms.

Regional coverage
Wales only. Parallel guidance applies in other parts of the UK.

Legal status
This guidance is intended to accompany relevant EU and national legislation relating to TSEs and meat hygiene.

Purpose
To provide information on the law covering the home slaughter of livestock.

Cynulleidfa darged
Mae’r canllaw hwn yn berthnasol i:

• Geidwaid anifeiliaid sy’n lladd da byw¹ ar y fferm² i’w bwyta eu hunain neu gan aelod o’u teulu sy’n byw yno.
• Awdurdodau Lleol sy’n gyfrifol am orfodi Rheoliadau lles Anifeiliaid, Hylendid Bwyd ac Enseffalopathi Sbyngffurf Trosglwyddadwy (TSE) ar ffermydd.

Rhanbarth
Cymru yn unig. Mae arweiniad cyfochrog yn berthnasol i rannau eraill y DU.

Statws cyfreithiol
Nod yr arweiniad hwn yw ategu deddfwriaeth berthnasol yr UE a deddfwriaeth genedlaethol sy’n ymwneud â TSE a hylendid cig.

Diben
Darparu gwybodaeth am y gyfraith ar ladd da byw gartref.

¹ The guide is not intended to cover all livestock species but it does cover those species for which we receive most enquiries and is therefore particularly applicable to the following: cattle, sheep and goats where TSE controls apply and pigs.
Ni fwriadwyd i’r arweiniad hwn ymdrin â phob rhywogaeth o dda byw ond mae yn ymdrin â’r rhywogaethau hynny yr ydym yn derbyn ymholiadau amdanynt fwyaf ac felly mae’n hynod berthnasol i’r canlynol: gwartheg, defaid a geifr lle mae rheolaethau TSE yn berthnasol a moch.

² For the purposes of this guide, ‘farm’ is defined as any premises where livestock are kept.
At ddibenion yr arweiniad hwn, diffinnir ‘fferm’ fel unrhyw safle lle cedwir da byw.