Exhibit 8, 100416 Brazil FMD Risk Evaluation - R-Calf

equired to register the animals [7, 11]. Participation in the program is voluntary, but Brazilian
officials intend to make it mandatory at the national level. At the present time, all farms and animals
that export to the European Union (EU) must participate [6, 12].
Identified animals that move to slaughter are issued a SISBOV card. The slaughter facility checks
the documentation and terminates the registration of slaughtered animals in the national database. If
the slaughter facility is not federally inspected, the accredited company terminates the registration of
slaughtered animals [12].
Santa Catarina producers use SISBOV tags (provided by MAPA) for identification. The tags are not
registered with the SISBOV system unless the animals are exported. Individual farmers are required
to apply tags and maintain an inventory. The LVU distributes the tags along with a listing of tags by
number. MAPA is working with the swine industry to define ear tag use in pigs to be exported to
the European Union. Farmers must place the ear tags on the animals, maintain tag inventories, and
report all movements, including births, to the LVU within 30 days. The farmer must also report the
loss of a tag, as well as the death or slaughter of an animal (along with its tag number) to the LVU.
Santa Catarina’s animal identification system was fully implemented at the end of 2008 [11].
Slaughter inspection
There are 58 slaughterhouses for swine in Santa Catarina. These include 18 federally inspected
slaughterhouses (SIF) and 40 using the State inspection service (SIE). For cattle, the State has four
SIF slaughterhouses and 34 SIE facilities, and for small ruminants, a total of 10 SIE slaughterhouses.
The health inspection of these establishments is carried out by 126 official veterinarians, with 79
official paraveterinarians and 459 hired employees [4]. (See Figure 12 for the location of slaughter
plants within Santa Catarina.)
Figure 12: Distribution of SIE and SIF slaughterhouses for swine and beef [4]
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