The Ministry of Agriculture has determined the procedure for refusing compensation for seized livestock to violators of veterinary rules

The Ministry of Agriculture has developed a procedure on the basis of which violators of veterinary rules may be denied compensation for seized livestock or reduce the amount of damages. We are talking about situations where livestock, as well as livestock products, are confiscated from their owners and disposed of during the elimination of an outbreak of especially dangerous animal diseases.

As follows from the procedure proposed by the Ministry of Agriculture, after the owner has applied for damages, representatives of local authorities send a request to the territorial department of ROSSELKHOZNADZOR within two days . The essence of the request: whether the owner of the animals committed violations of veterinary legislation. This applies to the maintenance and cultivation of farm animals, the production and storage of livestock products at the facility where the focus of the disease was identified.

If violations are detected, the amount of compensation can be reduced by 25 or 50%, and compensation for damage may be denied altogether.

The new procedure was developed as a by-law to the new law No. 222-FZ, which establishes the rules for paying compensation to owners for the seizure of livestock or livestock products during the elimination of foci of especially dangerous animal diseases.

According to experts, the new rules will encourage livestock breeders to comply with veterinary legislation.

“Earlier, in the course of investigations into outbreaks of African swine fever, we repeatedly recorded numerous violations on farms, when people, despite a clear threat, completely ignored not only veterinary rules, but also elementary logic. However, even if their fault in the occurrence of the disease was established, they received payments for the lost animals on a par with those people who suffered because of their negligence - such were the requirements of the law. Now the situation will change,” commented Sergey Samokhvalov, HEAD of the Veterinary Department of the Amur Region.

The new order should come into force along with the federal law from March 1, 2023.