Russia: Labeling of farm animals in the Don region may drag on until 2026

According to the law on mandatory labeling of farm animals, by September 1, 2024, it was necessary to register all cattle and pigs kept in farms of all types of ownership and enter the relevant information into the federal database. In the Rostov Region, most private household plots and a number of farms did not meet the specified deadlines. The regional AKKOR RBC Rostov reported that it would not be possible to meet the veterinary requirements before 2026. The Interregional Department of Rosselkhoznadzor asked representatives of the Rostov Regional Association of Peasant (Farm) Farms to help influence agricultural producers and thereby speed up the labeling procedure. According to the press service of the department, a special meeting was organized for this purpose, which was attended by the management of the department and specialists from the veterinary control and supervision department. “The need to enter information on the presence of animals into the Horriot component of ...