Rural Business

The aim of SMR 12 rules is to protect pigs by setting minimum standards for their care and management and welfare.

The aim of SMR 11 rules is to protect the welfare of calves by setting minimum standards for their care and husbandry.

The aim of SMR 10 rules is to ensure that plant protection products are used correctly and to minimise their risk to humans, animals and the environment.

The aim of SMR 9 rules is to minimise the risk posed to human and animal health by certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs).

The aim of SMR 8 rules is to maintain a system for the identification, registration and traceability of sheep and goats.

The aim of SMR 7 rules is to maintain a system for the identification, registration and traceability of cattle.

The aim of SMR 6 rules is to maintain a system for the identification, registration and traceability of pigs.

The aim of SMR 5 rules is to prohibit the illegal use in stock farming of substances that have a hormonal or thyrostatic action and beta-agonists and also to prevent the residues these substances leave in meat and other foodstuffs from entering the human or animal food chain.

The aim of SMR 4 rules is to ensure the safe production of food for human consumption and food or feed that is fed to food-producing animals.

The aim of SMR 3 rules is to conserve land designated as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC).