Frysemerking: the law by country
Where it is banned, allowed only under conditions or permitted. Each rule names its law and links to the source.
- Forbudt: 1 place
- Begrenset: 2 places
- Tillatt: 6 places
Canada
Whole country
National Farm Animal Care Council Code of Practice: en bransjekode, ikke en lov. NFACC sier at kodens krav ikke uttrykkelig er bindende i de fleste provinser, men kan være bevis for lidelse. Provinsenes lovgivning viser til den: vedtatt i NL (NLR 36/12; NLR 35/12 s.15 gjør en praksis som koden forbyr til en forbudt praksis), foreskrevet i SK (Reg 1 s.3-4), nevnt som forsvar i NB (Reg 2000-4 s.4(2), Sch A) og BC (B.C. Reg. 34/2019, som allment akseptert praksis), akseptert i NS (Act s.28(b)). Melkekyr må ikke brennmerkes, heller ikke frysemerkes. Kjøttfe: bare når det kreves for eksport, etter policy eller som eierbevis, av opplært personell.
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National Farm Animal Care Council Code of Practice: an industry code, not a statute. NFACC says Code requirements are not explicitly binding in most provinces but can be evidence of distress. Referred to in provincial law: adopted in NL (NLR 36/12; NLR 35/12 s.15 makes a practice a code prohibits a prohibited one), prescribed in SK (Reg 1 s.3-4), named as a defence in NB (Reg 2000-4 s.4(2), Sch A) and BC (B.C. Reg. 34/2019, as generally accepted practice), accepted in NS (Act s.28(b)). Dairy cattle must not be branded, freeze branding included. Beef: only when required for export, by policy or as proof of ownership, by trained personnel.
NFACC Code of Practice: Beef Cattle (2013), s.4.3; Dairy Cattle (2023), s.4.2.1 (industry codes, not statutes)Checked 4. nov. 2026
Irland
Whole country
Oppført identifikasjonsprosedyre; ingen bedøvelse nødvendig (S.I. 107/2014).
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Listed identification procedure; no anaesthetic needed (S.I. 107/2014).
Animal Health and Welfare (Operations and Procedures) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 127/2014), Schedule, Part 5In force since 6. mars 2014Checked 4. nov. 2026
Oppført identifikasjonsprosedyre; ingen bedøvelse nødvendig (S.I. 107/2014).
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Listed identification procedure; no anaesthetic needed (S.I. 107/2014).
Animal Health and Welfare (Operations and Procedures) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 127/2014), Schedule, Part 1In force since 6. mars 2014Checked 4. nov. 2026
Nederland
Whole country
Utpekt identifikasjonsmetode for hester.
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Designated identification method for horses.
Besluit diergeneeskundigen, ch. 2, art. 2.6Checked 4. nov. 2026
New Zealand
Whole country
Storfe og hestedyr: utføreren må være opplært eller erfaren og kunne gjenkjenne lidelse, og egnet hjelp må være tilgjengelig under restitusjonen. Frysemerking av en hund krever smertelindring godkjent av en veterinær (r 55J).
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Cattle and equids: the operator must be trained or experienced and able to recognise distress, and suitable help must be available during recovery. Freeze branding a dog needs pain relief authorised by a veterinarian (r 55J).
Animal Welfare (Care and Procedures) Regulations 2018, r 55KIn force since 9. mai 2021Checked 4. nov. 2026
Polen
Whole country
Å merke varmblodsdyr ved frysing er nevnt som dyremishandling, med mindre det er en prosedyre loven tillater.
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Marking warm-blooded animals by freezing is named as cruelty, unless a procedure allowed by law.
Ustawa o ochronie zwierząt (21 August 1997), art. 6(2)(1), as amended by Dz.U. 2011 poz. 1373Checked 4. nov. 2026
Storbritannia
England
Oppført identifikasjonsmetode.
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Listed identification method.
SI 2007/1100, Sch. 1In force since 6. apr. 2007Checked 4. nov. 2026
Oppført identifikasjonsmetode.
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Listed identification method.
SI 2007/1100, Sch. 1In force since 6. apr. 2007Checked 4. nov. 2026
Northern Ireland
Ingen tilhørende krav.
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No associated requirements.
Welfare of Animals (Permitted Procedures by Lay Persons) Regulations (NI) 2012 (S.R. 2012/153), Sch. 5In force since 2. apr. 2012Checked 4. nov. 2026
Oppført identifikasjonsmetode.
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Listed identification method.
Welfare of Animals (Permitted Procedures by Lay Persons) Regulations (NI) 2012 (S.R. 2012/153), Sch. 1In force since 2. apr. 2012Checked 4. nov. 2026
Scotland
Unntatt for identifikasjon.
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Exempted for identification.
SSI 2010/387, Sch. 6In force since 5. nov. 2010Checked 4. nov. 2026
Unntatt for identifikasjon.
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Exempted for identification.
SSI 2010/387, Sch. 1In force since 5. nov. 2010Checked 4. nov. 2026
Wales
Oppført identifikasjonsmetode.
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Listed identification method.
WSI 2007/1029, Sch. 1In force since 28. mars 2007Checked 4. nov. 2026
Oppført identifikasjonsmetode.
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Listed identification method.
WSI 2007/1029, Sch. 1In force since 28. mars 2007Checked 4. nov. 2026
What each status means
- Forbudt
- Prohibited outright.
- Begrenset
- Allowed with conditions other than a vet: an age limit, a method, a licence.
- Tillatt
- Allowed.
The law on other procedures
- Kupering av ører
- Halekupering
- Halekupering (husdyr)
- Fjerning av ulveklør
- Fjerning av hornanlegg
- Avhorning
- Kloamputasjon (onykektomi)
- Devokalisering (fjerning av stemmebånd)
- Nebbtrimming
- Vingeamputasjon
- Tannklipping
- Mulesing
- Fjerning av kam og hakelapper
- Fjerning av sporer
- Innsetting av nesering
- Brennmerking
- Innsnitt i halen (reising)