المملكة: "Environment: Establishing livestock markets outside cities… and disclosing the prices of camel transactions is mandatory

The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture revealed a new regulatory direction aimed at restructuring the Full and exclusive authority to determine the sites designated for the establishment of seasonal and permanent markets, with a strict ban on the trading or sale of livestock in any random sites that are not officially licensed.

Animal activities and population centers

In a step aimed at ending the overlap between animal activities And population centers. The regulation stipulates that all livestock markets that will be established in the future be located entirely outside the urban areas of cities, governorates, and villages.

The Ministry linked the licensing of markets to the availability of an integrated health infrastructure, as it obligated the presence of a permanent veterinary clinic within each market, which undertakes the task of directly and accurately supervising the health status of all animals offered for sale.

The draft set an essential condition for completing sales operations, which is “vaccination.” “Compulsory”, as it is prohibited to trade any type of livestock unless it meets the approved vaccination programmes, provided that these vaccines have been given by licensed entities to ensure their safety.

Public Safety and the Camel Sector

The amendments to the standards of “animal welfare” and public safety stressed the prohibition of displaying or selling any animal that shows signs of fatigue, stress, or disease symptoms, while obligating those in charge of the market to immediately isolate it from the healthy herd to prevent the spread of diseases.

With regard to the camel sector, the regulations have introduced a system for documenting transactions, obligating owners to register complete data for any sale, rental or barter transaction within a time limit not exceeding 30 days from the date of concluding the contract.

The required documentation data includes precise details including the type of camel, its age, sex, colour, in addition to the financial price of the deal, as part of controls that the ministry will issue to ensure transparency and combat cover-up or irregular practices.

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