Covid-19 and TB Information
Latest information and updates.
Livestock Auctions/COVID-19
Hailsham Market from now on will be operating under
standards agreed by DEFRA and The Welsh Government.
IMPORTANT UPDATE
ROAD MAP OUT OF LOCK ANNOUNCED HOWEVER
Livestock Auctions/COVID-19 Regulation Update
Updated 1st MARCH 2021
Clarification on Face-Coverings
Government confirms that face coverings
MUST
be worn by all customers and
other visitors attending English Indoor Markets
Conditions which now apply to the sale of all
Primestock, Cull Animals and Store Stock.
As from Monday 27th April 20
Similar conditions will also
apply to the
Sale of Breeding stock
ie Beef Cows and Calves
Ewes with Lambs at Foot
THIS IS NOT A RELAXATION OF EXISTING COVID 19
RULES/PROTOCOL ALREADY IN PLACE - JUST AN
EXTENSION
All Purchasers must register on entering the market.
Social distancing must be strictly adhered to, i.e. 2 metres apart
around the sale ring or sale pens.
Gathering points MUST be prevented i.e. café etc. - the market
café will be take away only until further notice.
South East Marts will be implementing a “Drop & Go” policy for
vendors. Vendors MUST remain in their vehicles on arriving at
the market and when delivering animals to the loading docks
must stay in their vehicles, market staff will unload the vehicle
and take animals to their sale pens.
Sale documentation MUST be collected by auctioneer’s staff
from the vendors vehicle, vendors MUST NOT take paperwork
to the market office or to the clerk at booking in points or enter
the penning area.
We ask that all prospective buyers sanitise on entry to the
market and again on exiting the market. Disposable gloves will
be available to all.
Buyers on collecting their invoices from the market office do so
only by adopting the two metre rule - we ask for simply that only
one purchaser should collect their invoice in the usual queuing
area.
Specific to Store Cattle Sales: Should any Store Cattle vendor
wish South East Marts will facetime/video call the producer
when their cattle are being offered through the auction ring so
they can be party to sales from a safe distance.
Vendors and Buyers please abide by these regulations, do not
jeopardise the continuation of Livestock Auctions during these
difficult times.
Livestock Auctioneers nationwide have assured the
Government that Social Distancing will be applied
at all times - Please abide by this
We all wish to stay in business and we all wish to reduce the risk of
COVID-19 infection.Ignoring coronavirus guidelines risks outbreaks and market closures.
We therefore ask that all customers cooperate with the rules to ensure our livestock
markets can remain open at this busy and vital time of year.
COVID 19 Track & Trace is now in operation
Should anybody that has been in the market test positive they
will be required to identify contacts.
Contacts - ie.
someone within 1 metre of them with whom they have had
a face-to-face-conversation, had skin-to-skin physical contact, have
coughed on, or been in other forms of contact within 1 metre for 1 minute
or longer
someone within 2 metres of them for more than 15 minutes
someone they have travelled in a vehicle with - or has been
seated near them on public transport.
Our Collective Sales Will be Postponed until Further Notice.
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TB rules :
From 1st January 2013 all cattle holdings in East Sussex will become twelve month TB testing
holdings and, therefore, their movement between holdings will be subject to TB pre-movement
testing.
Hailsham Market - Wednesday:
South East Marts are pleased to announce that Hailsham Market on Wednesdays will now be able
to accept cattle, i.e. cull cows, finished cattle, etc. from East Sussex without TB pre-movement
testing in their exempt market section.
Cattle sold through the exempt market section will need to be moved from the market direct to a
slaughterhouse, direct to an approved or exempt finishing unit or can be returned to the farm if
unsold, i.e. the premises of origin.
Only cattle from TB unrestricted herds in East Sussex will be acceptable. It is a requirement of the
AHVLA that cattle are physically separated from other cattle and sold at the end of the sale to
restricted destinations as listed before.
N.B. There appears to be some confusion over TB movement time periods:
Cattle ‘moving off’ of TB free herds that are required to test annually and subject to TB
pre-movement testing still have 60 days to be ‘moved off’ from the start date of the test.
Please note that the sixty day period runs from the start date of the test and not four days later
when the cattle are pronounced clear. The six day rule remains unchanged.
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