Presidential Decree No. 678 prohibiting the use in stock farming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyrostatic action.
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Type of law
Regulation
Abstract
With the provisions of the present Decree, the administering to a farm animal, by any means, of substances having a thyrostatic action or substances having an oestrogenic, androgenic or gestagenic action, shall be prohibited. Slaughtering, processing and placing on the market of meat of farm animals to which the above-mentioned substances have been administered shall also be prohibited. However, administering such substances to farm animas may be approved for therapeutic use, synchronization of oestrus, termination of unwanted gestation, the improvement of fertility and the preparation of donors and recipients for the implantation of embryos. Administering of the veterinary drugs shall be effected by a veterinarian or under his direct responsibility.
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Date of text
Entry into force notes
The Decree shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Gazette.
Repealed
No
Serial Imprint
Efimeris tis Kyverniseos No. 142, Part I, 29 November 1982, pp. 1215 and 1216.
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Προεδρικό Διάταγμα υπ’αριθ. 678. Απαγόρευση χορηγήσεως στα ζώα εκμεταλλεύσεως ορισμένων ουσιών με ορμονική ή θυρεοειδοστατική δράση.