Of the 2.100 blocked dairy farms, 150 have been unblocked again by the government. This is because they were wrongly included in the investigation or because they have the administration back in order. In addition, another 900 calves have been released. This is reported by the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV) on Sunday 11 February.
The program Ministry of LNV announces that more than 100 farms were concerned with administrative errors with regard to imported dairy cows. Only the milk production data of these animals were known and not the calving date, if any.
Age limit of dairy cows adjusted
The ministry has changed the age limit of dairy cows in the investigation. The selection in the study was based on an age limit of 27 months. Animals from that age automatically counted as dairy cows. The ministry now recognizes that this age is too high and it is therefore being adjusted. Animals that were 24 months or older at the time of import are excluded from the study.
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Companies where other irregularities have been detected, more than just the imported cows, remain blocked until the registration of the Identification & Registration System (I&R) is in order.
The other 50 dairy farms that have been unblocked completed their administration this weekend. The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) is available this weekend for dairy farmers who wanted to make recovery reports.
900 calves released
The ministry also wrongly acknowledges having included calves born after 1 January 2018 in the study. This concerns more than 900 individual calves whose blockade has been lifted.
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2.100 dairy farms blocked
Thursday 8 and Friday 9 February 2.100 cattle farms blocked and further investigated. This after irregularities were found in the administration. Blocked means that only milk and by-products are allowed to leave, but that no more animals may be removed or supplied. On January 23, for the first time, 47 companies were blocked by the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority because of signals of cheating with the calf registration. The investigation will continue in the coming weeks.
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