DATCP Issues Waiver from PRRS and PEDv Requirements
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has issued a waiver to testing requirements and movement restrictions related to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) and porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) in Wis. Admin. Code chs. ATCP 10 and 12.
Swine moving into and within Wisconsin are no longer required to be tested for PRRS and PEDv as a result of this waiver. Import permits are no longer required for untested swine imported into Wisconsin. CVIs and official identification are still required. The waiver is effective immediately and can be
accessed online.
Swine imported to federally approved markets are not required to have official individual ID, testing, a CVI, or an import permit, but federal rules require the following:
- Paperwork, such as a yarding receipt, sale ticket, waybill, bill of lading or bill of sale, that includes all of the following:
- Location, including street address, from which the animals originated
- Location, including street address, to which the animals are going
- Number of swine to be moved
- The consignor and consignee