The information is as follows:
1. The following information relates to the transport of live calves under 42 days of age intended for export.
2. For the period from 3 May 2006 to 30 April 2007, a total of 373 inspections have been carried out by animal health staff and 26 notices were served under Article 24 of the above order as detailed in the following table.
Location of inspection Number of inspections Number of notices served Supervised loadings at point of departure 79 1 Staging posts/transfer points 5 0 Dover 289 25 Total 373 26
3. Reasons for the service of the 26 notices and details of the remedial action required to be taken by the transporter are as follows:
Notices served Reason for the notice Remedial measures ordered by these notices 3 Unable to provide adequate water and emergency feed Take remedial action before continuing journey 5 Insufficient headroom and oversize pens Take remedial action before continuing journey 1 Ventilation fans not working on lorry Do not transport animals at all 4 Delayed sailing Hold at lairage for 24 hour rest 4 Cancelled sailing Return the animals by most direct route 4 No journey log/ exceeded journey times Hold at lairage/return the animals by most direct route 5 A collapsed calf (all at Dover) Do not transport animals at all (4 of the 5 calves were humanely destroyed)