Treatments

Food-producing species: record keeping requirements

Bees are a food-producing species and as a beekeeper you must keep records of all the medicines you buy and administer.

When you buy a medicine, you must record the product name, batch number, purchase quantity, date and supplier. When you use it you must record the treatment date, quantity used, hive identifier and the withdrawal period.

When disposing of unused medicine you must also record the date of disposal, the quantity disposed of and where it was disposed.

These records must be kept for 5 years after the medicine is given to the bees even if you no longer have the bees in your possession.