movements, and zoning or compartmentalisation. 33  Furthermore, the European  Union Council Regulations (Regulation EC 1760/2000 and EC 1825/12), require  that “beef should be traceable back to the individual animal of origin and that a  computerized central system must be established.” Identifying individual  animals in disease control is important when collecting disease surveillance  information and when sampling animals for diagnostic purposes.  34 It emerged from documents reviewed and interviews with Principal Veterinary  Officers at the visited District Offices that, the system the DVS used in FMD  vaccinated zones for livestock traceability was not computerised and was  deficient in identifying and providing comprehensive information on individual  animals in many aspects, essential for animal traceability in disease control. The  following are deficiencies noticed in the system used by the Department for  animal traceability and identification in FMD vaccinated zones:   Branding : The DVS used the branding system for animal identification in  FMD control in the vaccinated zones. However, branding was deficient in  accurately identifying individual animals, in that the FMD brand which  was relied upon was the same for all animals in a district and the owner’s  brand was the same for all animals in a kraal.  Herd Cards : The other method of keeping herd cards for each kraal proved  to be problematic where there was multiple ownership of cattle in the  same kraal which was common in communal areas. In addition, reliability  of information in herd cards could not be guaranteed as their updating  lay with farmers who according to vaccination reports had not always  availed them (herd cards) during vaccination campaigns. $^{33}$ 2014 ©OIE - Terrestrial Animal Health Code  $^{34}$ FAOLEX- Legislative Database of FAO Legal Office (http:faolex.fao.org/cgi-bin/faolex.):  European Union:  Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1825/2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of  Regulation (EC) 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the labelling of beef  and beef products. 40 |  P a g e Performance Audit Report on the Control of F MD