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According to Livestock Improvement Act 25 of 1977 - Section 20

No person shall sell an ovum unless such ovum -

(a) was collected by a veterinarian;

(b) was collected from an animal in respect of which the owner thereof holds a valid certificate issued under regulation 23(2) and if it is a fertilised ovum, such animal was artificially inseminated with semen collected from an animal approved in terms of section 10 of the Act for the collection of semen or with semen imported in terms of an authorisation under section 10 of the Act; and

(c) has been separately packed in a sealed container in which it cannot be contaminated or damaged and which has been marked or labelled with the particulars referred to in regulation 27(1) and in the manner referred to in regulation 16(6) as applied by regulation 27(1).