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Article 2 InterpretationF1I1

England, Wales and Scotland

In this Order—

  • “animal by-products” means entire bodies or parts of animals, products of animal origin or other products obtained from animals, which are not intended for human consumption, excluding germinal products;

  • “category of animal by-products” means the appropriate category as set out in Articles 8 to 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumptionf1, as it has effect in EU law;

  • “derived products” means products obtained from one or more treatments, transformations or steps in the processing of animal by-products;

  • “health mark” has the meaning given in Article 3(51) of the Regulation (EU) No 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection productsf2, as it has effect in EU law;

  • “identification mark” means a mark applied in accordance with Article 5 of, and Section 1 of Annex 2 to, Regulation 853/2004 , as it has effect in EU law;

  • “pig” means any animal of the Suidae family;

  • “porcine product” means any of the following, consisting, in whole or in part, of a body of a pig, or derived from a pig—

    1. (a)

      products of animal origin;

    2. (b)

      animal by-products;

    3. (c)

      derived products;

  • “products of animal origin” has the meaning given in point 8.1 of Annex 1 to Regulation 853/2004;

  • “Regulation 853/2004” means Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal originf3;

  • “territory subject to special transitional import arrangements” means—

    1. (a)

      an EEA state;

    2. (b)

      the Faroe Islands;

    3. (c)

      Greenland;

    4. (d)

      Switzerland.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Order revoked (S.) (23.8.2025) by The Animal Products (Control of Personal Importation) (Scotland) Order 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/230), arts. 1(2), 5

Commencement

I1

Art. 2 in force at 1.9.2022, see art. 1(1)(b)

Footnotes

f1

O.J. No. L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 1, as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. No. L 170, 25.6.2019, p. 1).

f2

O.J. No. L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1, as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2021/1756 of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. No. L 357, 8.10.2021, p. 27).

f3

O.J. No. L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55, as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2021/1756 of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. No. L 357, 8.10.2021, p. 27).