Regulation 12 Exemptions from requirements to sterilise specified bovine offal
The requirements to sterilise specified bovine offal contained in regulations 6, 8 and 10 shall not apply in the case of specified bovine offal intended to be removed to one of the following destinations:–
a hospital, medical or veterinary school, laboratory or similar institution for instructional, diagnostic or research purposes;
the premises of a pharmaceutical manufacturer for the manufacture by him of pharmaceutical products;
the premises of a person for storage or for preparation before further removal to the premises specified in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (f);
the premises of a processor for sterilisation by him;
the premises of a person for preparation before further removal to a processor, or for storage before further removal to a destination mentioned in sub-paragraph (d) above.
premises used for the manufacture of products other than food or animal feedingstuffs and not used for the manufacture of food or animal feedingstuffs.
The requirement to sterilise specified bovine offal imposed by regulation 6 shall not apply in the case of the head of a bovine animal from which the brain has not been removed which may be transported from a slaughterhouse to a specialist boning plant for the recovery of meat (other than specified bovine offal) from that head.
Where the local authority is satisfied that it is not practicable for any specified bovine offal to be removed to any of the destinations referred to in this regulation, it shall be removed to a place for destruction, burial or other form of permanent disposal, provided that removal to such destination is authorised generally or for any particular consignment by the local authority and that the disposal is carried out to the satisfaction of the local authority.