Regulation 3 Meat and other products from bovine animals slaughtered outside the United Kingdom
No person shall despatch from Great Britain to another member State any relevant goods unless—
each stage of the production of those goods which took place in the United Kingdom took place in an establishment approved by the Minister for the purposes of this regulation;
each stage of the production of those goods was under the control of a veterinary surgeon appointed by the Minister;
the goods are accompanied by a health certificate issued by that veterinary surgeon stating that they were produced in such an establishment; and
The Minister shall approve an establishment for the purposes of this regulation where, following an inspection of that establishment by a veterinary inspector, he is satisfied that it has in place a system for tracing through the production process the raw material used in the production of any relevant goods which ensures that it is possible to identify the origin of the raw material contained in any relevant goods despatched from that establishment.
The Minister may withdraw an approval granted pursuant to paragraph (2) above where the requirements of that paragraph are no longer satisfied.
For the purposes of paragraph (1) above, the storage of any relevant goods shall not be treated as a stage of production where—
the goods are accompanied by the required documents;
all of the goods listed in those documents are present; and
all packaging is sealed and has not been opened since completion of the documents.
For the purposes of paragraph (4) above “the required documents” means—
in respect of goods originating in another member State, the documents required for the import of those goods by the relevant directive listed in Schedule 3 to the Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations 1992 or Schedule 3 to the Animal and Animal Products (Import and Export) Regulations 1995; and
in respect of goods originating in a third country, the certificate referred to in regulation 15(3)(a) of the Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations 1992.