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Regulation 6 Use of controlled bovine by-products and other products

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(1)

Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, no person shall use any—

(a)

controlled bovine by-product; or

(b)

gelatin or collagen derived from a bovine animal (whether slaughtered in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) which has been produced in the United Kingdom,

in the production of any product which is liable to enter the human food chain or animal feed chain or is destined for use as or in any cosmetics or medical or pharmaceutical product.

(2)

The prohibitions in paragraph (1)(a) above shall not apply to the use of a controlled bovine by-product produced in accordance with regulation 5 above or, in the case of a controlled bovine by-product produced in Northern Ireland, in accordance with the Northern Ireland Regulations.

(3)

The prohibitions in paragraph (1)(b) above shall not apply to the use of gelatin or collagen produced—

(a)

in an establishment approved under regulation 7 below or, in the case of gelatin or collagen produced in Northern Ireland, in an establishment approved under regulation 8 of the Northern Ireland Regulations; or

(b)

before 1st May 1998 in an establishment which the Minister is satisfied would have complied with the conditions for approval under regulation 7 below at the time of production if those conditions had been in force at that time and which has subsequently been approved under that regulation.