Regulation 4 Trade in meat, products, by-products and materials derived from bovine animals slaughtered in the United Kingdom
Subject to the following provisions of this regulation no person shall despatch from Great Britain to a member State or a third country, bring to any place in Great Britain for the purpose of such despatch or consign for the purpose of such despatch, any–
meat derived from a bovine animal slaughtered in the United Kingdom;
product derived from a bovine animal slaughtered in the United Kingdom which is liable to enter the human food or animal feed chain; or
material derived from a bovine animal slaughtered in the United Kingdom which is destined for use in cosmetics or medical or pharmaceutical products.
The prohibitions in paragraph (1) above shall not apply in relation to any type of ECHS goods prepared in whole or in part in Northern Ireland in accordance with the requirements referred to in the Northern Ireland Regulations in respect of ECHS goods of that type if–
any stage of preparation of the goods in Great Britain took place in a slaughterhouse approved by the Minister under regulation 10 below, or in an establishment approved by the Minister under regulation 12 below, in accordance with those regulations and the requirements of regulations 11 and 13 below relating to that stage (including the requirement for supervision by a veterinary inspector);
in the case of fresh meat no health marks applied to the meat for the purposes of Council Directive 64/433/EEC have been removed and the goods are accompanied by an official certificate, issued by a veterinary inspector in respect of any stage of preparation of the goods in Great Britain or by a veterinary surgeon appointed by the Department in respect of any stage of preparation of the goods in Northern Ireland, which–
states that the goods comply with the conditions referred to articles 6 and 7 and 9 to 13 of the Council Decision;
identifies the establishments in which they were prepared;
bears the words “produced in accordance with Council Decision 98/256/EC”; and
in the “identification of meat” section of the health certificate referred to in Annex IV to Council Directive 64/433/EEC, identifies all the labels affixed to the goods and the relevant numbers in the consignment ensuring traceability of each individual unit; and
in the case of any minced meat, meat preparation, meat product or food for domestic carnivores, the goods are accompanied by an official certificate, issued by a veterinary inspector in respect of any stage of preparation of the goods in Great Britain or by a veterinary surgeon appointed by the Department in respect of any stage of preparation of the goods in Northern Ireland, which–
states that the goods comply with the conditions referred to in articles 6 and 7 and 9 to 13 of the Council Decision;
identifies the establishments in which they were prepared; and
identifies all the labels affixed to the goods and the relevant numbers in the consignment ensuring traceability of each individual unit.
The prohibitions in paragraph (1) above shall not apply in relation to any controlled bovine by-product produced in an establishment registered under regulation 7 below if–
in the case of a controlled bovine by-product of a type referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of the definition of controlled bovine by-products in regulation 2(1) above–
it is accompanied by an official certificate issued by a veterinary inspector specifying that it was produced in compliance with the conditions specified in Annex I to the Council Decision and attesting to the frequency of the official controls carried out; and
the Commission has set the date referred to in Article 4(6) of the Council Decision in respect of that type of controlled bovine by-product and that date has passed; or
in the case of a controlled bovine by-product of a type referred to in paragraphs (d) and (e) of the definition of controlled bovine by-products in regulation 2(1) above, the Commission has set the date referred to in Article 4(6) of the Council Decision in respect of tallow and that date has passed; and
the implementation of official controls has been inspected for the purpose of article 4(5) of the Council Decision.
The prohibitions in paragraph (1) above shall not apply in relation to any DBES goods if–
the DBES eligible animals from which the goods have been derived were slaughtered–
in a slaughterhouse in Great Britain approved under regulation 10 below; and
in accordance with that regulation and the requirements of regulation 11 below;
each stage of the preparation of the goods which took place in Great Britain took place–
in a slaughterhouse approved by the Minister under regulation 10 below, or in an establishment approved by the Minister under regulation 12 below, and in accordance with those regulations and the requirements of regulations 11 and 13 below relating to that stage; and
under the supervision of a veterinary inspector;
each stage of the preparation of the goods which took place in Northern Ireland took place–
in a slaughterhouse approved by the Department under the Northern Ireland Regulations, or in an establishment approved by the Department under the Northern Ireland Regulations, and in accordance with the requirements of those Regulations relating to that stage; and
under the supervision of a veterinary surgeon appointed by the Department;
in the case of fresh meat it was obtained in accordance with article 6(2) of the Council Decision, no health marks applied to the meat for the purposes of Council Directive 64/433/EEC have been removed and the meat is accompanied by an official certificate issued by a veterinary inspector which–
states that the goods comply with the conditions referred to articles 6 and 7 and 9 to 13 of the Council Decision;
identifies the establishments in which they were prepared; and
bears the words “produced in accordance with Council Decision 98/256/EC” and, in the “identification of meat” section of the health certificate referred to in Annex IV to Council Directive 64/433/EEC, identifies all the labels affixed to the goods and the relevant numbers in the consignment ensuring traceability of each individual unit;
in the case of any minced meat, meat preparation, meat product or food for domestic carnivores the goods were obtained in accordance with article 6(3) of the Council Decision and are accompanied by an official certificate issued by the veterinary surgeon who supervised their preparation which–
states that the goods comply with the conditions referred to in articles 6 and 7 and 9 to 13 of the Council Decision;
identifies the establishments in which they were prepared; and
identifies all the labels affixed to the goods and the relevant numbers in the consignment ensuring traceability of each individual unit;
the Commission has carried out the inspections referred to in article 6(5) of the Council Decision, has set the date referred to in that article and that date has passed; and
the goods are despatched in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations 1996f1.
The prohibitions in paragraph (1) above shall not apply in relation to any sample, derived from a bovine animal slaughtered in the United Kingdom and destined for use for the purpose of research into BSE and BSE diagnostic tests, despatched from the Veterinary Laboratory Agency Weybridge to an institute in a member State or third country approved by the competent authority of the member State or third country for the purpose of article 4(1)(c) of the Council Decision.