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Regulation 30 Pigs vaccinated against classical swine fever or African swine feverF3I1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

This regulation applies to pigs vaccinated against classical swine fever F1or, in England, classical swine fever or African swine fever.

(2)

A keeper who has had a pig vaccinated in an emergency vaccination zone or under the authority of a licence granted by a veterinary inspector F2or, in the case of a pig vaccinated in England, a licensing officer must—

(a)

ensure that it is identified in accordance with instructions from a veterinary inspector; and

(b)

keep a record that it has been vaccinated.

(3)

The keeper must only have a vaccinated pig slaughtered at a designated slaughterhouse.

(4)

Following slaughter of a vaccinated pig the carcase must—

(a)

be disposed of in accordance with the Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013f1, the Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2013f2 or the Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (Wales) Regulations 2014f3; or

(b)

have a stamp applied and be treated under the Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control) (England) Regulations 2008f4, the Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control) (Scotland) Order 2008f5 or the Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control) (Wales) Regulations 2008f6.

(5)

Where a marker vaccine has been used on a pig, the meat derived from that pig may be exempted by the appropriate authority from the requirement to be treated as restricted meat under the appropriate legislation listed in paragraph (4)(b).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 30(1) inserted (29.4.2026) by The Exotic Animal Disease (Amendment) (England) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/475), arts. 1(1), 3(28)(b)

F2

Words in reg. 30(2) inserted (29.4.2026) by The Exotic Animal Disease (Amendment) (England) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/475), arts. 1(1), 3(28)(c)

F3

Words in reg. 30 heading inserted (E.W.) (29.4.2026) by The Exotic Animal Disease (Amendment) (England) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/475), arts. 1(1), 3(28)(a)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 30 in force at 14.8.2014, see reg. 1(1)(c)

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2013/2952.

f2

S.S.I. 2013/307.

f3

S.I. 2014/517 (W.60).

f4

S.I. 2008/465, amended by S.I. 2009/1297.

f5

S.S.I. 2008/158, amended by S.S.I. 2009/173, 2009/174.

f6

S.I. 2008/1275 (W.132), amended by S.I. 2009/136 (W.136).