Article 3

The United Kingdom shall not dispatch meat products, including treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, of animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biungulates coming from those parts of the United Kingdom listed in the Annex I or prepared using meat obtained from animals originating in those parts of the United Kingdom.

Provided that the meat products, including treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, are clearly identified, and have been transported and stored since the date of production separately from meat products, including treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, not eligible, in accordance with the provisions of this Decision, for dispatch outside the areas listed in Annex I, the prohibition provided for in paragraph (1) shall not apply to meat products, including treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, bearing the health mark in accordance with Chapter III of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004/EC and which:

The control of the compliance with the above listed conditions shall be carried out by the competent veterinary authority under the supervision of the central veterinary authorities who will communicate to other Member States and the Commission a list of those establishments which they have approved in application of these provisions.

Meat products, including treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, consigned from United Kingdom to other Member States shall be accompanied by an official certificate. The certificate shall bear the following words:

‘Meat products, including treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, conforming to Commission Decision 2007/552/EC of 6 August 2007 concerning interim protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom’.

Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 4 it shall be sufficient, in the case of meat products, including treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, which conform to the requirements of paragraph 2 and have been processed in an establishment operating HACCP^f1 and an auditable standard operating procedure which ensures that standards for treatment are met and recorded, that compliance with the conditions required for the treatment laid down in paragraph 2 is stated in the commercial document accompanying the consignment, endorsed in accordance with Article 9(1).

Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 4 it shall be sufficient in the case of meat products, including treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, heat treated at least in accordance with paragraph 2 (b) in hermetically sealed containers so as to ensure that they are shelf stable, to be accompanied by a commercial document stating the heat treatment applied.