# Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, Division 7: Harvesting of tongues from bovine animals

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The tongues of bovine animals of all ages intended for human or animal consumption shall be harvested at the slaughterhouse by a transverse cut rostral to the lingual process of the basihyoid bone, except for tongues of bovine animals whose origin is in parts of the United Kingdom with a negligible BSE risk.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2001/999/annex/V/division/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2001-999/annex-V/division-7
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