Division 1 SamplingF1
United Kingdom
Any samples intended to be examined for the presence of a TSE shall be collected using the methods and protocols laid down in the latest edition of the Manual for diagnostic tests and vaccines for Terrestrial Animals of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (the Manual). In addition to, or in the absence of, OIE methods and protocols, and to ensure that sufficient material is available, the competent authority shall ensure the use of sampling methods and protocols in accordance with guidelines issued by the F2national reference laboratory.
In particular the competent authority shall collect the appropriate tissues, according to the available scientific advice F3..., in order to ensure the detection of all known strains of TSE in small ruminants and shall keep at least half of the collected tissues fresh but not frozen until the result of the rapid test is negative. Where the result is positive or inconclusive the residual tissues must be subject to confirmatory testing F4....
The samples shall be correctly marked as to the identity of the sampled animal.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
- F2
Words in Annex 10 Ch. C point 1 substituted (16.11.2022) by The Animals, Food, Plant Health, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1090), regs. 1(1), 5(5)
- F3
Words in Annex 10 Ch. C point 1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies and Animal By-Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/170), regs. 1, 2(69)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F4
Words in Annex 10 Ch. C point 1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies and Animal By-Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/170), regs. 1, 2(69)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)