# Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 of 25 February 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and implementing Council Directive 97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exempt from veterinary checks at the border under that Directive (Text with EEA relevance), Division B: The following requirements shall apply to the importation from a third country of colostrum and colostrum products:

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

1..The materials shall have undergone a single HTST treatment and:
(a)have not been shipped before a period of at least 21 days has elapsed after production and during that period no case of foot-and-mouth disease has been detected in the exporting third country; or
(b)have been presented at a border control post of entry into Great Britain at least 21 days after production and during that period no case of foot-and-mouth disease has been detected in the exporting third country.
2..The materials shall have been obtained from bovine animals subject to regular veterinary inspections to ensure that they come from holdings on which all bovine herds are:
(a)either recognised as officially tuberculosis-free and officially brucellosis-free as defined in Article 2(2)(d) and (f) of Directive 64/432/EEC taken with the Annexes to which they refer, reading the relevant provisions as if for references to a “Member State” or “Member States” there were substituted references to a “third country” or “third countries” (as the case may be) or not restricted under the national legislation of the third country of origin of the colostrum regarding eradication of tuberculosis and brucellosis; and
(b)either recognised as official enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free as defined in Article 2(2)(j) of Directive 64/432/EEC taken with the Annex to which it refers, reading the relevant provisions as if:
(i)for references to a “Member State” or “Member States” there were substituted references to a “third country” or “third countries” (as the case may be); and
(ii)in Annex D, in Chapter 1, in Section B(iv), for the reference to “Directive 72/462/EEC” there were substituted a reference to “Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products and the Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011, the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Wales) Regulations 2011 or the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Scotland) Regulations 2012”;
or included in an official system for the control of enzootic bovine leukosis and there has been no evidence as a result of clinical and laboratory testing of this disease in the herd during the past two years.
3..After completion of the processing, every precaution shall have been taken to prevent contamination of the colostrum or colostrum products.
4..The final product must bear a label so as to indicate that it contains Category 3 material and is not intended for human consumption, and it must have been:
(a)packed in new containers; or
(b)transported in bulk in containers or other means of transport that before use were thoroughly cleaned and disinfected.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/142/annex/XIV/chapter/I/section/4/division/B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-142/annex-XIV/chapter-I/section-4/division-B
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