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Regulation 7 Casualty animals

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(1)

The provisions of this Part of these Regulations shall apply in the case of an animal (hereafter in this Part referred to as “a casualty animal”) which is slaughtered elsewhere than in a slaughterhouse by reason of its having been affected by an accident, illness or other emergency in terms of section 12(1) of the Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956.

(2)

The body of a casualty animal, or the meat or blood derived therefrom, shall not be sold for human consumption until it has been inspected in a slaughterhouse into which it has been brought in accordance with the provisions of this Part of these Regulations, and the provisions of regulation 5 shall apply to such animal.