Paragraph 20 Control of products from slaughterhouses and knacker’s yards

(1)

No person shall move any carcase or animal product (unless intended for human consumption) or any manure, slurry or litter, out of a slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard except—

(a)

under the authority of a licence granted by the Minister; or

(b)

for disposal under the Animal By-Products Order 1999^f1, the Specified Risk Material Order 1997^f2 or the Specified Risk Material Regulations 1997^f3.

(2)

Anything moved under paragraph 1(a) above shall be moved in a drip-proof container or vehicle, and the owner or person in charge of that container or vehicle shall, as soon as possible after unloading, and in any case before it is used again, cleanse and disinfect it.

(3)

No person shall move anything under this paragraph to premises on which there is an animal and any person moving or receiving anything under this paragraph and the occupier of the premises to which it is moved shall ensure that it is not brought into contact with, or fed to, any animal.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1999/646.
f2: S.I. 1997/2964 as amended by S.I. 2000/2811 and S.I. 2000/3387 (W/224).
f3: S.I. 1997/2965 as amended by S.I. 1997/3062, S.I. 1998/2045 itself amended by S.I. 1998/2431, S.I. 1999/539, S.I. 2000/656, S.I. 2000/2659 (W.172) and S.I. 2000/3387 (W.224).