Regulation 6 Parts of the carcase in uncooked meat products

No person shall sell an uncooked meat product in the preparation of which any part specified in paragraph (2) of the carcase from any mammalian species has been used as an ingredient.

Subject to the TSE (Scotland) Regulations 2002^f1, the specified parts of the carcase are: brains, feet, large intestine, small intestine, lungs, oesophagus, rectum, spinal cord, spleen, stomach, testicles and udder.

The prohibition contained in paragraph (1) shall not extend to the use of a mammalian large or small intestine solely as a sausage skin.

In this regulation the word “sausage” includes chipolata, frankfurter, link, salami and any similar product.