Article 2 Interpretation: general

In this Order–

• “the Act” means the Animal Heath Act 1981;

• “disease legislation” means any of the legislation listed in Schedule 1;

• F1“domestic market” is the market for the sale of poultry meat in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland;

• “establishment” means a slaughterhouse or a game handling establishment;

• “game handling establishment” means an establishment where the preparation of wild game carcases takes place;

• “meat” means any part of the carcase of any animal or poultry intended for human consumption, and includes a product resulting from the processing of meat from that animal or poultry or a product resulting from the further processing of such processed meat product;

• “occupier” means, in relation to any premises or establishment, the person in charge of those premises or that establishment;

• “premises” means any land, building, plant or place in business use, other than a slaughterhouse or game handling establishment;

• F2“Regulation No. 853/2004” means Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin

• F3...

• F4“seropositive pig” means a pig that is not a restricted animal but is required by the Scottish Ministers to be slaughtered in a slaughterhouse due to antibodies against swine vesicular disease virus being identified in that pig;

• “seropositive pigmeat” is meat derived from a seropositive pig other than–

  1. (a)

     restricted meat; and

  2. (b)

     meat treated in accordance with Schedule 2 at a designated treatment centre;

• “slaughter” means killing for the production of food for human consumption but does not include killing wild game;

• “slaughterhouse” means an establishment where the slaughter and dressing of any animal or poultry takes place;

• “supply” means supply to the final consumer or to a person who then supplies to the final consumer and includes consignment for sale;

• “treatment centre” means premises designated under article 6 for the purpose of subjecting meat to a treatment listed in Schedule 2;

• “vehicle” includes–

  1. (a)

     a trailer, semi trailer or other thing designed or adapted to be towed by another vehicle;

  2. (b)

     a detachable part of any vehicle;

  3. (c)

     a container or other structure designed or adapted to be carried on a vehicle; and

• “wild game” means a wild animal or bird which is hunted for human consumption.