Article 4 Prohibition on sale, supply and use of certain feedingstuffs for feeding to animals and poultryI1

sell or supply for feeding to ruminant animals any animal protein or any feedingstuffs in which he knows or has reason to suspect any animal protein has been incorporated;

feed to a ruminant animal any animal protein or any feedingstuffs in which he knows or has reason to suspect that any animal protein has been incorporated;

sell or supply for feeding to poultry or animals, other than ruminant animals, any specified bovine material or any feedingstuffs which he knows, or has reason to suspect, contains such material;

feed to poultry or animals, other than ruminant animals, any specified bovine material or any feedingstuffs which he knows, or has reason to suspect, contains such material;

use any specified bovine material in the preparation of feedingstuffs for poultry or animals;

sell or supply any specified bovine material for use in the preparation of feedingstuffs for poultry or animals;

sell or supply for incorporation into any feedingstuff for livestock, fish or equine animals any mammalian meat and bone meal;

sell or supply for feeding to livestock, fish or equine animals any feedingstuff in which he knows or has reason to suspect any mammalian meat and bone meal has been incorporated;

use any mammalian meat and bone meal in the production of any feedingstuff for livestock, fish or equine animals;

sell any veterinary product containing specified bovine material;

use any specified bovine material in the preparation of any veterinary product; or

sell any specified bovine material for use in the manufacture of any veterinary product.

the ingredients of the feedingstuff are stored, and the feedingstuff is produced, in a separate building from that in which any mammalian meat and bone meal or any MBM product is stored, used or sold;

except as provided by sub-paragraph (d), the feedingstuff is stored in a separate building from that in which any mammalian meat and bone meal or any MBM product is stored, used or sold;

any equipment or vehicle used in the production of the feedingstuff does not come into contact with any mammalian meat and bone meal, any MBM product or any ingredient or equipment used with mammalian meat and bone meal or any MBM product; and

where mammalian meat and bone meal or any MBM product is sold, any of the feedingstuff stored in the same building as that meal or product is stored there solely for the purpose of being sold in that building and either—

any livestock, fish or equine animals are kept;

any feedingstuff for livestock, fish or equine animals is produced other than in accordance with paragraph (2); or

any feedingstuff for livestock, fish or equine animals is stored but not produced and no livestock are kept.

the feeding to any poultry or animal of any feedingstuff for research purposes carried out in a research establishment under the authority of a licence issued by the Department and in accordance with any conditions subject to which the licence is issued; or

the sale or supply of any feedingstuff to a research establishment for such purposes; or

the possession of a feedingstuff at such an establishment for such purposes.

that he did not know or have reason to suspect that the material in question was mammalian meat and bone meal or contained mammalian meat and bone meal; and

that he had taken all reasonable steps to ensure that it was not and did not contain mammalian meat and bone meal.

that he did not know or have reason to suspect that the material in question was animal protein or specified bovine material, as the case may be, or any feedingstuff containing such protein or material; and

that he had taken all reasonable steps to ensure that it was not, and did not contain, animal protein or specified bovine material.

that the mammalian meat and bone meal or MBM product, as the case may be, was stored and used in a place which was physically separated from any place where feedingstuff for livestock, fish or equine animals was stored or to which such animals had access;

in the case of an offence under paragraph (3)(a), that the mammalian meat and bone meal or MBM product was in his possession solely for feeding either to a pet of a species which is not commonly used as livestock in the United Kingdom or to a working dog or for use as a fertiliser on a domestic garden or for house plants;

in the case of an offence under paragraph (3)(c)—

the date of consignment;

the weight consigned;

the destination of the consignment;

the name and address of the consignee;

the registration number of the vehicle in which the consignment is transported; and

the name and address of the operator of that vehicle.

the date on which it was received;

its weight on receipt;

the place from which it was consigned;

the name and address of the person by whom it was consigned;

the registration number of the vehicle in which it was consigned; and

the name and address of the operator of that vehicle.

in the case of any use, details of each use, the weight of any part of the consignment incorporated into a product and the nature and date of manufacture of any such product;

in the case of disposal, the weight so disposed of, the date of such disposal, and the place in which, method by which and name of the person by whom it was disposed of; and

in the case of further consignment, the information required by paragraph (12).

the person and place from which that consignment was transported;

the date on which it was collected from that person;

its weight;

the registration number, and the name and address of the driver, of the vehicle in which it was transported;

the person and place to which it was to be or was delivered; and

the date or intended date of delivery to that person.

the meal is contained in sealed packages each weighing not more than 26 kilogrammes;

the packages containing the meal are presented as containing a fertiliser solely for a use permitted under the Fertilisers (Mammalian Meat and Bone Meal) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996^f1; and

(in the case of a consignment by retail sale) the consignment consists of not more than 104 kilogrammes of meal.

anything derived from it; and

(notwithstanding the definition of specified bovine material in Article 2(1)), a whole carcase or any part of an animal from which specified bovine material has not been removed in accordance with regulation 8 or 9 of the SBMTD Regulations.