Regulation 2 Amendments to the Specified Risk Material Regulations 1997

In relation to Wales, the Specified Risk Material Regulations 1997 ^f1 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2) of this regulation.

The following paragraph is substituted for paragraph (1) of regulation 4 (specified bovine material) —

“(1)

In these Regulations, “specified bovine material” means —

(a)

the intestines from the duodenum to the rectum of any bovine animal which was slaughtered or has died elsewhere than in Australia or New Zealand;

(b)

the following material derived from a bovine animal which was slaughtered or has died in the United Kingdom or Portugal at an age greater than 6 months —

(i)

the head (excluding the tongue but including the brain, eyes, trigeminal ganglia and tonsils);

(ii)

the thymus;

(iii)

the spleen; and

(iv)

the spinal cord;

(c)

in relation to a bovine animal which was slaughtered or has died at an age greater than 30 months, other than one which was accompanied at the time of slaughter by a slaughter certificate issued under the Beef Assurance Scheme as described in Schedule 1 to the Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (No. 2) Regulations 1996^f2), the vertebral column, including dorsal root ganglia; and

(d)

the following material derived from a bovine animal which was slaughtered or has died at an age greater than 12 months elsewhere than in the United Kingdom, Portugal, Australia or New Zealand—

(i)

the skull (including the brains and eyes);

(ii)

the tonsils; and

(iii)

the spinal cord.”.