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Article 9 Prohibition on the removal of brain and eyes

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

No person shall remove the brain or eyes from the carcase of a bovine animal aged over six months, or from a carcase of a sheep or goat (of any age at death), except—

(a)

for the purposes of veterinary or scientific examination or research; and

(b)

in a part of the premises kept free at all times from food, feeding stuffs and any cosmetic, pharmaceutical or medical product.