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Regulation 11 Initial treatment of bovine, sheep and goat carcases elsewhere than in a slaughterhouse

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

  • reg. 5-11 revoked by TSE 2002 Sch. 9 Pt. 1
  • reg. 5-11 revoked by TSE 2002 reg. 104(1) Sch. 9 Pt. 1
(1)

Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, when specified risk material is removed from the carcase of a ruminant animal elsewhere than in a slaughterhouse, the occupier of the premises at which the specified risk material is removed shall ensure that it is removed as soon as is reasonably practicable after the death of the animal and that it is stained blue immediately, and in any event before the carcase is frozen.

(2)

Without prejudice to the storage requirements of regulation 28 below, the occupier of those premises shall ensure that the specified risk material does not come into contact with any other animal material while on the premises and that it is disposed of in accordance with these Regulations.

(3)

In the case of specified risk material which is intended to be examined by or on behalf of an officer of the Minister or a veterinary surgeon, the specified risk material shall not be stained until after the completion of the examination.

(4)

The provisions of this regulation shall not apply in the case of a post-mortem examination carried out by a veterinary surgeon or a veterinary practitioner at a farm, provided that he makes arrangements for the disposal of the whole of the carcase by burial there.