{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-risk-material-regulations-1997/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-risk-material-regulations-1997/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2965",
  "legislation_title": "The Specified Risk Material Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-risk-material-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Staining",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations “stained blue” means being treated (whether by immersion, spraying or other application) with a 0.5% weight/volume solution of the colouring agent Patent Blue V (E131, 1971 Colour Index No. 42051) in such a way that the colouring is clearly visible—\n(a) (in the case of specified risk material other than the head of a sheep or goat) over the whole surface of the material; and\n(b) (in the case of the head of a sheep or goat) over the whole of the cut surface and majority of the head;\nexcept that, if the tongue is to be removed, this shall be done immediately after slaughter and the head shall be stained immediately after the removal of the tongue.\n(2) In these Regulations “stained yellow” means being treated (whether by immersion, spraying or other application) with a 0.5% weight/volume solution of the colouring agent Tartrazine (E102, Colour Index No. 19140) in such a way that the colouring is clearly visible over the whole surface of the material.\n(3) The requirement in regulations 10 and 11 below to stain specified risk material shall not apply—\n(a) if the specified risk material is to be sent to a veterinary or medical school, laboratory, hospital or similar institution for instructional, diagnostic or research purposes;\n(b) to specified risk material which is intended to be used at premises approved under article 10 of the Specified Risk Material Order 1997;\n(c) to specified solid waste;\n(d) in the case of specified risk material intended for an examination referred to in regulation 10(6) or 11(3) below, until after the completion of the examination; or\n(e) where a post-mortem examination is carried out by a veterinary surgeon or a veterinary practitioner at a farm (as mentioned in regulation 11(4) below), provided that he makes arrangements for the disposal of the whole of the carcase by burial there.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Colour Index is published by the Society of Dyers and Colourists at Perkin House, 82 Grattan Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD1 2JB."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1997/2964."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/843",
      "affecting_title": "The TSE (England) Regulations 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "wsi/2002/1416",
      "affecting_title": "The TSE (Wales) Regulations 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2965/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:40:45.296941+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}