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The Specified Risk Material Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

S.R. 1997/552 · Made 29 December 1997 · Extends to Northern Ireland

Not fully up to date. 61 changes made by later legislation have not yet been written into this text, which is revised to 1 January 1998.

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reg. 2(1)words insertedSpecified Risk Material 1999 reg. 3(1)(a)
reg. 2(2A)insertedSpecified Risk Material 1999 reg. 3(2)
reg. 2(1)words insertedSpecified Risk Material 1999 reg. 3(1)(b)
reg. 29(3)words insertedSpecified Risk Material 1999 reg. 11(b)
reg. 29(2A)insertedSpecified Risk Material 1999 reg. 11(a)
reg. 19AaddedSpecified Risk Material 1999 reg. 10
reg. 19(3)(4)addedSpecified Risk Material 1999 reg. 9
reg. 18(1)words insertedSpecified Risk Material 1999 reg. 8
reg. 17(1)(2)substitutedSpecified Risk Material 1999 reg. 7
reg. 16AaddedSpecified Risk Material 1999 reg. 6
reg. 10addedSpecified Risk Material 1999 reg. 5
reg. 6(6)insertedSpecified Risk Material 1999 reg. 4
reg. 9(10)insertedSpecified Risk Material (Inspection Charges) 1999 reg. 5(2)
reg. 31AaddedSpecified Risk Material (Inspection Charges) 1999 reg. 5(3)
reg. 2(1)words revokedSpecified Risk Material 2000 reg. 2(2)
reg. 2(1)words substitutedSpecified Risk Material 2000 reg. 2(3)
reg. 3(1)words revokedSpecified Risk Material 2000 reg. 2(4)
reg. 3(2)revokedSpecified Risk Material 2000 reg. 2(5)
reg. 3(3)words revokedSpecified Risk Material 2000 reg. 2(6)(a)
reg. 3(3)words insertedSpecified Risk Material 2000 reg. 2(6)(b)
reg. 4(1)substitutedSpecified Risk Material 2000 reg. 2(7)
reg. 4(3)substitutedSpecified Risk Material 2000 reg. 2(8)
reg. 4(4)addedSpecified Risk Material 2000 reg. 2(9)
reg. 11revokedSpecified Risk Material 2000 reg. 2(10)
reg. 14(1)words substitutedSpecified Risk Material 2000 reg. 2(11)(a)
reg. 14(1)words substitutedSpecified Risk Material 2000 reg. 2(11)(b)
reg. 24(9)(b)(ii)words substitutedSpecified Risk Material 2000 reg. 2(12)
reg. 24(16)addedSpecified Risk Material 2000 reg. 2(13)
reg. 8(4)word substitutedFood Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) 2000 Sch. 4 Pt. 8 para. 4
reg. 31(A)(1)words substitutedFood Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) 2000 Sch. 4 Pt. 8 para. 3
reg. 31(1)words substitutedFood Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) 2000 Sch. 4 Pt. 8 para. 3
reg. 19(4)words substitutedFood Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) 2000 Sch. 4 Pt. 8 para. 3
reg. 16A(2)words substitutedFood Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) 2000 Sch. 4 Pt. 8 para. 3
reg. 15(7)words substitutedFood Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) 2000 Sch. 4 Pt. 8 para. 3
reg. 15(1)(a)words substitutedFood Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) 2000 Sch. 4 Pt. 8 para. 3
reg. 14(2)words substitutedFood Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) 2000 Sch. 4 Pt. 8 para. 3
reg. 10(3)words substitutedFood Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) 2000 Sch. 4 Pt. 8 para. 3
reg. 8(1)-(5)words substitutedFood Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) 2000 Sch. 4 Pt. 8 para. 3
reg. 5substitutedFood Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) 2000 Sch. 4 Pt. 8 para. 2
reg. 2(1)words substitutedFood Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) 2000 Sch. 4 Pt. 8 para. 1(c)
reg. 2(1)words substitutedFood Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) 2000 Sch. 4 Pt. 8 para. 1(b)
reg. 2(1)words substitutedFood Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) 2000 Sch. 4 Pt. 8 para. 1(a)
reg. 24(5)words substitutedSpecified Risk Material 2001 reg. 2(2)
reg. 24(5A)insertedSpecified Risk Material 2001 reg. 2(3)
reg. 24(9)words substitutedSpecified Risk Material 2001 reg. 2(4)
reg. 24(9A)insertedSpecified Risk Material 2001 reg. 2(5)
reg. 4(1)substitutedSpecified Risk Material 2001 reg. 2(2)
reg. 3(5)words insertedTransmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy 2002 Sch. 7 Pt. 2 para. 1
reg. 4(7)words deletedTransmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy 2002 Sch. 7 Pt. 2 para. 2
reg. 5-10revokedTransmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy 2002 Sch. 8 Pt. 1
reg. 12revokedTransmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy 2002 Sch. 8 Pt. 1
reg. 13revokedTransmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy 2002 Sch. 8 Pt. 1
reg. 14revokedTransmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy 2002 Sch. 8 Pt. 1
reg. 15revokedTransmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy 2002 Sch. 8 Pt. 1
reg. 15ArevokedTransmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy 2002 Sch. 8 Pt. 1
reg. 16revokedTransmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy 2002 Sch. 8 Pt. 1
reg. 17revokedTransmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy 2002 Sch. 8 Pt. 1
reg. 18revokedTransmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy 2002 Sch. 8 Pt. 1
reg. 19revokedTransmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy 2002 Sch. 8 Pt. 1
reg. 20-28revokedTransmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy 2002 Sch. 8 Pt. 1
RegulationsrevokedTransmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 2006 reg. 20 Sch. 8

FOOD SAFETY

Made 29th December 1997

Coming into operation 1st January 1998

Whereas it appears to the Department of Agriculture, acting as the Department concerned that it is necessary or expedient—

  1. (a)

    for the purposes of ensuring that food complies with food safety requirements or in the interests of public health; or

  2. (b)

    for the purposes of protecting or promoting the interests of consumers,

to make the following Regulations;

Now therefore the said Department concerned, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 15(1), (2) and (3), 16(1), 18(1), 25, 26(3) and 47(2) of and paragraphs 2(1), 3, 5 and 6(1) of Schedule 1 to the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991f1 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, and after consultation, in accordance with Article 47(3) of that Order, with such organisations that appear to it to be representative of interests substantially affected by the Regulations, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1991 No. 762 (N.I. 7) as amended by S.I. 1996 No. 1633 (N.I. 12)

Contents

  1. Part I: Preliminary
  2. 1Citation and commencement
  3. 2Interpretation
  4. 3Specified sheep and goat material
  5. 4Specified bovine material
  6. 5Approvals
  7. Part II: Restrictions of the use of specified risk material and vertebral columns of ruminant animals
  8. 6Specified risk material for human consumption
  9. 7Prohibitions applying to the vertebral column
  10. 8Registration of premises on which meat is recovered by mechanical means from ruminant animals
  11. Part III: Requirements in relation to the removal and initial treatment of specified risk material
  12. 9Initial treatment of bovine, sheep and goat carcases in a slaughterhouse
  13. 10Initial treatment of bovine, sheep and goat carcases elsewhere than in a slaughterhouse
  14. 11Rendering whole carcases
  15. 12Exceptions from the requirement to stain specified risk material
  16. 13Measures in relation to stained specified risk material
  17. Part IV: Prohibitions on the removal of certain specified risk materials from ruminant animals
  18. 14Prohibition on the removal of brain and eyes
  19. 15Prohibition on the removal of the spinal cord of a ruminant animal
  20. Part V: Particular requirements in relation to sheep and goats
  21. 16The young lamb stamp
  22. 17Transportation of unmarked carcases of sheep and goats
  23. 18Presence of an official veterinary surgeon
  24. 19Possession of unmarked carcases of sheep and goats
  25. Part VI: Transport and disposal of specified risk material
  26. 20Procedure for bringing in specified risk material from Great Britain, the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands
  27. 21Consignment of specified risk material
  28. 22Approved collection centres
  29. 23Approved incinerators
  30. 24Approved rendering plants
  31. 25Veterinary or laboratory premises, etc.
  32. 26Power to give directions
  33. 27Transport
  34. 28Storage
  35. Part VII: Enforcement
  36. 29Offences and penalties
  37. 30Application of provisions of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991
  38. 31Enforcement
  39. 32Revocations
  40. Signature
  41. Schedule 1: Rendering requirements
  42. Part I: Requirements to be met where specified risk material is rendered
  43. 1Paragraph 1
  44. 2Paragraph 2
  45. 3Paragraph 3
  46. 4Paragraph 4
  47. 5Paragraph 5
  48. 6Paragraph 6
  49. 7Paragraph 7
  50. 8Paragraph 8
  51. Part II: Methods of rendering
  52. Natural fat batch atmospheric (150 mm particle size)
  53. 1Equipment
  54. 2Crushing
  55. 3Cooking
  56. 4Separation and storage of final products
  57. 5Records
  58. Natural fat batch atmospheric (30 mm particle size)
  59. 1Equipment
  60. 2Crushing
  61. 3Cooking
  62. 4Separation and storage of final products
  63. 5Records
  64. Added fat batch atmospheric (30 mm particle size)
  65. 1Equipment
  66. 2Crushing
  67. 3Cooking
  68. 4Separation and storage of final products
  69. 5Records
  70. Natural fat batch (Batch Pressure)
  71. 1Equipment
  72. 2Crushing
  73. 3Cooking
  74. 4Separation and storage of final products
  75. 5Records
  76. Natural fat continuous atmospheric
  77. 1Equipment
  78. 2Crushing
  79. 3Cooking
  80. 4Separation and storage of final products
  81. 5Records
  82. Added fat continuous atmospheric
  83. 1Equipment
  84. 2Crushing
  85. 3Cooking
  86. 4Separation and storage of final products
  87. 5Records
  88. Defatted continuous atmospheric
  89. 1Equipment
  90. 2Crushing
  91. 3Pre-heating
  92. 4Pressing
  93. 5Drying
  94. 6Storage of final products
  95. 7Records
  96. Schedule 2Application of the Order to Scheme animals
  97. Explanatory note