# The Specified Risk Material Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, Regulation 7: Prohibitions applying to the vertebral column

Extent: N.I.

(1) A person shall not use the vertebral column of a ruminant animal in the recovery of meat by mechanical means.
(2) A person shall not use, in the preparation of food for sale for human consumption, any meat which has been recovered by mechanical means from the vertebral column of a ruminant animal.
(3) Without prejudice to regulation 4 of the Bovine Products (Despatch Prohibition and Production Restriction) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, a person shall not use the vertebral column of a ruminant animal, which has died or has been slaughtered in the United Kingdom and from which meat has been cut, to produce food for sale for human consumption.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/552/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/specified-risk-material-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-7
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