# The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2008 (revoked) S.I. 2008/1881 · made 15 July 2008 · revised to 6 April 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-england-regulations-2008-revoked/pdf/uksi_20081881_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-england-regulations-2008-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20081881_en.pdf ## Introductory text Animals, England Animal Health Made 15th July 2008 Laid before Parliament 17th July 2008 Coming into force 7th August 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: General provisions ## 1 Title, application and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Appointment of competent authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Exception for research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: Introduction of Schedules ## 5 The Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Administration and enforcement ## 6 Approvals, authorisations, licences and registrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Occupier's duty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Suspension and amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Revocations of approvals, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Valuations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Appointment of inspectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Powers of entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Powers of inspectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Notices restricting movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Obstruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Corporate offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Revocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: Ambulatory references ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: TSE monitoring ### Part 1: Monitoring for TSE ## 1 Notification of the body of a goat for the purpose of monitoring under Article 6 of the Community TSE Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1A Delivery of the body of a bovine animal for the purpose of monitoring under Article 6 of the Community TSE Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1B Persons collecting and delivering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1C Destruction without sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1D Retention of bodies of bovine animals pending test results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1E Isle of Wight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Consignment and slaughter of an over-age bovine animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Brain stem sampling of bovine animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Approval of laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4A Approved sampling sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Slaughter of bovine animals over 30 months of age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Retention of products and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Contents of an RMOP ## 8 Animal identification and separation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Brain stem sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Correlation of sample to carcase and all other parts of the body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Retention of carcases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Retention of parts of the body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Disposal before receipt of the result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Other measures following sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Removal of vertebral column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: Control and eradication of TSE in bovine animals ## 1 Control and eradication of TSE - notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Restriction of a notified animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Slaughter of a suspect animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Identification and restriction of offspring and cohorts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Action following confirmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Death while under restriction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Placing on the market of bovine progeny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 When compensation is payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Amount of compensation payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: Control and eradication of TSE in sheep and goats ## 1 Notification of TSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Restriction of a notified animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Slaughter of a suspect animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Movement restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Action where TSE is not confirmed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Confirmation of TSE in sheep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Confirmation of TSE in goats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Confirmation of BSE in sheep or goats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Confirmation of atypical scrapie in sheep or goats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Time for appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Killing and destruction following confirmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Infected animals from another holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Common grazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Multiple flocks on a holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Subsequent occupiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Introduction of animals onto a holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Use of ovine germinal products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Movement of animals from a holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Time of movement restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Death while under restriction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Placing on the market of progeny of BSE affected sheep and goats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Compensation for a sheep or goat slaughtered as a suspect animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Compensation for animals killed or products destroyed following confirmation of TSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Valuations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: Control and eradication of TSE in animals that are not bovine, ovine or caprine ## 1 Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Restriction of a notified animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Slaughter of a suspect animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Retention of products and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6: Feedingstuffs ### Part 1: Restrictions on feeding proteins to animals ## 1 Prohibition on feeding animal protein to ruminants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Prohibition on feeding animal protein to non-ruminants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Movement prohibitions and restrictions of animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Slaughter of animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Slaughter or sale for human consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Production of protein and feedingstuffs ## 8 Fishmeal for feeding to non-ruminant farmed animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Offences relating to fishmeal and feedingstuffs containing fishmeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Feedingstuffs containing dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate for feeding to non-ruminant animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Offences relating to feedingstuffs containing dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate for feeding to non-ruminant animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Blood products and blood meal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Offences relating to feedingstuffs containing blood products or blood meal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Change in use of equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Conditions applying to the storage and transport of bulk quantities of protein products and feedingstuffs containing such proteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Conditions applying to the manufacture and transport of petfood or feedingstuffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Export of processed animal protein to third countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Fertilisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Record keeping for transport etc. of reject petfood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Cross-contamination of materials originating from premises where processed animal proteins (except fishmeal) are in use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 7: Specified risk material, mechanically separated meat and slaughtering techniques ## 1 Appointment of the Food Standards Agency as the competent authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Mechanically separated meat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Pithing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Tongue harvesting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Head meat harvesting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Removal of specified risk material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Bovine animals in a slaughterhouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Sheep and goats in a slaughterhouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Young lamb and goat stamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Removal of spinal cord from sheep and goats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Authorisation of cutting plants by the Food Standards Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Removal of specified risk material at a cutting plant authorised under paragraph 12(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Meat from another member State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Staining and disposal of specified risk material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Scheme animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Security of specified risk material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Prohibition on the supply of specified risk material for human consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 8: Restrictions on placing on the market and export ## 1A Placing on the market or export to third countries of bovine products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1B Placing on the market or export to third countries of bovine animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Export to member States of heads and un-split carcases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Export to third countries of products containing specified risk material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Appointment of Food Standards Agency inspectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1881 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-england-regulations-2008-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.