# The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations 2006, Paragraph 14: Removal of vertebral column

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

The RMOP must describe the system that ensures that, in the case of a bovine animal for which a negative test result has been received—
(a) those parts of the vertebral column that are specified risk material are not removed in the slaughterhouse; and
(b) the meat containing that specified risk material is consigned to a cutting plant authorised under paragraph 11 of Schedule 6 to remove it.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/68/schedule/2/paragraph/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-regulations-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-14
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