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Paragraph 8 Sheep and goats in a slaughterhouseI1

England and Wales Not yet in force

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(1)

When a sheep or goat is slaughtered, the occupier of a slaughterhouse must remove all specified risk material (other than the spinal cord) as soon as is reasonably practicable after slaughter and in any event before post-mortem inspection.

(2)

In the case of a sheep or goat aged over 12 months at slaughter, or which has a permanent incisor erupted through the gum, he must as soon as is reasonably practicable after slaughter—

(a)

remove the spinal cord at the slaughterhouse before the post-mortem inspection;

(b)

send the meat to a cutting plant authorised to remove spinal cord; or

(c)

in accordance with the first paragraph of point 13 of Part A of Annex XI to the Community TSE Regulation send the meat to a cutting plant in another member State provided that the Food Standards Agency has entered into a written agreement with the competent authority of the receiving member State, and the despatch is in accordance with that agreement.

(3)

Failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.

Annotations

Commencement

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Sch. 6 para. 8 in force at 1.3.2006, see reg. 1