# The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (revoked) S.R. 2008/508 · made 22 December 2008 · revised to 31 December 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-regulations-northern-ireland-2008-revoked/pdf/nisr_20080508_en.pdf ## Introductory text Animal Health Made 22nd December 2008 Coming into operation 1st January 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part I: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Appointment of competent authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Exception for research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: INTRODUCTION OF SCHEDULES ## 5 The Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III: 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 Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Revocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1 AMBULATORY REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: TSE MONITORING ### Part I: MONITORING FOR TSE ## 1 Notifications for the purposes of monitoring under Article 6 of the Community TSE Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1A Arrangements in respect 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 the body of a bovine animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1C Brain stem sampling of the body of a bovine animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1D Destruction without sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1E Retention and Disposal of the body of a bovine animal pending test results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Consignment and slaughter of an over-age bovine animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Brain stem sampling of bovine animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Approval of laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4A Approved TSE sampling sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Slaughter of bovine animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Retention of products and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: CONTENTS OF A RMOP ## 1 Animal identification and separation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Brain stem sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Correlation of sample to carcase and all other parts of the body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Retention of carcases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Retention of parts of the body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Disposal before receipt of the result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Other measures following brain stem sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 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 of TSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Action where TSE is not confirmed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Death while under restriction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Placing on the market of bovine progeny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 When compensation is payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Compensation for a suspect animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Compensation for a cohort animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Compensation for an offspring animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Compensation for Buffalo and Bison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Assessment of market value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 other premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Common grazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Multiple flocks on any premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Subsequent occupiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Introduction of an animal onto any premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Use of ovine germinal products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Movement of an animal from any premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Time of movement restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Death while under restriction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Placing on the market of progeny of a BSE affected sheep or goat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 OTHER THAN BOVINE, OVINE OR CAPRINE ANIMALS ## 1 Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Restriction of a notified animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Slaughter of a suspect animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Compensation for an animal that is not bovine, ovine or caprine slaughtered as a suspect animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Retention of products and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6: FEEDINGSTUFFS ### Part I: 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 an animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Slaughter or sale for human consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: PRODUCTION OF PROTEIN AND FEEDINGSTUFFS ## 1 Fishmeal for feeding to non-ruminant farmed animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Offences relating to fishmeal and feedingstuffs containing fishmeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Feedingstuffs containing dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate for feeding to non-ruminant animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Offences relating to feedingstuffs containing dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate for feeding to non-ruminant animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Blood products and blood meal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Offences relating to feedingstuffs containing blood products or blood meal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Change in use of equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Conditions applying to the storage and transport of bulk quantities of protein products and feedingstuffs containing such proteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Conditions applying to the manufacture and transport of feedingstuffs, including petfood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Export of processed animal protein to third countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Fertilisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Record keeping for transport etc. of reject petfood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 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 a member State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Staining and disposal of specified risk material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Security of specified risk material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Prohibition on the supply of specified risk material for human consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 8: RESTRICTIONS ON PLACING ON THE MARKET AND EXPORT ## 1 Placing on the market or export to third countries of bovine products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Placing on the market or export to third countries of bovine animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Export to a member State of heads and un-split carcases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Export to third countries of products containing specified risk material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Appointment of Food Standards Agency inspectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/508 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-regulations-northern-ireland-2008-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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