Paragraph 11 Approval of laboratories
(1)
The Department may approve laboratories to test samples taken in accordance with this Schedule if it is satisfied that the laboratory—
(a)
will carry out the testing in accordance with Chapter C of Annex X;
(b)
has adequate quality control procedures; and
(c)
has adequate procedures to ensure the correct identification of the samples and notification of the test results to the consigning slaughterhouse and to the Department.
F1(2)
In this Schedule an “approved testing laboratory” means—
(a)
a laboratory approved by the Department under this paragraph; or
(b)
a laboratory approved under corresponding legislation elsewhere in the United Kingdom.