# The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018, Paragraph 11: Young lamb and goat stamps


(1) A young lamb stamp or a young goat stamp may be applied to an ovine or caprine carcase in a slaughterhouse if the animal does not have a permanent incisor erupted through the gum and any documentation relating to the animal does not indicate that it is aged over 12 months at slaughter.
(2) A young lamb or young goat stamp may be applied by;
(a) an inspector; or
(b) an occupier of a slaughterhouse or a representative authorised by that occupier.
(3) The young lamb or goat stamp must mark the meat with a circular mark 5 centimetres in diameter with the following in capital letters 1 centimetre high—
(a) “VS”; and
(b) in the case of—
(i) an ovine animal, “YL”; or
(ii) a caprine animal, “YG”.
(4) A person must not apply a mark resembling the young lamb or goat stamp.
(5) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) a person must not possess the equipment for applying a young lamb or goat stamp.
(6) A person who contravenes this paragraph is guilty of an offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2018/213/schedule/7/paragraph/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-regulations-northern-ireland-2018/schedule-7/paragraph-11
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