# The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018, Paragraph 13: Authorisation of cutting plants by the Food Standards Agency


(1) If the Food Standards Agency is satisfied that the provision of Annex V and this Schedule will be complied with, the Agency may authorise a cutting plant to—
(a) remove those parts of the vertebral column of bovine animals that are specified risk material; or
(b) remove the spinal cord from ovine or caprine animals aged over 12 months at slaughter or which have a permanent incisor erupted through the gum; or
(c) harvest the head meat from bovine animals in accordance with point 9 of Annex V.
(2) Regulations 7, 9, 10 and 11 apply, but all references to the Department must be construed as references to the Food Standards Agency.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2018/213/schedule/7/paragraph/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-regulations-northern-ireland-2018/schedule-7/paragraph-13
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