# The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Wales) Regulations 2018, Paragraph 3: Brain stem sampling of bovine animals (approved sampling sites)

Extent: E+W

The occupier of an approved sampling site to which an animal that must be tested for BSE has been sent in accordance with paragraph 1 must—
(a) take a sample comprising the brain stem for testing in accordance with Chapter C of Annex X;
(b) ensure that the animal (or all parts of it) from which the sample has been taken can be identified;
(c) arrange for the sample to be delivered to an approved testing laboratory; and
(d) retain the body of the animal pending test results and dispose of it in accordance with Part I of Chapter A of Annex III,
and failure to do so is an offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2018/968/schedule/2/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-wales-regulations-2018/schedule-2/paragraph-3
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