Paragraph 4 Brain stem sampling of bovine animals (slaughterhouses)

England and Wales

(1)

The occupier of a slaughterhouse or other place of slaughter in which a bovine animal to which sub-paragraph (2) applies is slaughtered or processed must—

(a)

take, or make arrangements for a sample to be taken, 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; and

(c)

arrange for the sample to be delivered to an approved testing laboratory,

and failure to do so is an offence.

(2)

This sub-paragraph applies to a bovine animal that—

(a)

was born in a country that is not listed in the Annex to Commission Decision 2009/719/EC and is covered by point 2 of Chapter A of Annex III; or

(b)

is covered by point (b) of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of Commission Decision 2009/719/EC.

(3)

The Welsh Ministers may serve a notice on the occupier of a slaughterhouse or other place of slaughter requiring them to take a sample and send it for testing as required by sub-paragraph (1) from any bovine animal slaughtered there.