Paragraph 13 Processed animal protein, including fishmeal, derived from non-ruminants

England and Wales

(1)

This paragraph applies to—

(a)

processed animal protein derived from non-ruminant animals, including fishmeal and processed animal protein derived from farmed insects, and

(b)

compound feed containing such protein.

(2)

Any person who transports or stores the protein in bulk for feeding to non-ruminant farmed animals must do so in accordance with Section A of Chapter III of Annex IV—

(a)

in compliance with any procedure which has been authorised by the Welsh Ministers for the purposes of that Section; and

(b)

(in the case of storage plants to which point 2 of that Section applies), in storage plants which have been authorised for that purpose by the Welsh Ministers.

(3)

Any person importing F1... a consignment of the protein for feeding to non-ruminant farmed animals must ensure it is analysed in accordance with Section C of Chapter III of Annex IV in order to verify the absence of unauthorised constituents of animal origin.

(4)

Any occupier of premises who keeps farmed animals for which the protein is not intended must not use or store it or any compound feed containing it on the premises except in the case of compound feed—

(a)

where measures approved by the Welsh Ministers have been implemented in accordance with Section D of Chapter III of Annex IV; and

(b)

in compliance with the conditions of any authorisation which may be issued to the occupier for that purpose.

(5)

Failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 6 para. 13(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal By-Products and Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/94), regs. 1(2), 3(3)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)