Abattoirs (Control of Designated Bovine Offal) Regulations, 1996. Country/Territory Ireland Document type Regulation Date 1996 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition, Livestock Keyword Food quality control/food safety Slaughtering Inspection Authorization/permit Meat Packaging/labelling Animal health Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations controls the use of designated bovine offal. This offal must be removed in an approved slaughterhouse or abattoir and be kept separate from other meat and edible offal. It must then either be utilised under a licence issued by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry or shall be disposed of, only after rendering, in accordance with the provisions of European Communities (Disposal, Processing and Placing on the Market of Animal By-products) Regulations, 1994 (S.I. No. 257 of 1994). The separation of designated bovine offal from the carcase of a bovine animal may take place only in a slaughterhouse, abattoir or cutting plant which has been approved or licensed by the Minister or is operating under the Abattoirs Act, 1988 (No. 8 of 1988), the Pigs and Bacon Act, 1935 (No. 24 of 1935) or the Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) Act, 1930 (No. 10 of 1930). Full text English Website www.bailii.org References - Legislation Implements Abattoirs Act, 1988. Legislation | Ireland | 1988 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Slaughtering, Inspection, Authorization/permit, Meat, Packaging/labelling, Basic legislation, Fraud, Animal health Source: FAO, FAOLEX