Animal By-Products (Identification) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 2073 of 1997). Country/Territory United Kingdom Document type Regulation Date 1997 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Processing/handling Slaughtering Food quality control/food safety Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Entry into force notes The entry into force of these Regulations is on 21 September 1997. Abstract These Regulations amend regulation 3 of the Animal By-products (Identification) Regulations 1995. The amendments add to the definition of animal by-product to which the sterilisation and staining requirements of those Regulations apply. The definition now includes carcasses or parts of carcasses derived form bovine animals which are slaughtered for human consumption and were more than two years and six months old at the time of slaughter, but which were not slaughtered under the Beef Assurance Scheme or any other Scheme which provides an exception to the prohibition of sale of meat from older bovine animals. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Amends Animal By-Products (Identification) Regulations 1995 (S.I. No. 614 of 1995). Legislation | United Kingdom | 1995 Keyword: Processing/handling, Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Slaughtering Source: FAO, FAOLEX