Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Export and Movement Restrictions) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (S.S.I. No. 518 of 2007).

Subject

Livestock, Food & nutrition

Keyword

Food quality control/food safety Traceability/product tracing Milk/dairy products Meat HACCP Packaging/labelling Animal health International trade Pests/diseases Animal by-products Offences/penalties

Geographical area

Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe

Abstract

For purposes of control of foot-and-mouth disease, these Regulations regulate, in respect of Scotland, a wide variety of matters regarding trade in and handling of live animals, handling and storage of reproductive material, trade in and handling of meat and slaughtering. These matters include: (a) the movement and export of live animals; (b) the export of meat from bovine, ovine caprine and porcine animals and other biungulates; (c) the marking of meat not eligible for export; (d) the export of meat products, milk and dairy products; (e) the export of semen, ova or embryos of animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine or porcine species or other biungulates, hides and skins and various animal products; and (f) application of HACCP or another auditable standard operating procedure.

Full text

English

Website

www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Commission Decision 2007/554/EC concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom and repealing Decision 2007/552/EC.

Legislation | European Union | 2007

Keyword: Meat, Milk/dairy products, Cattle, Sheep/goats, Swine, Equine-animals, Transport/storage, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Food quality control/food safety, Animal health, Pests/diseases, Animal reproduction

Source: FAO, FAOLEX