Fourth Ordinance amending the Ordinance on the protection of consumers from bovine spongiform encephalopathy and issuing an BSE Ordinance. Country/Territory Germany Document type Regulation Date 2000 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 11, 28 March 2000, pp. 244-251. Subject Livestock, Food & nutrition Keyword Meat International trade Food quality control/food safety Hygiene/sanitary procedures Offences/penalties Cattle Slaughtering Pests/diseases Animal health Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract Article 1 of the present Ordinance issues, inter alia, an Ordinance on meat hygiene measures relating to bovine spongiform encephalopath (BSE Ordinance). Meat coming from animals born, brought up or slaughtered in the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Northern Ireland or in the Republic of Portugal may not be imported into Germany. Thereafter the text deals with exceptions as well as, putting on the market of meat, meat coming from animals not slaughtered in Great Britain, Northern Ireland or Portugal, notifications of meat coming from the aforementioned countries, penalties and violations. Three Annexes are enclosed. Full text German References - Legislation Amended by First Ordinance amending the BSE Ordinance. Legislation | Germany | 2002 Keyword: Meat, International trade, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Food quality control/food safety, Pests/diseases, Animal health, Slaughtering, Cattle Source: FAO, FAOLEX Ninth Ordinance amending the BSE Ordinance. Legislation | Germany | 2004 Keyword: Meat, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Food quality control/food safety, Pests/diseases, Slaughtering, Cattle, Animal health Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Ordinance repealing Ordinances on the protection from bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Legislation | Germany | 2006 Keyword: Cattle, Slaughtering, Pests/diseases, Animal health Source: FAO, FAOLEX