Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (No. 2) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (S.S.I. No. 449 of 2000). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision Scotland Document type Regulation Date 2000 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition, Livestock Keyword Food quality control/food safety Meat Inspection Animal feed/feedstuffs Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Entry into force notes These Regulations enter into force on 1 January 2001. Abstract These Regulations provide for the enforcement of article 2.1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2777/2000 adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market (reg. 2(2)). Article 2.1 provides that meat from bovine animals aged more than 30 months and slaughtered in the European Community after 1 January 2001 can only be released for human consumption or for export if tested negatively for bovine spongiform encephalopathy by an approved rapid test as referred to in Annex IV(A) to Commission Decision 98/272/EC Annex IV(A) was inserted into that Decision by Commission Decision 2000/374/EC. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Amends Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (No. 2) Regulations 1996 (S.I. No. 2097 of 1996). Legislation | United Kingdom | 1996 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Meat, Inspection, Slaughtering Source: FAO, FAOLEX