Specified Risk Material (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2001 (S.I. No. 817 of 2001). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision England Document type Regulation Date 2001 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock Keyword Hygiene/sanitary procedures Animal health Pests/diseases 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 will come into force on 1 April 2001. Abstract These Regulations are made by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to make two changes to the processing requirements at rendering plants in England approved by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Specified Risk Material Regulations 1997. The first change gives effect to articles 3.1 and 7(b) of, and paragraph 3(b)(ii) of Annex I to, Commission Decision 2000/418/EC regulating the use of material presenting risks as regards transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. Specified risk material which is to be buried at licensed landfill sites must first have been processed at an approved rendering plant in accordance with method 4 prescribed in Part II of Schedule 1 to the Specified Risk Material Regulations 1997. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Amends Specified Risk Material Regulations 1997 (No. 2965). Legislation | United Kingdom | 1997 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Animal health, Pests/diseases Source: FAO, FAOLEX