Specified Risk Material (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 (S.R. No. 1 of 2001). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision Northern Ireland 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 This Order will come into force on 3 January 2001. Abstract This Order implements in Northern Ireland the requirements of Article 3.1 of Commission Decision 2000/418/EC regulating the use of material presenting risks as regards transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, as amended by Article 1 of the Commission Decision adopted on 27th December 2000. The Order makes the following changes of substance to the principal Order of 1997: (a) the definition of "specified risk material" (SRM) in Article 2(1) of S.R. 1997 No. 551 is brought into line with the definition contained in Commission Decision 2000/418/EC as amended; (b) the categories of premises to which SRM must be sent if it is imported into Northern Ireland from any place outside the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands are revised; (c) food and feedingstuffs containing SRM must now be accompanied by a certificate only when imported from a country outside the European Union. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Amends Specified Risk Material Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 (S.R. No. 551 of 2001). Legislation | United Kingdom | 1997 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Animal health, Pests/diseases, Animal by-products Source: FAO, FAOLEX