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Specified Risk Material Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (S.R. No. 552 of 1997).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Northern Ireland
Document type
Regulation
Date
1997
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition, Livestock
Keyword
Hygiene/sanitary procedures Food quality control/food safety Animal health Pests/diseases
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations control specified risk material, being material, which may contain the agent containing bovine spongiform encephalopathy, in respect of food. The Regulations implement in part specified Community legislation. The Regulations control the sale and use of specified risk material for human consumption (reg.6) and the production of mechanically recovered meat (regs.7 and 8). Provision is made for the initial treatment of specified risk material (regs.9, 10 and 13) and the rendering of whole carcases (reg.11). The Regulations prohibit the removal of the brain and eyes from a bovine animal (reg.14) and prohibit the removal of the spinal cord from a ruminant animal (reg.15). Regulations 16 to 19 provide particular requirements in relation to sheep and goats. These are the marking of young animals with a young lamb stamp, requirements as to the transport of unmarked carcases of sheep and goats, the presence of official veterinary surgeons at slaughterhouses and the possession of unmarked carcases of sheep and goats. Regulation 21 regulates the consignment of specified risk material once it has been removed from the carcase and regulations 22 to 24 require the approval of collection centres, incinerators, rendering plants and other premises that process specified bovine material. Regulations 25 to 31 contain provisions on veterinary and laboratory premises, directions, transport storage, samples, enforcement, etc.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Amended by

Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 78 of 2000).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2000

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Inspection, Institution, Data collection/reporting, Animal feed/feedstuffs

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Specified Risk Material (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 (S.R. No. 48 of 2001).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2001

Keyword: Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Animal health, Pests/diseases

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Specified Risk Material (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 (S.R. No. 196 of 2001).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2001

Keyword: Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Animal health, Pests/diseases

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Specified Risk Material (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 (S.R. No. 376 2001).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2001

Keyword: Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Animal health, Pests/diseases

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Specified Risk Material (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. No. 157 of 1999).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1999

Keyword: Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Animal health, Pests/diseases

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Specified Risk Material (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. No. 295 of 2000).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2000

Keyword: Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Animal health, Pests/diseases

Source: FAO, FAOLEX