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Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. No. 347 of 2009).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Northern Ireland
Document type
Regulation
Date
2009
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock, Food & nutrition
Keyword
Hygiene/sanitary procedures Meat International trade Food quality control/food safety Animal health Pests/diseases Slaughtering Inspection Registration Authorization/permit Animal feed/feedstuffs
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations amend the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 in Schedule 2 providing rules on handling of a bovine animal body for brain stem sampling and concerning approval of TSE sampling sites by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Failure to comply with those rules is an offence. It shall also be an offence to destroy a carcase to which these provisions apply, before it has been sampled.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.

Legislation | European Union | 2001

Keyword: Inspection, Internal trade, International trade, Certification, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Slaughtering, Food quality control/food safety, Cattle, Sheep/goats, Swine, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Animal health, Pests/diseases

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amends

Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. No. 508 of 2008).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2008

Keyword: Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Meat, International trade, Food quality control/food safety, Animal health, Pests/diseases, Slaughtering, Inspection, Registration, Authorization/permit, Animal feed/feedstuffs

Source: FAO, FAOLEX