Specified Bovine Material (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996

Amendment of the Specified Bovine Material Order (Northern Ireland) 1996

3.—(1) In Article 2(1) (Interpretation)—

(a) after the definition of “intestines” there shall be inserted the following definition—

““livestock” means any creature kept for the production of food, wool, skin or fur or for use in the farming of land;”;

(b) for the definition of “mammalian meat and bone meal” there shall be substituted the following definition—

““mammalian meat and bone meal” means proteinaceous material derived from the whole or part of any dead mammal, by a process involving crushing, cooking or grinding, but does not include processed blood;”;

(c) after the definition of “rendering plant” there shall be inserted the following definition—

““scheme animal” means a bovine animal which has been slaughtered pursuant to the purchase, slaughter and disposal scheme introduced under Commission Regulation (EC) No. 716/96(1) adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market in the United Kingdom;”;

(d) for the definition of “specified bovine material” there shall be substituted the following definition—

““specified bovine material” means—

(a)

subject to paragraph (d) of this definition, the head (including the brain but excluding the tongue), spinal cord, spleen, thymus, tonsils and intestines of a bovine animal six months old or over which has died in the United Kingdom or has been slaughtered there;

(b)

the thymus and intestines of a bovine animal two months old or over but less than six months old which has died in the United Kingdom or has been slaughtered there;

(c)

the thymus and intestines of a bovine animal under two months old which has been slaughtered in the United Kingdom for human consumption; and

(d)

subject to paragraph (3), the head (including the brain and the tongue), spinal cord, spleen, thymus, tonsils and intestines of a scheme animal,

and includes anything left attached to such material after dissection of the carcase and any animal matter which comes into contact with the material after it has been removed from the carcase but does not include a whole carcase;”.

(2) After Article 2(2) there shall be added the following paragraphs—

“(3) The provisions of Articles 4(3), 8, 9(1)(e) and 12 shall not apply to specified bovine material from scheme animals.

(4) The provisions of paragraph 1 of Part I of the Schedule shall apply to specified bovine material from scheme animals subject to the modification that specified bovine material need not be stored, handled and processed separately from animal material from scheme animals.”.

(1)

O.J. No. L99, 19.4.96, p. 14