Killing of animals that have had access to unlawful feedingstuffs
1.—(1) Where an inspector has reasonable grounds to believe that an animal has been fed or has had access to any material prohibited by Annex 4 (referred to in this Schedule as unlawful feedingstuffs), that inspector may serve a notice in accordance with sub-paragraph (2).
(2) The notice may require the owner or person in charge of the animal to—
(a)kill the animal and dispose of it, as specified in the notice;
(b)keep the animal on such holding and in such manner as the notice provides.
(3) When a bovine animal is required by notice to be killed an inspector must ensure that the relevant cattle passport is stamped “Not for human consumption”.
(4) No person may consign for slaughter for human consumption any bovine animal the passport for which has been stamped “Not for human consumption”.