The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Wales) Regulations 2018

Brain stem sampling of bovine animals (approved sampling sites)

3.  The occupier of an approved sampling site to which an animal that must be tested for BSE has been sent in accordance with paragraph 1 must—

(a)take a sample comprising the brain stem for testing in accordance with Chapter C of Annex X;

(b)ensure that the animal (or all parts of it) from which the sample has been taken can be identified;

(c)arrange for the sample to be delivered to an approved testing laboratory; and

(d)retain the body of the animal pending test results and dispose of it in accordance with Part I of Chapter A of Annex III,

and failure to do so is an offence.