Council Directive 2003/85/ECShow full title

1. Fresh meat, excluding heads, viscera and offals, intended for placing on the market outside the protection and surveillance zone shall be produced according to at least one of the following additional conditions: U.K.

(a)

in the case of ruminants:

(i)

the animals have been subjected to the controls provided for in Article 24(2), and

(ii)

the meat is subject to the treatment provided for in points 1, 3 and 4 of Part A;

(b)

in the case of all animals of susceptible species:

(i)

the animals have been resident on the holding for at least 21 days and are identified so as to allow the tracing of the holding of origin, and

(ii)

the animals have been subjected to the controls provided for in Article 24(2), and

(iii)

the meat is clearly identified and detained under official supervision for at least 7 days and is not released until any suspicion of infection with the foot-and-mouth disease virus on the holding of origin has been officially ruled out at the end of the detention period;

(c)

in the case of all animals of susceptible species:

(i)

the animals have completed a 21-day standstill on the holding of origin during which no animal of a species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease has been introduced onto the holding, and

(ii)

the animals have been subjected to the controls provided for in Article 24(2) within 24 hours of loading, and

(iii)

samples taken in accordance with the statistical requirements provided for in point 2.2 of Annex III within 48 hours of loading have been tested with negative result in an assay for the detection of antibodies against the foot-and-mouth disease virus, and

(iv)

the meat is detained under official control for 24 hours and not released before a repeat inspection of the animals in the holding of origin has ruled out on clinical inspection the presence of infected or suspected of being infected animals.