The Bovine Products (Production and Despatch) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Use and despatch of controlled bovine by-products

5.—(1) Any person who uses any controlled bovine by-product in the production of any product (other than a controlled bovine by-product) which is—

(a) liable to enter the human food chain or animal feed chain; or

(b) destined for use as or in any cosmetic, medical or pharmaceutical product,

shall ensure that that by-product was produced—

(i) in accordance with regulation 3;

(ii) in the case of a controlled bovine by-product produced in Great Britain, in accordance with regulation 3 of the Great Britain Regulations; or

(iii) in the case of gelatin produced in the United Kingdom from bovine animals slaughtered outside the United Kingdom before 2nd January 1997, in an establishment which complied with the conditions for registration under regulation 3(2) at the time of manufacture and which has subsequently been registered in accordance with that provision or regulation 3(2) of the Great Britain Regulations; or

(iv) in the case of a controlled bovine by-product, other than gelatin, produced in the United Kingdom from bovine animals slaughtered outside the United Kingdom before 26th July 1997 in an establishment which complied with the conditions for registration under regulation 3(2) at the time of manufacture and which has subsequently been registered in accordance with that provision or regulation 3(2) of the Great Britain Regulations.

(2) A person shall not despatch from Northern Ireland to another member State any controlled bovine by-product produced in an establishment registered under regulation 3(3) of these Regulations or of the Great Britain Regulations unless it is accompanied by a health certificate issued by a veterinary inspector specifying that it was produced in compliance with the conditions specified in the Annex to Commission Decision 96/239/EC.