SCHEDULE 5FEEDINGSTUFFS
PART IIPRODUCTION OF PROTEIN AND FEEDINGSTUFFS
Offences relating to feedingstuffs containing blood products or blood meal6
1
Failure to comply with paragraph 5 is an offence.
2
It is an offence for any person collecting blood in accordance with the second paragraph of point D(a) of Part II of Annex IV of the Community TSE Regulation to—
a
slaughter animals otherwise than in accordance with the first indent of that paragraph;
b
collect, store, transport or package blood otherwise than in accordance with the second indent of that paragraph; or
c
fail to regularly sample and analyse blood in accordance with the third indent of that paragraph.
3
It is an offence for any person producing blood products or blood meal in accordance with the second paragraph of point D(b) of that Part to—
a
fail to ensure that the blood is processed in accordance with the first indent of that paragraph;
b
keep raw material and finished product otherwise than in accordance with the second indent of that paragraph; or
c
fail to sample it in accordance with the third indent of that paragraph.
4
It is an offence for any person producing feedingstuffs in accordance with point D(c)(ii) of Part II of Annex IV of the Community TSE Regulation to—
a
fail to ensure that feedingstuffs are manufactured in accordance with the first indent of that point;
b
fail to ensure that they are kept in separate facilities in accordance with the second indent; or
c
fail to make and keep a record in accordance with the third indent.
5
It is an offence for a home compounder registered under paragraph 5(5)(b) to—
a
keep ruminant animals where blood products are used;
b
keep animals, other than fish, where blood meal is used;
c
consign feedingstuffs containing blood products or blood meal (whether complete or partly complete) from his premises; or
d
use feedingstuffs containing blood products or blood meal with a total protein content of 50% or more in the production of complete feedingstuffs.