6.—(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.