The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Control of Vaccination) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Fresh meat etc. derived from a vaccinated ruminant slaughtered during phase 2

7.—(1) This paragraph applies to fresh meat, minced meat, mechanically separated meat and meat preparations derived from a vaccinated ruminant slaughtered in a vaccination zone during phase 2.

(2) A person shall not sell or consign for sale offal to which this paragraph applies.

(3) A person shall not sell or consign for sale meat other than offal to which this paragraph applies unless it has been produced in an establishment which—

(a) is authorised by a licence granted by the Department imposing such conditions as it considers necessary to impose strict veterinary control of the establishment;

(b) processes only meat falling within sub-paragraph (4); and

(c) at all times during the production process stores, identifies and transports animal products eligible for sale to the final consumer or user separately from those which are not, and in accordance with the directions of the Department.

(4) Meat falls within this sub-paragraph if—

(a) it has been—

(i) deboned and matured so that it falls within Part III of Schedule 6 to the FMD Regulations, or

(ii) obtained from animals reared and slaughtered outside a vaccination zone; and

(b) it is health marked or identification marked.