The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Offences relating to fishmeal and feedingstuffs containing fishmeal

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3.—(1) Failure to comply with paragraph 1 or 2 is an offence.

(2) It is an offence for a home compounder registered under paragraph 1(2)(b) to—

(a)keep ruminant animals;

(b)consign feedingstuffs containing fishmeal (whether complete or partly complete) produced by them from their premises; or

(c)use feedingstuffs containing fishmeal with a crude protein content of 50% or more in the production of complete feedingstuffs.

(3) It is an offence for any person producing feedingstuffs in accordance with point B(c)(ii) of Part II of Annex IV to the EU TSE Regulation to—

(a)fail to ensure that feedingstuffs destined for ruminants are kept in separate facilities in accordance with the first indent of that point;

(b)fail to ensure that feedingstuffs destined for ruminants are manufactured in accordance with the second indent; or

(c)fail to make and keep a record in accordance with the third indent.