2001 No. 3
The Specified Risk Material Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2001
Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1)(a), (b), (c), (d) and (f), (2)(a) and (3), 17(1), 19(1)(a), 26 and 48(1) of and paragraphs 2(1), 3(1), 5 and 6(1)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Food Safety Act 19901 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having had regard in accordance with section 48(4A)2 of that Act to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency and after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) and (4B)3 of that Act hereby make the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and extent1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Specified Risk Material Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 10th January 2001.
2
These Regulations extend to Scotland only.
Amendments to the Specified Risk Material Regulations 19972
1
The Specified Risk Material Regulations 19974 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2) of this regulation.
2
In regulation 4 (specified bovine material), paragraph (1) is substituted by the following paragraph:–
1
In these Regulations, “specified bovine material” means–
a
in relation to a bovine animal which was slaughtered or has died elsewhere than in Australia or New Zealand, the intestines from the duodenum to the rectum;
b
in relation to a bovine animal which was slaughtered or has died in the United Kingdom or Portugal at an age greater than 6 months, the following material:–
i
the entire head (excluding the tongue but including the brains, eyes, trigeminal ganglia and tonsils);
ii
the thymus;
iii
the spleen; and
iv
the spinal cord;
c
in relation to a bovine animal which was slaughtered or has died in the United Kingdom or Portugal at an age greater than 30 months, the vertebral column (including dorsal root ganglia); and
d
in relation to a bovine animal which was slaughtered or has died elsewhere than in the United Kingdom, Portugal, Australia or New Zealand at an age greater than 12 months, the following material–
i
the skull (including the brains and eyes);
ii
the tonsils; and
iii
the spinal cord.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)