The Older Cattle (Disposal) (Scotland) Regulations 2006

PART IPROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO OPERATORS OF SLAUGHTERHOUSES

Provision of the Commission RegulationSubject matter
Article 1(2)Requirement that heads, internal organs and carcases be permanently stained.
Article 1(2)Requirement that stained material be transported in sealed containers to specially authorised incineration or rendering plants.
Article 1(2)Prohibition on any part of an animal slaughtered under the Commission Regulation entering the human or animal food chains or being used for cosmetic or pharmaceutical products.
Article 1(3)Requirement that no bovine animal intended for human consumption be present in a slaughterhouse when animals are being slaughtered under the Commission Regulation
Article 1(3)Requirement that, where animals to be slaughtered under the Commission Regulation need to be put in lairage prior to slaughter, they are kept separate from bovine animals intended for human or animal consumption.
Article 1(3)Requirement that, where it is necessary to store products derived from animals slaughtered under the Commission Regulation, such products shall be stored separately from any storage facility used for meat or other products intended for human or animal consumption.