The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No. 6) Regulations 2007

Export of meat: conditions applying to holdings

9.  A holding complying with this regulation must–

(a) be situated in the centre of a circle of at least 10 km radius in which there was no outbreak of foot-and mouth disease during at least 30 days prior to the date of loading for transport to slaughter; and

(b) have had no foot-and-mouth disease susceptible animal of a species susceptible introduced to the holding (“the first holding”) during the 21 days prior to the date of loading for transport to slaughter (except in the case of a pig, in which case the period of 21 days may be reduced to 7 days), unless–

(i) such animal–

(aa) complies with the condition in sub-paragraph (aa) of regulation 7(3)(d)(i) (if a cow, pig, sheep or goat), or of regulation 7(3) (d)(ii) (if farmed game); and

(bb) was under the supervision of the Scottish Ministers on a single holding complying with sub-paragraph (a) during the 21 days prior to transport to the first holding (except in the case of a pig, in which case the period of 21 days may be reduced to 7 days);

(ii) such animal was subjected with negative results to a test for antibodies against the foot-and-mouth disease virus carried out on a blood sample taken within 10 days prior to the date of transport to the holding; or

(iii) such animal comes from a holding that was subjected with negative results to a serological survey pursuant to a sampling protocol suitable to detect 5% prevalence of foot-and-mouth disease with at least a 95% level of confidence.