SCHEDULE 7Specified risk material, mechanically separated meat and slaughtering techniques
Young lamb and goat stamps11
1
An inspector may stamp a sheep or goat in a slaughterhouse with a young lamb stamp or a young goat stamp if the animal does not have a permanent incisor erupted through the gum and the documentation, if any, relating to the animal does not indicate that it is aged over 12 months at slaughter.
2
The stamp must mark the meat with a circular mark 5 centimetres in diameter with the following in capital letters one centimetre high—
a
“MHS”; and
b
in the case of—
i
a sheep, “YL”; or
ii
a goat, “YG”.
3
It is an offence for any person other than an inspector to apply the stamp or a mark resembling the stamp, or to possess the equipment for applying it.
4
It is an offence to mark a sheep or goat with a stamp that is or resembles a young lamb stamp or a young goat stamp unless it is an animal permitted to be marked in accordance with sub-paragraph (1).