The Bovine Offal (Prohibition) (Amendment) Regulations 1992

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Bovine Offal (Prohibition) Regulations 1989 (“the 1989 Regulations”). The changes of substance made to the 1989 Regulations are the inclusion of–

(1) a new definition of “expected premises” which definition now includes premises used for the manufacture of products other than food and not used for the manufacture of food or animal feeding stuffs and no longer includes the premises of a manufacturing chemist (regulation 2(a)(i));

(2) an amendment of the definition of “processor” so as to exclude a waste food processor (regulation 2(a)(ii));

(3) a prohibition on the removal of any meat for human consumption from the head of a bovine animal after the skull has been opened or the brain has been removed from that head (regulation 2(d));

(4) a prohibition on the removal of the brain from the head of a bovine animal in a slaughterhouse or specialist boning plant except in an area there which is kept free at all times from any food intended for human consumption (regulation 2(e));

(5) an amendment of the prohibition on the bringing in of specified bovine offal from Scotland or Northern Ireland so that it will not apply, in the case of the brain of a bovine animal contained within its head, if it is intended to be delivered to a specialist boning plant for the recovery of meat (other than specified bovine offal) or, where the head has been stained, it is intended to be delivered to the premises of a processor or to the premises of a person for preparation or storage before removal to the premises of a processor and (in each case) is accompanied to that destination by a consignment note or permit(regulation 2(f)); and

(6) a provision permitting the head of a bovine animal from which the brain has not been removed to be moved under a movement permit to the premises of a processor or to the premises of a person for preparation or storage before further removal to the premises of a processor (regulation 2(g)).