The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations 2006

Exceptions

3.  Paragraphs 1(2) and 2(5) do not apply in relation to anything incorporated into—

(a) petfood for feeding to pets (including working dogs) on those premises;

(b) organic fertiliser or soil improver produced and used in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption(1) and the Animal By-Products Regulations 2005(2) and paragraph 18,

provided that—

(c) it is not fed to any farmed animals;

(d) it is not stored or handled in parts of the premises to which —

(i) farmed animals have access; or

(ii) feedingstuffs for farmed animals are stored or handled;

(e) it does not come into contact with—

(i) feedingstuffs permitted to be fed to farmed animals; or

(ii) handling equipment used in connection with any such feedingstuffs; and

(f) farmed animals never have access to petfood, and do not have access to organic fertiliser or soil improver until it has been applied to the land and the no-grazing period specified in regulation 12(2) of the Animal By-Products Regulations 2005 has expired.

(1)

OJ No. L 273, 10.10.2002, p. 1 as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2067/2005, OJ No. L331, 17.12.2005, p. 34.

(2)

S. I. 2005/2347.