The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2018

Delivery of the body of a bovine animal for the purpose of monitoring

1.—(1) For the purpose of monitoring under Article 6, a person who has in their possession or under their control the body of a bovine animal that is required to be tested for BSE in accordance with Part 1 of Chapter A of Annex 3 must (unless directed otherwise by the Secretary of State)—

(a) within 24 hours of the death of the animal make arrangements with another person for that person to collect the body and deliver it to an approved sampling site, or

(b) within 72 hours of the death of the animal deliver the body direct to an approved sampling site that has a trained person available to take a sample from the body.

(2) The owner of the dead bovine animal is responsible for the expenses incurred by the sampling site operator in respect of the trained person taking a sample from the body for onward transmission to a testing laboratory approved in accordance with paragraph 9.

(3) If the owner of the dead bovine animal has any outstanding invoice payable to the sampling site operator, that operator may refuse to take delivery of any live or dead animals from that owner until the outstanding invoice has been paid.

(4) Where the owner of a dead bovine animal makes arrangements with another person under paragraph 1(a)—

(a) the owner must inform that person of the time and date of the animal’s death, and

(b) that person must ensure that the body is delivered to the sampling site in time to enable a sample to be taken by a trained person at that site before the expiry of 72 hours from the death of the animal.