The TSE (Wales) Regulations 2002

Production of feeding stuffs containing dicalcium phosphate and hydrolysed protein for feeding to farmed animals other than ruminants

24.—(1) Subject to paragraph (4) below, no person may use any premises for the production of feeding stuffs containing dicalcium phosphate from defatted bones for feeding to farmed animals other than ruminants unless—

(a) the premises are not used for the preparation of feeding stuffs for ruminant animals; and

(b) the premises are registered for the purpose of paragraph 3 of Annex II to the Commission Decision by the National Assembly.

(2) Subject to paragraph (4) below, no person may use any premises for the production of feeding stuffs containing hydrolysed protein for feeding to farmed animals other than ruminants unless—

(a) the premises are not used for the preparation of feeding stuffs for ruminants animals; and

(b) the premises are registered for the purpose of paragraph 2 of Annex III to the Commission Decision by the National Assembly.

(3) The National Assembly shall register premises under this regulation for the purposes of paragraph 3 of Annex II and paragraph 2 of Annex III of the Commission Decision when the occupier declares as appropriate that the premises are capable of being used for the production of—

(a) feeding stuffs containing dicalcium phosphate from defatted bones for feeding to farmed animals other than ruminants in accordance with paragraph 3 of Annex II to the Commission Decision; or

(b) feeding stuffs containing hydrolysed protein for feeding to farmed animals other than ruminants in accordance with paragraph 2 of Annex III to the Commission Decision.

(4) The prohibitions in paragraphs (1) and (2) above shall not apply to premises used for the preparation of feeding stuffs for ruminant animals which are used for the production of feeding stuffs containing dicalcium phosphate from defatted bones, or hydrolysed protein, for other animal species if—

(a) in respect of dicalcium phosphate, it satisfies the requirements of regulation 14(2)(c) above;

(b) in respect of hydrolysed protein, it satisfies the requirements of regulation 14(2)(d) above;

(c) the transport to and from the premises, and the storage at the premises, of feed material destined for ruminant animals is completely separate from feed material prohibited for feeding to ruminant animals;

(d) the storage, manufacturing and packaging facilities at the premises, and the transport to and from the premises, of compound feeding stuffs destined for ruminant animals are completely separate from feed material prohibited for feeding to ruminant animals; and

(e) the occupier of the premises carries out routine tests on the feeding stuffs destined for ruminant animals to ensure that any processed animal protein the feeding of which to farmed animals is prohibited by regulation 14 above are not present in those feeding stuffs.

(5) No person may produce any feeding stuff containing dicalcium phosphate from defatted bones for feeding to farmed animals other than ruminants unless the packaging of the feeding stuff is labelled clearly to indicate the words “contains dicalcium phosphate from defatted bones - cannot be fed to ruminant animals”.

(6) No person may produce any feeding stuff containing hydrolysed protein for feeding to farmed animals other than ruminants unless the packaging of the feeding stuff is labelled clearly to indicate the words “contains hydrolysed protein - cannot be fed to ruminant animals”.

(7) No person may use any vehicle for the transport to or from any premises of bulk feeding stuffs for feeding to farmed animals other than ruminants containing dicalcium phosphate from defatted bones or hydrolysed protein, at the same time as the vehicle is used for the transport of any feed for ruminant animals.

(8) If a vehicle used for the transport of bulk feeding stuffs containing dicalcium phosphate from defatted bones, or hydrolysed protein, for feeding to farmed animals other than ruminants, is subsequently used for the transport of any other product, the person using the vehicle for the transport of the bulk feeding stuffs must ensure the vehicle is thoroughly cleaned before the transport of the other product and before the first subsequent transport of any bulk feeding stuffs containing dicalcium phosphate from defatted bones or hydrolysed protein for feeding to farmed animals other than ruminants.