The TSE (Wales) Regulations 2002

Possession of unmarked carcases of sheep and goats

47.—(1) No person may have in his or her possession elsewhere than in a licensed slaughterhouse, in a sealed vehicle or at licensed cutting premises a carcase of a sheep or goat intended for sale for human consumption containing spinal cord, unless it is stamped with a young lamb stamp.

(2) No person may transport a sheep carcase—

(a) intended for export whole direct to listed premises; and

(b) containing its spinal cord, that cord being specified risk material,

unless, he or she has in his or her possession, in addition to the document required by regulation 46(2) above, a copy of the declaration required by regulation 33(9)(b) above and the carcase has been marked with the export mark required by regulation 16A of the Specified Risk Materials Regulations 1997.

(3) Where an inspector certifies that any sheep carcase has been possessed in contravention of paragraph (1) above or transported in contravention of paragraph (2) above that carcase must be treated for the purposes of section 9 of the Food Safety Act 1990 as failing to comply with food safety requirements.