The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Wales) Regulations 2018

Retention of products and disposal

7.—(1) Where any bovine animal is required to be sampled for the purposes of paragraph 4, the occupier of the slaughterhouse or other place of slaughter, must in accordance with Part I of Chapter A of Annex III and pending receipt of a negative test result, either—

(a) retain the carcase and all parts of the body of the sampled animal (except the hide where sub-paragraph (2) applies) for disposal in accordance with that Part in the event of a positive or inconclusive result; or

(b) dispose of the carcase and of all parts of the body of the sampled animal (including the blood and the hide) in accordance with that Part.

(2) Where a hide or a batch of hides has been marked so as to identify it with a sampled animal, the hide or batch of hides may be consigned to a hide market or tannery and the occupier of the hide market or tannery must pending receipt of a negative test result either—

(a) retain the hide or the batch of hides for disposal in accordance with Part 1 of Chapter A of Annex III in the event of a positive or inconclusive result; or

(b) dispose of the hide or the batch of hides in accordance with that Part.

(3) Where a positive or inconclusive result is received for a sampled animal, the occupier of a slaughterhouse or other place of slaughter must immediately dispose of—

(a) the carcase and all parts of the body of that animal (including the blood and the hide), and

(b) unless a derogation has been granted under sub-paragraph (6), the carcase and all parts of the body (including the blood and the hide) of the animal immediately preceding that animal on the slaughter line and the two animals immediately following it,

in accordance with Part I of Chapter A of Annex III.

(4) If no sample has been sent to, or no sample has been received by, an approved testing laboratory in accordance with paragraph 5, or if an insufficient test result is received, in respect of an animal required to be tested under this Schedule, the occupier must immediately dispose of—

(a) the carcase and all parts of the body (including the blood and the hide) of that animal, and

(b) unless a derogation has been granted under sub-paragraph (6), the carcase and all parts of the body (including the blood but not the hide) of the animal immediately preceding that animal on the slaughter line and the two animals immediately following it,

in accordance with Part 1 of Chapter A of Annex III and for the purposes of this sub-paragraph an “insufficient test result” (“canlyniad prawf annigonol”) means a certification by an approved laboratory that the sample sent to the laboratory was not of an adequate quality or was not of a sufficient quantity to obtain a test result.

(5) If a no-test result is received in respect of an animal required to be tested under this Schedule, the occupier must immediately dispose of the carcase and all parts of the body (including the blood and the hide) of that animal in accordance with Part 1 of Chapter A of Annex III; and for the purposes of this sub-paragraph a “no-test result” (“canlyniad dim prawf”) means a negative result from a sample following multiple rapid testing where such testing was certified as necessary by an approved testing laboratory.

(6) The Welsh Ministers may grant in writing a derogation from the requirement to destroy other carcases on the slaughter line where they are satisfied that the slaughterhouse operates a system that prevents contamination between carcases.

(7) Any person who fails to comply with this paragraph commits an offence.