The Animal Feedingstuffs from Belgium (Control) (Scotland) Regulations 2000

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which apply to Scotland, revoke and re-enact with certain changes, the Animal Feedingstuffs from Belgium (Control) (No. 2) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 (S.S.I. 1999/33) (“the revoked Regulations”) and implement in Scotland, in relation to products for animal feeding, Commission Decision 1999/788/EC on protective measures with regard to contamination by dioxins of certain products of porcine and poultry origin intended for human or animal consumption (OJ No. L310, 4.12.1999, p.62).

Like the revoked Regulations, these Regulations define ‘controlled entity’ (regulation 1(3)), prohibit (subject to exceptions (regulation 2)) the carrying out of specified operations in relation to controlled entities (regulation 3), specify the enforcement authorities (regulation 4) and apply with modifications provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 (regulation 5).

In addition to making minor changes to the revoked Regulations, these Regulations, by referring to Decision 1999/788/EC, make the following changes of substance–

(a) they extend only to products derived from pigs and poultry;

(b) the controls imposed relate only to products derived from animals slaughtered, or eggs laid, before 20th September 1999;

(c) they alter the certification requirements for controlled entities imported from Belgium; and

(d) the requirements as to return to Belgium now only apply to products derived from animals slaughtered, or eggs laid, before 20th September 1999.