The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (England) Order 2006

Slaughter: isolation of things liable to spread disease

27.—(1) This article applies to the occupier of—

(a) any premises, other than a slaughterhouse or border inspection post, where the Secretary of State has caused the slaughter of animals under paragraph 2A, 3(1)(a) or 3(1)(b) of Schedule 3 to the Act;

(b) any premises, other than a slaughterhouse or border inspection post, where the Secretary of State has caused the slaughter of animals under paragraph 3(1)(c) of Schedule 3 to the Act, in a case where she directs that this article applies; and

(c) any slaughterhouse or border inspection post where the Secretary of State has caused the slaughter of animals under paragraph 2A or 3 of Schedule 3 to the Act, in a case where she directs that this article applies.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3) a person to whom this article applies shall isolate all milk, milk products, meat, meat products, carcases, hides and skins, wool, semen, embryos, ova, slurry, manure, animal feed and used litter on the premises from any animal until—

(a) the Secretary of State declares by notice served on that person that all such items are free of contamination; or

(b) all such items have been treated in accordance with her directions; or

(c) the Secretary of State grants a licence authorising any such item to be removed from the premises to be treated in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002, as amended.

(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply to milk on free units where this is authorised by a licence granted by the Secretary of State

(4) A licence granted under paragraph (3) shall contain terms requiring that—

(a) where it is for human consumption, the milk is subjected to one of the treatments in paragraph 13 of Schedule 6; or

(b) where it is not for human consumption, the milk is subjected to one of the treatments in paragraph 14 of Schedule 6.