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[F1ANNEX I U.K. SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS

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1. For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions set out in Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) , Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) and Council Directive 79/373/EEC (3) shall apply: U.K.

(a)

Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002:

(i)

‘ farmed animal ’ in Article 2(1)(f);

(ii)

‘ petfood ’ in point 41 of Annex I;

(iii)

‘ processed animal protein ’ in point 42 of Annex I;

(iv)

‘ gelatine ’ in point 26 of Annex I;

(v)

‘ blood products ’ in point 4 of Annex I;

(vi)

‘ bloodmeal ’ in point 6 of Annex I; and

(vii)

‘ fishmeal ’ in point 24 of Annex I.

(b)

the definition of ‘ feedingstuff ’ in Article 3(4) of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002;

(c)

the definition of ‘ complete feedingstuff ’ in Article 2(d) of Directive 79/373/EEC.

[F22. For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall also apply: U.K.

(a)

‘ indigenous case of BSE ’ means a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy which has not been clearly demonstrated to be due to infection prior to importation as a live animal;

(b)

‘ discrete adipose tissue ’ means internal and external body fat removed during the slaughter and cutting process, in particular fresh fat from the heart, caul and kidney of bovine animals, and fat from cutting rooms;

(c)

‘ cohort ’ means a group of bovine animals which includes both:

(i)

animals born in the same herd as the affected bovine animal, and within 12 months preceding or following the date of birth of the affected bovine animal; and

(ii)

animals which at any time during the first year of their lives were reared together with the affected bovine animal during the first year of its life;

(d)

‘ index case ’ means the first animal on a holding, or in an epidemiologically defined group, in which a TSE infection is confirmed;

(e)

‘ TSE in Small Ruminants ’ means a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy case detected in an ovine or caprine animal following a confirmatory test for abnormal PrP protein;

(f)

‘ scrapie case ’ means a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy confirmed case in an ovine or caprine animal where a diagnosis of BSE has been excluded in accordance with the criteria laid down in the Community reference laboratory's technical handbook on TSE strain characterisation in small ruminants (4) ;

(g)

‘ classical scrapie case ’ means a scrapie confirmed case classified as classical in accordance with the criteria laid down in the Community reference laboratory's technical handbook on TSE strain characterisation in small ruminants;

(h)

‘ atypical scrapie case ’ means a scrapie confirmed case which is distinguishable from classical Scrapie in accordance with the criteria laid down in the Community reference laboratory's technical handbook on TSE strain characterisation in small ruminants.] ]

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