Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (c. 999)

[F1 ANNEX IV U.K. ANIMAL FEEDING

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 56/2013 of 16 January 2013 amending Annexes I and IV to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (Text with EEA relevance).

CHAPTER V U.K. General requirements

SECTION B U.K. Transport of feed materials and compound feed containing products derived from ruminants

1. Bulk feed materials and bulk compound feed containing products derived from ruminants other than those listed in the following points (a), (b) and (c) shall be transported in vehicles and containers which are not used for the transport of feed intended for farmed animals other than fur animals: U.K.

(a)

milk, milk-based products, milk-derived products, colostrum and colostrum products;

(b)

dicalcium and tricalcium phosphate of animal origin;

(c)

hydrolysed proteins derived from ruminant hides and skins.

2. By way of derogation from point 1, vehicles and containers which have been previously used for the transport of bulk feed materials and bulk compound feed listed in that point, may be used for the transport of feedingstuffs intended for farmed animals other than fur animals provided that they have been cleaned beforehand in order to avoid cross-contamination in accordance with a documented procedure which has been given prior authorisation by the competent authority. U.K.

Whenever such a procedure is used, a documented trace of this use shall be kept available to the competent authority for a period of at least two years.]