The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

PART I PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN (OTHER THAN FRESH MEAT, MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS)

Meat products

1.  Meat products fall within this paragraph if they have undergone any of the following treatments or are produced from meat which has undergone those treatments—

(a) heat treatment in a hermetically sealed container at a level of at least Fο3;

(b) heat treatment at a minimum temperature of 70°C, reached throughout the meat;

(c) heat treatment in a hermetically sealed container to at least 60°C for a minimum of 4 hours, during which the core temperature must be at least 70°C for 30 minutes;

(d) natural fermentation and maturation of not less than nine months, resulting in the following characteristics—

(i) Aw value of not more than 0.93; or

(ii) pH value of not more than 6.0;

(e) heat treatment ensuring a core temperature of at least 65°C is reached for the time necessary to achieve a pasteurisation value equal to or more than 40.

Hides and skins

2.  Hides and skins fall within this paragraph if they comply with the requirements in Article 20 of and points A(2)(c) or (d) of Chapter VI of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 as amended.

Wool, ruminant hair and pig bristles

3.  Wool, ruminant hair and pig bristles fall within this paragraph if they comply with the requirements in Article 20 of and point A(1) of Chapter VIII of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 as amended.

Animal products derived from susceptible animals

4.  Animal products derived from susceptible animals fall within this paragraph if they have undergone one of the following treatments—

(a) heat treatment in a hermetically sealed container at a level of at least F_O3;

(b) heat treatment in which the centre temperature is raised to at least 70°C for at least 60 minutes.

Blood and blood products

5.  Blood and blood products of a susceptible animal used for technical purposes (including pharmaceuticals, in vitro diagnostics and laboratory reagents) which have undergone any of the treatments referred to in point B3(e)(ii) of Chapter IV of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 as amended.

Lard and rendered fats

6.  Lard and rendered fats fall within this paragraph if they have undergone the heat treatment referred to in point B(2)(d)(iv) of Chapter IV of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 as amended.

Petfood and dog chews

7.  Petfood and dog chews fall within this paragraph if they comply with the requirements of points B(2), (3) or (4) of Chapter II of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 as amended.

Game trophies of ungulates

8.  Game trophies of ungulates fall within this paragraph if they comply with the requirements of points A(1), (3) or (4) of Chapter VII of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 as amended.

Animal casings

9.  Animal casings fall within this paragraph if they have been cleaned, scraped and either salted with sodium chloride for 30 days or bleached or dried after scraping and were protected from recontamination after treatment.