The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2001 (revoked)

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Export of fresh meatS

4.—(1) No person shall [F1dispatch] any fresh meat of animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine or porcine species or other biungulate [F2coming from the restricted area or obtained from animals originating in that area].

(2) The prohibition in paragraph (1) shall not apply in relation to–

(a)fresh meat, minced meat or meat preparations obtained before 1st February 2001, provided that the meat, minced meat or meat preparations is clearly identified and since that date has been transported and stored separately from meat, minced meat or meat preparations which is not destined for dispatch F3...;

(b)fresh meat obtained from [F4approved] cutting plants under the following conditions:–

[F5(i)the only meat processed in the establishment [F6at the time of processing meat destined for dispatch under these Regulations] is–

(A)fresh meat described in sub-paragraph (a) above;

(B)fresh meat from animals reared and slaughtered outside the restricted area; or

(C)fresh meat obtained from animals reared and slaughtered within one or more of the areas listed in [F7Schedule 2 to these Regulations (“Schedule 2”)];

(ia)cleansing and disinfection must be carried out after processing any meat not meeting the requirements specified in sub-sub-paragraph (i) above;]

[F8(ii)all the meat must bear the health mark in accordance with Chapter XI of Annex I to Council Directive 64/433/EEC (on health problems affecting the production and marketing of meat products and certain other products of animal origin) as amended or, in the case of meat from farmed game of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease, the health mark provided for in Chapter III of Annex I to Council Directive 91/495/EEC (concerning public health and animal health problems affecting the production and placing on the market of rabbit meat and farmed game meat) as amended or in the case of wild game of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease, in accordance with the provisions of Annex I of Chapter VII of Council Directive 92/45/EC as amended;]

(iii)the plant is operated under strict veterinary control; and

(iv)the meat is clearly identified and transported and stored separately from meat which is not destined for [F9dispatch];

(c)minced meat and meat productions obtained from establishments approved under the Minced Meat and Meat Preparations (Hygiene) Regulations 1995 M1 [F10and approved under these Regulations] under the following conditions:–

[F11(i)the only meat processed in the establishment [F12at the time of processing meat destined for dispatch under these Regulations] is–

(A)fresh meat described in sub-paragraph (a) above;

(B)fresh meat from animals reared and slaughtered outside the restricted area; or

(C)fresh meat obtained from animals reared and slaughtered within one or more of the areas listed in [F13Schedule 2 to these Regulations (“Schedule 2”)];

(ia)cleansing and disinfection must be carried out after processing any meat not meeting the requirements specified in sub-sub-paragraph (i) above;]

(ii)all the minced meat and meat preparations must bear the health mark in accordance with Chapter VI of Annex 1 to Council Directive 94/65/EC M2 (laying down the requirements for the production and placing on the market of minced meat and meat preparations);

(iii)the plant is operated under strict veterinary control; and

(iv)the meat, minced meat and meat preparations are clearly identified and transported and stored separately from meat, minced meat and meat preparations which are not destined for [F14dispatch][F15;

(d)fresh meat, minced meat or meat preparations obtained from [F16bovine, ovine, caprine or porcine animals or farmed game of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease] and conforming to the following conditions–

(i)there has been no outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease [F17in the same area] listed in [F18Schedule 2] during the period of 90 days prior to the date of dispatch;

(ii)during the period of 30 days prior to the date of transport to a slaughterhouse, the animals were subject to the supervision of the relevant competent authority on a single holding situated within one of the areas listed in [F18Schedule 2] in the centre of a circle around the holding of at least 10 km radius where there has been no outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease during the said period of 30 days;

(iii)no animal of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease has been introduced into the holding referred to in sub-paragraph (d)(ii) above during the period of 30 days prior to the date of loading, [F19or in the case of farmed game prior to on-farm slaughtering,] except in the case of pigs coming from a supplying holding which meets the requirements laid down in that sub-paragraph, in which case the period concerned shall be 7 days;

(iv)the animals [F20, or in the case of farmed game slaughtered on the farm, the carcases,] have been transported under licence in writing granted by the Scottish Ministers where the holding referred to in sub-paragraph (d)(ii) above is situated directly to an approved slaughterhouse situated in one of the areas listed in [F18Schedule 2];

(v)the means of transport must have been cleansed and disinfected before loading;

(vi)before it leaves the holding referred to in sub-paragraph (d)(ii) above, the means of transport must be sealed by a person authorized in writing by the Scottish Ministers, and the number of the seal recorded on the licence granted under sub-paragraph (d)(iv) above;

(vii)the person consigning the animals to the slaughterhouse must give at least 72 hours written notice to the official veterinary surgeon at the slaughterhouse that pigs (the meat of which is intended for dispatch under this paragraph) will be sent to that slaughterhouse;

(viii)the seal referred to in sub-paragraph (vi) above must be intact and correctly numbered on examination by an official veterinary surgeon when the means of transport arrives at the slaughterhouse;

(ix)the animals are slaughtered–

(A)within 24 hours of arrival at the slaughterhouse; and

(B)separately from animals, the meat from which, is not eligible for dispatch;

(x)during inspection by the official veterinary surgeon at the slaughterhouse, no evidence of clinical or post-mortem signs of foot-and-mouth disease emerges;

(xi)the meat derived from such animals remains in the slaughterhouse for at least 24 hours after slaughter;

(xii)all such fresh meat must bear the health mark in accordance with Chapter XI of Annex I to Council Directive 64/433/EEC [F21or in the case of farmed game the health mark provided for in Chapter III of Annex I of Council Directive 91/495/EEC];

(xiii)the slaughterhouse is operated under strict veterinary control;

(xiv)in a case where foot-and-mouth disease has been diagnosed in the slaughterhouse, any further preparation of meat for dispatch shall only be authorized–

(A)after the slaughter of all animals present;

(B)after removal of all meat and dead animals; and

(C)at least 24 hours after the completion of the effective cleansing and disinfection of the establishment under the control of a [F22official veterinary surgeon];

(xv)the fresh meat must be clearly identified, and transported and stored separately from meat which is not eligible for dispatch;

(xvi)where the meat is subject to further processing in a plant approved under sub-paragraph (b) or (c) of this paragraph, such processing is in accordance with those paragraphs];

[F23(xvii)the meat must be obtained from animals reared within the areas specified for the respective category of meat in the appropriate column in Schedule 2;

(e)fresh meat obtained from wild game of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease and conforming to the following conditions:–

(i)the meat must be obtained from wild game killed within the areas specified for the respective category of meat in the appropriate column in Schedule 2;

(ii)there has been no outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the same area listed in Schedule 2 during the period of 90 days prior to the date of dispatch;

(iii)the meat originates from animals killed at least 20 kilometres from any area not included in Schedule 2;

(iv)the carcases were transported in a means of transport which had been cleansed and disinfected before loading directly to a wild game collection centre or to an approved processing house for chilling;

(v)the wild game collection centre or the approved processing house must be located in an area listed in Schedule 2;

(vi)during post-mortem inspection by the official veterinary surgeon the carcases were found free of lesions of foot-and-mouth disease;

(vii)the meat derived from the animals remained in the establishment for at least 24 hours after the post-mortem inspection;

(viii)at all stages of production the meat must have been handled in accordance with the requirements of Council Directive 92/45/EEC;

(ix)the meat must bear the health mark in accordance with Chapter VII of Annex I to Council Directive 92/45/EEC;

(x)the establishment must be operated under strict veterinary control;

(xi)in the case where foot-and-mouth disease has been diagnosed in the slaughterhouse, any further preparation of meat for dispatch shall only be authorized–

(A)after the slaughter of all animals present;

(B)after removal of all meat and dead animals; and

(C)at least 24 hours after the completion of the effective cleansing and disinfection of the establishment under the control of an official veterinary surgeon;

(xii)the fresh meat must be clearly identified, and transported and stored separately from meat which is not eligible for dispatch.]

(3) Meat, minced meat or meat preparations consigned to another member State shall be accompanied by an official certificate prepared on behalf of the Scottish Ministers which bears the following words:–

“Meat conforming to Commission Decision 2001/172/EC of 1st March 2001 concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom”.

(4) In paragraph (1), the reference to “fresh meat” includes minced meat and meat preparations to which Council Directive 94/65/EC applies.

Textual Amendments

F1Word in reg. 4(1) substituted (19.6.2001 at 8.00 p.m.) by The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No. 2) Amendment Regulations 2001 (S.S.I. 2001/243), regs. 1(1), 2(4)

F2Words in reg. 4(1) inserted (19.6.2001 at 8.00 p.m.) by The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No. 2) Amendment Regulations 2001 (S.S.I. 2001/243), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(a)

F3Words in reg. 4(2)(a) omitted (19.6.2001 at 8.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No. 2) Amendment Regulations 2001 (S.S.I. 2001/243), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(b)

F4Word in reg. 4(2)(b) inserted (24.10.2001 at 5.00 p.m.) by The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No. 2) Amendment (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.S.I. 2001/394), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(a)

F5Reg. 4(2)(b)(i)(ia) substituted for reg. 4(2)(b)(i) (24.10.2001 at 5.00 p.m.) by The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No. 2) Amendment (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.S.I. 2001/394), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(b)

F6Words in reg. 4(2)(b)(i) substituted (7.11.2001 at 2.00 p.m.) by The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No. 2) Amendment (No. 5) Regulations 2001 (S.S.I. 2001/415), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(a)(i)

F7Words in reg. 4(2)(b)(i) substituted (7.11.2001 at 2.00 p.m.) by The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No. 2) Amendment (No. 5) Regulations 2001 (S.S.I. 2001/415), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(a)(ii)

F8Reg. 4(2)(b)(ii) substituted (7.11.2001 at 2.00 p.m.) by The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No. 2) Amendment (No. 5) Regulations 2001 (S.S.I. 2001/415), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(b)

F9Word in reg. 4(2)(b)(iv) substituted (19.6.2001 at 8.00 p.m.) by The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No. 2) Amendment Regulations 2001 (S.S.I. 2001/243), regs. 1(1), 2(4)

F10Words in reg. 4(2)(c) inserted (24.10.2001 at 5.00 p.m.) by The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No. 2) Amendment (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.S.I. 2001/394), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(c)