The Specified Bovine Offal Order 1995

Approved head boning plants

14.—(1) Any person delivering bovine heads to an approved head boning plant shall state in writing to the operator of the head boning plant concerned the place from which those heads were collected for delivery to that head boning plant.

(2) No person shall take delivery of bovine heads at a head boning plant or operate a head boning plant unless it has been approved by the appropriate Minister and is suitably equipped and operated so as to remove meat and any other bones from the head in such a way that the skull is not disturbed.

(3) The operator of an approved head boning plant shall record on arrival of bovine heads at the premises—

(a) the number of heads delivered;

(b) the date of delivery; and

(c) the place from which they were consigned,

and shall keep such records for two years from the date of arrival.

(4) Once meat and bones have been removed the operator of an approved head boning plant shall ensure that all specified bovine offal is kept separate from all other animal material and stained and disposed of as specified bovine offal in accordance with this Order.

(5) No person shall remove specified bovine offal from an approved head boning plant except to—

(a) an institution described in article 9 above subject to the qualifications there described; or

(b) premises approved under article 16, 17 or 18 below,

and shall keep a record for two years from the date of consignment of the weight of any specified bovine offal consigned, the date of such consignment and the point of destination.