The Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (England) (No.2) Order 2006

[F1 Restrictions on the movement of wild game bird products originating in a protection, surveillance or restricted zone

31A.— (1) The Secretary of State may, on the basis of a risk assessment, impose restrictions on the movement of wild game bird products.

(2) Where such restrictions are imposed, no person may move any wild game bird product intended for human consumption from a protection, surveillance or restricted zone to—

(a) an unrestricted area in the United Kingdom; or

(b) any place outside the United Kingdom.

(3) Where a movement would otherwise be prohibited by restrictions imposed under paragraph (1), a veterinary inspector or an inspector acting under the direction of a veterinary inspector may by licence authorise—

(a) the movement of—

(i) meat products, from wild game birds originating in a protection, surveillance or restricted zone, which have been heated throughout the product in question to a minimum temperature of 70°C;

(ii) fresh meat from wild game birds originating outside the protection, surveillance or restricted zone, which has been—

(aa) produced in accordance with section 4 of Annex 3 to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (“Regulation (EC) No 853/2004”);

(bb) subject to the official controls set out in Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed laws, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products;

(iii) processed fresh meat and products containing such meat from wild game birds originating outside the protection, surveillance or restricted zone, produced in accordance with Sections 5 and 6 of Annex 3 to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(b) the movement to an unrestricted area in England of fresh meat and meat products from wild game birds originating in a protection, surveillance or restricted zone, provided the meat, or meat products has, or have, been—

(i) marked in accordance with [F2 paragraph 2 of Schedule 8];

(ii) cut and stored in the handling establishment separately from other products which have originated outside the protection, surveillance or restricted zone.

(4) The measures in Schedule 8 apply in respect of movements covered by this article.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 31A inserted (21.12.2021) by The Exotic Animal Disease (Amendment) (England) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1472), arts. 1(1), 3(7)

F2 Words in art. 31A(3)(b)(i) substituted (27.10.2022) by The Exotic Animal Disease (Amendment) (England) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1108), arts. 1(1), 4(5)