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SCHEDULES

Regulation 17(5)

[F1SCHEDULE 3AE+WREQUIREMENTS REFERRED TO IN REGULATION 17(5)

Textual Amendments

The requirements are that—

(a)on 31 December 2005 the slaughterhouse was licensed as a low throughput slaughterhouse under the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995;

(b)the condition of meat derived from domestic ungulates slaughtered at the slaughterhouse is only rarely such that it is necessary to detain such meat after post-mortem inspection for further inspection by the official veterinarian;

(c)where such further inspection is considered necessary by the official veterinarian, the meat concerned is destroyed or is detained at an alternative detention facility in the locality of the slaughterhouse;

(d)when meat is transported from the slaughterhouse to the alternative detention facility referred to in paragraph (c), it must be marked 'detained meat' and accompanied by a document that has been signed by the official veterinarian, declares that the meat is detained meat and contains the following information–

(i)name and address of slaughterhouse of origin;

(ii)name and address of alternative detention facility;

(iii)number of carcases or cuts; and

(iv)species of animal; and

(e)no processing for human consumption of bovine animals that, in accordance with point 2 of Part I of Chapter A of Annex III to the Community TSE Regulation, require BSE testing at slaughter or of swine (domestic and farmed game), solipeds and other species susceptible to Trichinosis that, under Article 5 of Regulation 854/2004 as read with point 1 of Part C of Chapter IX of Section IV of Annex I to that Regulation, require examination for Trichinosis takes place at the slaughterhouse.