Export of fresh meat, minced meat, mechanically separated meat and meat preparations
5.—(1) No person may export meat from animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine or porcine species or other biungulates coming from Great Britain or obtained from animals originating in Great Britain.
(2) In this regulation, “meat” includes fresh meat, minced meat, mechanically separated meat and meat preparations as defined in points 1.10, 1.13, 1.14 or 1.15 of Annex 1 to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin(1).
(3) The prohibition in paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to—
(a)meat obtained before 15 July 2007;
(b)meat derived from animals reared for at least 90 days prior to slaughter outside Great Britain and slaughtered outside Great Britain, or in the case of meat obtained from wild game of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease, killed outside Great Britain;
(c)meat obtained from wild game—
(i)that was killed in an area specified in the relevant column of Schedule 1 where there has been no outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease for at least the 90 days preceding the death, and is at least 20 km from the areas of Great Britain not specified in Schedule 1; and
(ii)complies with paragraphs 2 and 3(c) of Schedule 2;
(d)meat from domestic bovine, ovine, caprine or porcine animals or farmed game of a species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease that complies with the conditions in Schedule 2, and is derived from an animal that—
(i)was kept on holdings situated within the areas specified in the relevant columns of Schedule 1 where there has been no outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease for at least the 90 days prior to slaughter;
(ii)during the 21 days prior to transport to the approved slaughterhouse, or in the case of farmed game prior to the date of on-farm slaughtering, remained under the supervision of the Welsh Ministers on a holding complying with Schedule 3;
(iii)was transported to the approved slaughterhouse under the control of the Welsh Ministers in a means of transport that were cleaned and disinfected before loading at the holding described in sub-paragraph (d)(ii); and
(iv)was slaughtered less than 24 hours after arrival at the approved slaughterhouse separately from animals the meat of which is not eligible for export; or
(e)fresh meat obtained from an approved cutting plant situated in Great Britain if—
(i)only fresh meat described in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) is processed in the cutting plant in any one day;
(ii)cleansing and disinfection has been carried out after processing any meat not described in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d);
(iii)the cutting plant is operated under strict veterinary control; and
(iv)the fresh meat is clearly identified, and has been transported and stored separately from meat from Great Britain that is not eligible for export.
(4) Any person consigning an animal to a slaughterhouse to produce meat intended for export in accordance with sub-paragraph (3)(d) must provide a written declaration that it complies with each of the conditions contained in that paragraph and ensure that such declaration accompanies the animal consigned.
(5) Meat specified in paragraph (3) intended for export must bear a health mark in accordance with Chapter III of Section I of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption(2).
(6) Meat specified in paragraph (3) intended for export to another member State must be accompanied by an official certificate produced by an official veterinarian which bears the following words—
“Meat conforming to Commission Decision 2007/554/EC of 9 August 2007 concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom.”.
OJ No. L139, 30.4.2004, p. 55.
OJ No. L139, 30.4.2004, p. 206 as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1791/2006 (OJ No.L363, 20.12.2006, p.1)