Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

Article 1 U.K. Scope

1. This Regulation lays down animal and public health rules for:

(a) the collection, transport, storage, handling, processing and use or disposal of animal by-products, to prevent these products from presenting a risk to animal or public health;

(b) the placing on the market and, in certain specific cases, the export and transit of animal by-products and those products derived therefrom referred to in Annexes VII and VIII.

2. This Regulation shall not apply to:

(a) raw petfood originating from retail shops or in premises adjacent to sale points, where the cutting and storage are performed solely for the purpose of supplying the consumer directly on the spot;

(b) liquid milk and colostrum disposed of or used on the farm of origin;

(c) entire bodies or parts of wild animals not suspected of being infected with diseases communicable to humans or animals, except for fish landed for commercial purposes and bodies or parts of wild animals used to produce game trophies;

(d) raw petfood for use on site derived from animals slaughtered on the farm of origin for use as foodstuffs by the farmer and his family only, in accordance with national legislation;

(e) catering waste, unless:

(i)

from means of transport operating internationally,

(ii)

destined for animal consumption, or

(iii)

destined for use in a biogas plant or for composting;

(f) ova, embryos and semen intended for breeding purposes; and

(g) transit by sea or by air.

3. This Regulation shall not affect veterinary legislation having as its objective the eradication and control of certain diseases.