Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011Show full title

ANNEX II U.K. RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS

CHAPTER I U.K. Intra-species recycling of fur animals

1. In Estonia, Latvia and Finland, the following fur animals may be fed with meat-and-bone meal or other products which have been processed in accordance with Chapter III of Annex IV and which are derived from bodies or parts of bodies of animals of the same species: U.K.

(a)

[F1 foxes ( Vulpes vulpes and Alopex lagopus );]

(b)

raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonides).

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 749/2011 of 29 July 2011 amending Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and implementing Council Directive 97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exempt from veterinary checks at the border under that Directive (Text with EEA relevance).

2. In Estonia and Latvia, fur animals of the species American mink (Mustela vison) may be fed with meat-and-bone meal or other products which have been processed in accordance with the processing methods set out in Chapter III of Annex IV and which are derived from bodies or parts of bodies of animals of the same species. U.K.

3. The feeding referred to in points 1 and 2 shall take place under the following conditions: U.K.

(a)

Feeding shall only take place in farms:

(i)

which have been registered by the competent authority on the basis of an application that is accompanied by documentation proving that there is no reason to suspect the presence of the TSE agent in the population of the species covered by the application;

(ii)

where an appropriate surveillance system for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in fur animals is in place on the farm and includes regular laboratory testing of samples for TSE;

(iii)

which have provided appropriate guarantees that no animal by-product or meat-and-bone meal or other products which have been processed in accordance with Chapter III of Annex IV and which are derived from those animals or their offspring may enter the food or feed chain of other animals than fur animals;

(iv)

which have had no known contact with any farm with a suspected or confirmed outbreak of TSE;

(v)

where the operator of the registered farm ensures that:

• the carcases of fur animals intended for feeding to animals of the same species are handled and processed separately from carcases not authorised for that purpose,

• fur animals fed with meat-and-bone meal or other products which have been processed in accordance with Chapter III of Annex IV and which are derived from animals of the same species are kept separate from animals not being fed with products derived from animals of the same species,

• the farm complies with the requirements set out in point 2 of Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex VI and point (2)(b)(ii) of Chapter II of Annex VIII.

(b)

The operator of the farm shall ensure that meat-and-bone meal or other products derived from one species and intended for the feeding of the same species must:

(i)

have been processed in a processing plant approved under Article 24(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 and using only processing methods 1 to 5 or processing method 7 as set out in Chapter III of Annex IV to this Regulation;

(ii)

have been produced from healthy animals killed for the production of fur.

(c)

In the event of any known or suspected contact with any farm with a suspected or confirmed outbreak of TSE, the operator of the farm must immediately:

(i)

inform the competent authority of such contact;

(ii)

cease the dispatch of fur animals to any destination without a written authorisation of the competent authority.

CHAPTER II U.K. Feeding of farmed animals with herbage

The following conditions shall apply to the feeding of farmed animals with herbage from land, either by direct access of the animals to that land or by using cut herbage as feed, provided that organic fertilisers or soil improvers have been applied to that land:

(a)

The waiting period of at least 21 days referred to in Article 11(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 must have been observed,

(b)

Only organic fertilisers and soil improvers have been used which comply with Article 32(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 and with Chapter II of Annex XI hereto.

However, those conditions shall not apply, provided only the following organic fertilisers or soil improvers have been applied to land:

(a)

manure and guano;

(b)

digestive tract content, milk, milk-based products, milk-derived products, colostrum and colostrum products, which the competent authority does not consider to present a risk for the spread of any serious animal disease.