ANNEX XIV U.K. IMPORTATION, EXPORT AND TRANSIT

CHAPTER II U.K. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR THE IMPORTATION INTO AND TRANSIT THROUGH THE UNION OF ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS AND DERIVED PRODUCTS FOR USES OUTSIDE THE FEED CHAIN FOR FARMED ANIMALS OTHER THAN FUR ANIMALS

Section 7 U.K. Imports of bones and bone products (excluding bone meal), horns and horn products (excluding horn meal) and hooves and hoof products (excluding hoof meal) intended for use other than as feed material, organic fertilisers or soil improvers

2. Each consignment must be accompanied by a commercial document stamped by the competent authority supervising the establishment of origin, including the following information: U.K.

(a)

the third country of origin;

(b)

the name of the establishment or plant of production;

(c)

the nature of the product (dried bone/dried bone product/dried horns/dried horn products/dried hooves/dried hoof products), and

(d)

confirmation of the fact that the product was:

(i)

derived from healthy animals slaughtered in a slaughterhouse;

(ii)

dried for a period of 42 days at an average temperature of at least 20 °C;

(iii)

heated for one hour to at least 80 °C to the core before drying;

(iv)

ashed for one hour to at least 800 °C to the core before drying;

(v)

underwent an acidification process such that the pH was maintained at less than 6 to the core for at least one hour before drying, and

is not intended at any stage to be diverted for any use in food, feed material, organic fertilisers or soil improvers.