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PART IIU.K. TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS

CHAPTER II U.K. Disease control measures for category A diseases of kept terrestrial animals in the restricted zones

Section 2 U.K. Disease control measures in the protection zone

Article 33U.K.Specific conditions for authorising movements of fresh meat and raw milk obtained from kept animals of listed species from establishments in the protection zone

1.The competent authority may authorise movements of fresh meat and raw milk obtained from animals of listed species kept in establishments located in the protection zone if:

(a)they are moved to a processing establishment to undergo one of the relevant risk-mitigating treatments set out in Annex VII; or

(b)in the case of fresh meat of poultry:

(i)

it has been marked in accordance with paragraph 1 of Annex IX from the moment it was obtained in the slaughterhouse; and

(ii)

it is not intended to another Member State.

2.The competent authority shall ensure that movements to a processing establishment referred to in paragraph 1(a) comply with the following conditions:

(a)fresh meat must be marked in accordance with point 2 of Annex IX in the slaughterhouse after the post-mortem inspection and must bear such mark until it is treated;

(b)the movement of fresh meat and raw milk from the establishment of origin to the processing establishment must be carried out in sealed containers; and

(c)the processing establishment must be located in the same restricted zone or as near as possible to the restricted zone and must operate under the supervision of official veterinarians.