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1

In this Order “specified bovine material” means—

a

the intestines from the duodenum to the rectum of any bovine animal which was slaughtered or has died elsewhere than in Australia or New Zealand;

b

the following material derived from a bovine animal which was slaughtered or has died in the United Kingdom or Portugal at an age greater than 6 months—

i

the entire head (excluding the tongue but including the brains, eyes, trigeminal ganglia and tonsils);

ii

the thymus;

iii

the spleen;

iv

the spinal cord; and

c

in relation to a bovine animal which was slaughtered or has died at an age greater than 30 months (other than a bovine animal which was accompanied at the time of slaughter by a slaughter certificate issued under the Beef Assurance Scheme as described in Schedule 1 to the Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19964), the vertebral column (including dorsal root ganglia); and

d

the following material derived from a bovine animal which was slaughtered or has died, at an age greater than 12 months, elsewhere than in the United Kingdom, Portugal, Australia or New Zealand —

i

the skull (including the brains and eyes);

ii

the tonsils; and

iii

the spinal cord.

2

In this Article, the references to Portugal do not include a reference to the Autonomous Region of the Azores.