SCHEDULE 2TSE MONITORING
PART IMONITORING FOR TSE
Brain stem sampling of bovine animals3
1
The occupier of a slaughterhouse in which a bovine animal specified in point 2(1) or 2(2) of Part I of Chapter A of Annex III of the Community TSE Regulation is slaughtered must—
a
take a sample of brain stem in accordance with point 1 of Chapter C of Annex X of the Community TSE Regulation; and
b
arrange for it to be delivered to an approved testing laboratory,
and failure to do so is an offence.
2
The Department shall notify the occupier of a slaughterhouse if an animal comes into the categories specified in point 2(1) of Part I of Chapter A to Annex III of the Community TSE Regulation (except in the case of a dead animal consigned to a slaughterhouse with a written declaration from a veterinary surgeon that it falls into one of those categories).
3
In accordance with point 5 of Part I of Chapter A of Annex III of the Community TSE Regulation, the Department may serve a notice on the occupier of a slaughterhouse requiring him to sample any bovine animal slaughtered there and send the sample for testing in accordance with sub-paragraph (1).
4
The Department shall approve laboratories to test samples taken under this paragraph if it is satisfied that the laboratory—
a
will carry out the testing in accordance with Chapter C of Annex X of the Community TSE Regulation;
b
has adequate quality control procedures; and
c
has adequate procedures to ensure the correct identification of the samples and notification of the test results to the consigning slaughterhouse.
5
In this Schedule “approved testing laboratory” means a laboratory approved by the Department under this paragraph or a laboratory in another part of the United Kingdom approved by the competent authority to carry out the test.