Amendment to the Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008
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6. In regulation 9 (Slaughterhouses)—
(a)in paragraph (1) after the word “animals” insert “, seropositive pigs”;
(b)in paragraph (2) after sub-paragraph (f ) omit the full stop and insert—
“(g)seropositive pigs are kept separately from other pigs; and
(h)seropositive pigs are slaughtered separately from other pigs.”;
(c)after paragraph (5) insert—
“(6) Where the occupier of a slaughterhouse has not complied with the requirements of paragraph (2)(g) or (2)(h) on being given notice by a veterinary inspector, those other pigs must be dealt with by the occupier as seropositive pigs.
(7) The occupier of a slaughterhouse may only receive restricted animals if it is a designated slaughterhouse”.