SCHEDULE 2TSE MONITORING

Brain stem sampling of bovine animals (slaughterhouses)9

1

The occupier of a slaughterhouse in which a bovine animal specified in point 2 of Part I of Chapter A of Annex III, is slaughtered or (if the animal has been slaughtered at a place other than the slaughterhouse) processed must—

a

take a sample comprising the brain stem for testing in accordance with point 1 of Chapter C of Annex X;

b

ensure that the animal from which the sample has been taken can be identified; and

c

arrange for the sample to be delivered to an approved testing laboratory,

and failure to do so is an offence.

2

The Department must, notify the occupier of a slaughterhouse if an animal comes into any of the categories specified in point 2(1) of Part I of Chapter A of Annex III (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, the Department may serve a notice on the occupier of a slaughterhouse requiring them to take a sample from any bovine animal slaughtered there and send the sample for testing in accordance with sub-paragraph (1).