SCHEDULE 7SPECIFIED RISK MATERIAL, MECHANICALLY SEPARATED MEAT AND SLAUGHTERING TECHNIQUES

Staining and disposal of specified risk material16

1

The occupier of any premises where specified risk material is removed commits an offence if that occupier fails to comply with point 3 of Annex V (marking and disposal).

2

For the purposes of that point—

a

staining involves treating the material (whether by immersion, spraying or other application) with a blue colouring agent using a solution of such strength that the staining is clearly visible and remains visible after the specified risk material has been chilled or frozen; and

b

the stain must be applied in such a way that the colouring is and remains clearly visible—

i

over the whole of the cut surface and the majority of the head in the case of the head of an ovine or caprine animal and

ii

in the case of all other specified risk material, over the whole surface of the material.