• “specified risk material” means–

  1. a

     specified bovine material;

  2. b

     specified sheep or goat material;

  3. c

     any part of the animal remaining attached to the specified bovine material or specified sheep or goat material after dissection of the carcase;

  4. d

     any animal material which comes into contact with specified bovine material or specified sheep or goat material after it has been removed from the carcase; and

  5. e

     specified solid waste;

Specified bovine material4

1

In these Regulations, “specified bovine material” means–

a

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 intestines from the duodenum to the rectum, and

v

the spinal cord;

b

in relation to a bovine animal which was slaughtered or has died in the United Kingdom or Portugal at an age greater than 30 months, the vertebral column (including dorsal root ganglia); and

c

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,

iii

the spinal cord, and

iv

the ileum.

2

Whole carcases of bovine animals are specified bovine material if they are removed to be rendered or incinerated whole from the place where they were slaughtered or died.

3

In paragraph (1) above, the reference to Portugal does not include a reference to the Autonomous Region of the Azores.

12

Nothing in paragraph (1) above shall require the removal of the vertebral column from the carcase of a bovine animal which was accompanied at the time of slaughter by a slaughter certificate under the Beef Assurance Scheme as described in Schedule 1 to the Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (No. 2) Regulations 19965 if the carcase is consigned to a licensed cutting premises which, if located in Scotland, is authorised pursuant to regulation 15A(5) below.

Removal of vertebral column of bovine animals in cutting premises15A

1

Where a carcase or bone in carcase meat is consigned to a cutting premises in Scotland in accordance with regulation 10(12) above the occupier of that cutting premises shall ensure that the vertebral column is removed from the rest of the carcase.

2

The occupier of a cutting premises shall permit an inspector or official veterinary surgeon, or a person acting under the responsibility of either of them, to inspect the carcase of any bovine animal consigned there so that it can be checked whether the specified risk material has been removed from the carcase in accordance with these Regulations; and the occupier shall give to any such person such reasonable assistance as he shall require.

3

If the vertebral column is removed at cutting premises, the occupier shall ensure that it is stained in accordance with regulation 10(3) above, and disposed of as specified risk material in accordance with these Regulations.

4

The Agency may, on an application made to it under this regulation, authorise any licensed cutting premises for the purposes of this regulation.

5

In considering applications for authorisation for the purposes of this regulation the Agency may (in addition to any other relevant matters) have regard to the need for the efficient enforcement of this regulation.

17

For the purposes of this regulation, the specified risk material is–

a

the head of a bovine animal which was slaughtered or has died in the United Kingdom at an age greater than 6 months except–

i

the skull (including the brains and eyes), and

ii

the tongue; and

b

the material referred to in paragraphs (c) and (d) of the definition of specified risk material in regulation 2(1) above.