SCHEDULE 2TSE monitoring
PART 1Monitoring for TSE
Consignment and slaughter of over-age bovine animals7
1
If a bovine animal was born or reared in the United Kingdom before 1st August 1996, it is an offence—
a
to consign it to a slaughterhouse for human consumption (whether the animal is alive or dead); or
b
to slaughter it for human consumption.
2
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), a bovine animal is deemed to have been born or reared in the United Kingdom before 1st August 1996 unless its cattle passport shows either that—
a
it was born in the United Kingdom on or after 1st August 1996; or
b
it first entered the United Kingdom on or after 1st August 1996.