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.