The Fresh Meat Export (Hygiene and Inspection) (Scotland) Regulations 1987

Inspection and health marking

8.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this regulation, every animal which is to be slaughtered in an export slaughterhouse shall be subjected to an ante-mortem health inspection in accordance with Schedule 6.

(2) In the case of an animal to which the provisions of regulation 14 of the Slaughter of Animals (Prevention of Cruelty) (Scotland) Regulations 1955 apply, such animal may be slaughtered in an export slaughterhouse without having been subjected to an ante-mortem health inspection if, after taking all reasonable steps to that end, the occupier is unable to secure such inspection before it is necessary in compliance with the said regulation 14 for the animal to be slaughtered.

(3) Every animal slaughtered in an export slaughterhouse shall be subjected to a post-mortem health inspection in accordance with the appropriate provisions of Schedule 8.

(4) Where fresh meat intended for export has been passed as fit for human consumption following ante-and post-mortem health inspections and is eligible for export in accordance with these Regulations, it shall be marked in accordance with the requirements of Schedule 11 and, subject to paragraph (5) of this regulation, no other meat shall be so marked.

(5) Where fresh meat is not intended for export but has been passed as fit for human consumption following ante-and post-mortem inspection and is eligible for export in accordance with these Regulations, it shall be marked in accordance with regulation 9A of, and Schedule 6 to, the Food (Meat Inspection) (Scotland) Regulations 1961((1)) except that where the owner of the meat so requests it shall be marked in accordance with the requirements of Schedule 11.

(6) Where fresh meat has been passed as fit for human consumption following ante-and post-mortem health inspections but is not eligible for export in accordance with these Regulations, it shall be marked in accordance with regulation 9A of, and Schedule 6 to, the Food (Meat Inspection) (Scotland) Regulations 1961.

(7) No person shall remove, or cause or permit to be removed, from an export slaughterhouse any blood intended for human consumption or any carcase or part of a carcase or any offal until it has been inspected in accordance with these Regulations and, in the case of fresh meat passed as fit for human consumption after inspection, until it has been marked in accordance with paragraphs (4) to (6) of this regulation.

(8) The occupier shall give the local authority not less than 24 hours' notice of the day and time on and at which fresh meat intended for export is to be cut up on, or despatched from, any export cutting premises or admitted to, or despatched from, any export cold store.

(9) Where a local authority have been given notice under paragraph (8) of this regulation they shall arrange for fresh meat intended for export to be supervised –

(a) during cutting up on, and despatch from, any export cutting premises in accordance with the requirements of Schedule 10; and

(b) during admission to, and despatch from, any export cold store in accordance with the requirements of Schedule 13.

(10) No person shall apply the health mark described in Schedule 11 except in premises currently approved by the Secretary of State as an export slaughterhouse or export cutting premises.

(1)

S.I. 1961/243, amended by S.I. 1983/702.