The Bovine Offal (Prohibition) (Scotland) Regulations 1990

Transport

26.—(1) Any vehicle in which specified bovine offal is conveyed shall bear, in a prominent position, the following information—

(a) the name and address of the vehicle owner;

(b) a legible and unambiguous notice to the effect that the specified bovine offal is not for human consumption.

(2) That part of any vehicle in which specified bovine offal is conveyed shall be kept closed and locked or sealed at all times except when necessary for the loading or unloading of the contents for their examination by an authorised officer of a local authority.

(3) That part of any vehicle in which specified bovine offal is conveyed shall be impervious.

(4) That part of any vehicle in which specified bovine offal is conveyed shall be thoroughly washed and disinfected before any meat which is fit for human consumption or other food is subsequently placed in the vehicle.

(5) Specified bovine offal may not be conveyed in the same vehicle at the same time as meat which is fit for human consumption or other food.

(6) In this regulation the expression “vehicle” means, in any case in which specified bovine offal is conveyed in a bulk container, that container.

(7) The requirement in paragraph (1) of this regulation shall not apply in the case of specified bovine offal which is removed to a hospital, medical or veterinary school or similar institution for instructional, diagnostic or research purposes.

(8) The requirements in paragraphs (1) to (6) of this regulation shall not apply in the case of the heads of bovine animals from which the brains have not been removed which are transferred from a slaughterhouse to a specialist boning plant for removal of meat (other than specified bovine offal) from those heads.