1. The premises shall be adequately separated from the public highway and other premises. Notwithstanding this, they may occupy the same site as one rendering other animal products which are not specified bovine offal provided that specified bovine offal is stored, handled and processed separately from other animal material and by means of equipment used only for specified bovine offal.
2. Unauthorised persons and animals shall not be permitted to have access to the premises.
3. The premises or part of the premises used to process specified bovine offal must have a clean and an unclean section specified by the occupier, adequately separated. The unclean section must have a covered place to receive and store the specified bovine offal for processing and must be constructed in such a way that it is easy to clean and disinfect. Floors must be laid in such a way as to facilitate the draining of liquids. The premises must have adequate lavatories, changing rooms and washbasins for staff.
4. The premises shall have sufficient capacity of hot water and steam production to render specified bovine offal in accordance with the method in Part II of this Schedule chosen by the operator.
5. The equipment used to render specified bovine offal shall include—
(a)measuring equipment to check temperature and, if necessary, pressure at critical points;
(b)recording devices to record continuously the results of measurements; and
(c)an adequate safety system to prevent insufficient heating.
6. To prevent recontamination of processed specified bovine offal by incoming specified bovine offal, there must be clear separation between the area of the premises where the incoming specified bovine offal is unloaded and rendered and the areas set aside for further processing of the heated specified bovine offal and the storage of finished specified bovine offal products.
7. The premises must have adequate facilities for cleaning and disinfecting the containers or receptacles in which unprocessed specified bovine offal is received and the vehicles in which it is transported.
8. Adequate facilities must be provided for disinfecting the wheels, immediately before their departure, of vehicles transporting specified bovine offal or leaving the unclean section of the premises.