Regulation 7
SCHEDULE 3CONDITIONS FOR THE APPROVAL OF BOVINE EMBRYO PRODUCTION TEAMS
1. To be approved as a team for the production and processing of bovine embryos derived by in vitro fertilisation and/or in vitro culture, a bovine embryo production team must fulfil the following requirements.
2. The production, processing and storage of bovine embryos must be carried out either by a team veterinarian or under his responsibility by one or more technicians who are competent and trained by the team veterinarian in methods and techniques of hygiene.
3. The production team personnel must be trained in appropriate disease control and laboratory techniques, particularly in procedures for working in sterile conditions.
4. The team must have at its disposal a permanently-sited processing laboratory which must—
(a)have adequate equipment and facilities, including a separate room for recovering oocytes fro ovaries, and separate rooms or areas for processing oocytes and bovine embryos, and storing bovine embryos; and
(b)have laminar-flow facilities.
5. Where oocytes and other tissues are to be collected in an abattoir, the production team must have at its disposal suitable equipment for the collection and transport of the ovaries and other tissues to the processing laboratory in a hygienic and safe manner.