The Specified Risk Material Regulations 1997

Specified sheep or goat material

3.—(1) In these Regulations “class I specified sheep or goat material” means—

(a) in relation to material derived from a sheep or goat which at the time it was slaughtered or died either had one or more permanent incisor teeth erupted through the gum or was aged more than 12 months—

(i) the skull, including the brain and eyes;

(ii) the tonsils; and

(iii) the spinal cord; and

(b) the spleen of a sheep or goat.

(2) In these Regulations “class II specified sheep or goat material” means the head of any sheep or goat which was slaughtered or has died in the United Kingdom except—

(a) any part of it which is class I specified sheep or goat material;

(b) the horns, where they are removed from the head—

(i) immediately after slaughter;

(ii) before the head is removed from the carcase; and

(iii) without breaking into the cranial cavity; and

(c) the tongue, where it is removed from the head immediately after slaughter and before the head is stained.

(3) Whole carcases of sheep and goats are class II specified sheep or goat material if they are removed to be rendered whole from the place where they were slaughtered or died.