The Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

Amendments

3.  In regulation 2 (Interpretation: general)—

(a) insert, after the definition of “disease legislation”—

““domestic market” is the market for the sale of poultry meat in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland;”;

(b) omit the definition of “relevant date”;

(c) before the definition of “slaughter” insert —

““seropositive pig” means a pig that is not a restricted animal but is required by the Secretary of State to be slaughtered in a slaughterhouse due to antibodies against swine vesicular disease virus being identified in that pig;

“seropositive pig meat” is meat derived from a seropositive pig which—

(a)

is not restricted meat, and

(b)

has not been treated in accordance with Schedule 2 at a designated treatment centre;”.