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28.—(1) This paragraph applies to fresh meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat derived from susceptible animals originating in a surveillance zone.
(2) No person is permitted to sell or consign for sale meat to which this paragraph applies or move such meat out of a surveillance zone unless—
(a)it falls within sub-paragraph (3), or
(b)it is meat (excluding heads, viscera and offal) which complies with sub-paragraph (4), (5) or (6), or
(c)it falls within sub-paragraph (7).
(3) Meat falls within this sub-paragraph if it satisfies the following requirements—
(a)it was produced before the date 21 days before the earliest infection date in the associated protection zone;
(b)after production, it was at all times stored and transported separately from products to which this paragraph applies produced on or after that date;
(c)it was health or identification marked and that mark was overstamped.
(4) Meat complies with this sub-paragraph if it is from ruminants and has been deboned so that it falls within paragraph 11 of Schedule 5 and matured so that it falls within paragraph 12 of Schedule 5.
(5) Meat complies with this sub-paragraph if—
(a)the animals from which it was produced were resident on the same premises for at least 21 days before slaughter and were identified so as to allow the tracing of those premises, and
(b)the meat has been clearly identified and detained under the supervision of the National Assembly for at least 7 days and until any suspicion of infection on the premises of origin has been ruled out.
(6) Meat complies with this sub-paragraph if—
(a)the animals passed the 21 days before slaughter on the same premises during which no susceptible animal was introduced onto those premises,
(b)samples taken within 48 hours before loading have been tested with a negative result in an assay for the detection of antibodies against the disease virus, and
(c)the meat has been detained under the control of the National Assembly for 24 hours and released only after a repeat inspection of the animals on the premises of origin ruled out on clinical inspection the presence of infected animals or animals suspected of being infected.
(7) Meat falls within this sub-paragraph if—
(a)it is trimmed offal;
(b)it was health or identification marked and that mark was overstamped; and
(c)it was subsequently treated so that it falls within paragraph 1 of Schedule 5.
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