SCHEDULE 7Specified risk material, mechanically separated meat and slaughtering techniques

Staining and disposal of specified risk material

15.

(1)

The occupier of any premises where specified risk material is removed who fails to comply with point 3 of Annex V to the Community TSE Regulation (marking and disposal) is guilty of an offence.

(2)

For the purposes of that point—

(a)

staining involves treating the material (whether by immersion, spraying or other application) with—

(i)

a 0.5% weight/volume solution of the colouring agent Patent Blue V (E131, 1971 Colour Index No. 4205131); or

(ii)

such other colouring agent as may be approved in writing by the Welsh Ministers or the Food Standards Agency; and

(b)

the stain must be applied in such a way that the colouring is and remains clearly visible—

(i)

over the whole of the cut surface and the majority of the head in the case of the head of a sheep or goat, and

(ii)

in the case of all other specified risk material, over the whole surface of the material.

(3)

This paragraph does not apply in relation to any specified risk material which is destined for use as provided in Article 1(2)(b) and (c) of the Community TSE Regulation.