UK Statutory Instrument 1997 United Kingdom

Specified Risk Material Regulations 1997

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Part I — PRELIMINARY

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s.001

Title and commencement

s.002

Interpretation

s.003

Specified sheep or goat material

s.004

Specified bovine material

s.005

Staining

s.006

Approvals, authorisations and registrations

Part II — RESTRICTIONS OF THE USE OF SPECIFIED RISK MATERIAL AND VERTEBRAL COLUMNS OF RUMINANT ANIMALS

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s.007

Specified risk material for human consumption

s.008

Prohibitions applying to the vertebral column

s.009

Registration of premises on which meat is recovered by mechanical means from ruminant animals

Part III — REQUIREMENTS IN RELATION TO THE REMOVAL AND INITIAL TREATMENT OF SPECIFIED RISK MATERIAL

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s.010

Initial treatment of bovine, sheep and goat carcases in a slaughterhouse

s.011

Initial treatment of bovine, sheep and goat carcases elsewhere than in a slaughterhouse

s.012

Rendering whole carcases

s.013

Measures in relation to stained specified risk material

Part IV — PROHIBITIONS ON THE REMOVAL OF CERTAIN SPECIFIED RISK MATERIALS FROM RUMINANT ANIMALS

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s.014

Prohibition on the removal of brain and eyes

s.015

Prohibition on the removal of the spinal cord of a ruminant animal

Part V — PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS IN RELATION TO SHEEP AND GOATS

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s.016

The young lamb stamp

s.017

Transportation of unmarked carcases of sheep and goats

s.018

Presence of an official veterinary surgeon

s.019

Possession of unmarked carcases of sheep and goats

Part VI — TRANSPORT AND DISPOSAL OF SPECIFIED RISK MATERIAL

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s.020

Procedure for bringing in specified risk material from Northern Ireland

s.021

Consignment of specified risk material

s.022

Approved collection centres

s.023

Approved incinerators

s.024

Approved rendering plants

s.025

Veterinary or laboratory premises,

s.026

Power to give directions

s.027

Transport

s.028

Storage

Part VII — ENFORCEMENT

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s.029

Offences and penalties

s.030

Application of provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990

s.031

Enforcement

s.032

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