Notification
- Notify Welsh Ministers of suspected TSE and detain animal or carcass
Welsh Statutory Instrument
2018
United Kingdom
The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Wales) Regulations 2018
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Schedules
Notification
- Notify Welsh Ministers of suspected TSE in sheep or goats and secure the animal/carcass
Notification
- Notify Welsh Ministers of suspected TSE in non-bovine/ovine/caprine animals
Carcases from a Member State
- Send bovine carcases with specified risk material to authorised cutting plant
Bovine animals in a slaughterhouse
- Remove and properly handle specified risk material from bovine carcases
Ovine and caprine animals in a slaughterhouse
- Remove specified risk material from sheep and goat carcasses in slaughterhouse
Browse 70 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Delivery of the body of a bovine animal for the purpose of monitoring
Destruction without sampling
Brain stem sampling of bovine animals (approved sampling sites)
Brain stem sampling of bovine animals (slaughterhouses)
Approval of testing laboratories
Approved sampling sites
Retention of products and disposal
TSE sampling of ovine, caprine and cervid animals
Compensation
Compensation based on average market price
Exceptions: compensation based on market value
Restriction on movements pending investigation
Killing of a suspect animal
Identification and restriction of other bovines, cohorts and offspring
Action following confirmation
Death while under restriction
Placing on the market of bovine progeny
Consignment and slaughter of an over-age bovine animal
When compensation is payable
Common grazing
Multiple flocks or herds on a holding
Subsequent occupiers
Death while under restriction
Placing on the market of progeny of ovine and caprine animals
Compensation for an ovine or caprine animal killed as a suspect animal or on confirmation of any TSE
Valuations
Compensation for milk and milk products compulsorily destroyed
Restriction on movements pending investigation
Killing of a suspect animal
Movement restrictions
Confirmation of TSE (excluding BSE and atypical scrapie) in ovine or caprine animals
Inability to exclude BSE in ovine or caprine animals
Confirmation of atypical scrapie in ovine or caprine animals (BSE and classical scrapie excluded)
Killing and destruction following confirmation
Infected animals from another holding
Restriction of a notified animal
Killing of a suspect animal
Compensation
Prohibition on feeding animal protein
Processed animal protein other than fishmeal and processed animal protein derived from farmed insects for feeding to aquaculture animals
Processed animal protein derived from farmed insects for feeding to aquaculture animals
Milk replacers containing fishmeal for feeding to unweaned ruminants
Processed animal protein, including fishmeal, derived from non-ruminants
Feed materials and compound feed
Export of processed animal protein ...
Movement prohibitions and restrictions
Killing of animals
Compensation
Restriction and disposal of unlawful feedingstuffs
Premises producing compound feed intended for non-ruminant farmed animals
Fishmeal intended for non-ruminant farmed animals
Dicalcium and tricalcium phosphates intended for non-ruminant farmed animals
Blood products intended for non-ruminant farmed animals
Appointment of the Food Standards Agency as the competent authority
Bovine, ovine and caprine animals in other places of slaughter
Young lamb and goat stamps
Removal of spinal cord from ovine and caprine animals
Authorisation of cutting plants by the Food Standards Agency
Removal of specified risk material at a cutting plant authorised under paragraph 13(1)
Staining and disposal of specified risk material
Security of specified risk material
Prohibition on the sale, supply or possession for sale or supply of specified risk material for human consumption
Training
Mechanically separated meat
Pithing
Tongue harvesting
Head meat harvesting
Removal of specified risk material
Placing on the market or export ... of bovine products
Placing on the market or export ... of bovine animals
The TSE Requirements
- Notify Welsh Ministers and detain any animal suspected of TSE
Valuations
- Appointed valuer must perform valuation and submit to Welsh Ministers
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Title, application and commencement
Interpretation
Appointment of competent authority
Animals intended for research
Application of the Schedules
Approvals, authorisations, licences or registrations
Occupier's duty
Suspension and amendment
Revocations of approvals, authorisations, licences or registrations
Appeals procedure
Appointment of inspectors
Powers of entry
Powers of inspectors
Notices
Service of notices
Notices restricting movement
Other offences
Penalties
Corporate offences
Enforcement
Consequential amendments
Revocations
Transitional provisions
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