The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Control of Vaccination) (England) Regulations 2006

Other animal productsU.K.

17.—(1) This paragraph applies to any animal product other than—

(a)fresh meat, minced meat, mechanically separated meat or any meat preparation;

(b)milk or any milk product;

(c)any semen, ovum or embryo;

(d)any hide or skins; or

(e)any wool, ruminant hair or pig bristles,

if it is produced from susceptible animals originating in a vaccination zone.

(2) No person shall sell or consign for sale an animal product to which this paragraph applies unless it satisfies one of the following requirements—

(a)it was—

(i)produced before the date 21 days before the vaccination zone was declared, and

(ii)at all times stored and transported separately from animal products which were not so produced;

(b)it has been treated so that it falls within paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 to the Order;

(c)where it is referred to in one of paragraphs 5 to 9 of Schedule 6 to the Order, it has been treated so that it falls within that paragraph;

(d)it forms part of a composite product (that is, a manufactured or processed product containing more than one ingredient at least one of which is an animal product) and each ingredient which is an animal product—

(i)is referred to in a paragraph of Schedule 6 to the Order and has been treated so that it falls within that paragraph (either before manufacturing or processing, or as part of the composite product), or

(ii)was not produced from susceptible animals originating on infected premises, suspect premises or contact premises or susceptible animals originating in a temporary control zone, protection zone, surveillance zone or vaccination zone;

(e)it is a packaged product ready for use—

(i)as a reagent, reagent product, calibrator, kit or any other system (whether used alone or in combination),

(ii)in vitro for the examination of samples of human or animal origin (with the exception of donated organs or blood), and

(iii)solely or principally with a view to the diagnosis of a physiological state, state of health, disease or genetic abnormality or to determine safety and compatibility with reagents.

(3) In this paragraph—

(a)contact premises means any premises declared to be contact premises under article 14(2) of the Order; and

(b)suspect premises means any premises declared to be suspect premises under article 12(7) or 14(1) of the Order.

(4) In this paragraph, the expressions “susceptible animals originating in”, in respect of a protection zone or a surveillance zone, or “susceptible animals originating on” in respect of infected premises mean—

(a)susceptible animals kept in the protection zone or surveillance zone (after the declaration of the zone) or on the infected premises, as the case may be; and

(b)susceptible animals which were kept within the boundaries of the protection zone or surveillance zone or on the infected premises at any time during the period—

(i)beginning 21 days before the following date—

(aa)in the case of a protection zone, the earliest infection date on premises there,

(bb)in the case of a surveillance zone, the earliest infection date on premises in the associated protection zone,

(cc)in the case of infected premises, the infection date; and

(ii)ending with the declaration of the protection zone, surveillance zone or infected premises, as the case may be.

(5) In this paragraph, the expressions “susceptible animals originating in”, in respect of a temporary control zone, or “susceptible animals originating on”, in respect of suspect premises or contact premises mean—

(a)susceptible animals kept in the temporary control zone (after the declaration of the zone) or on the suspect premises or contact premises, as the case may be; and

(b)susceptible animals which were kept within the boundaries of the temporary control zone or on the suspect premises or contact premises at any time during the period—

(i)beginning 21 days before the declaration of the temporary control zone or suspect premises or contact premises, as the case may be, and

(ii)ending with that declaration.

(6) In this paragraph, “infection date” means, in respect of any premises, the date confirmed by the Chief Veterinary Officer of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs under article 12(10) of the Order as the earliest date disease was present there.