Animal By-Products (Identification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the 1993 Regulations” means the Animal By-Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993(1);

“animal” means any of the following food sources, namely

“animal by-product” has the meaning given by regulation 3;

“animal by-products premises” means premises, other than a slaughter-house or game processing facility, from which animal by-products are despatched to other premises;

“carcase” means the body of a dead animal;

“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture;

“farmed game” means wild land mammals which are reared and slaughtered in captivity, excluding—

“farmed game birds” means birds, including ratites, but excluding poultry, which are not generally considered domestic but which are bred, reared and slaughtered in captivity;

“farmed game birds by-product” means any animal by-product derived exclusively or mainly from farmed game birds;

“game processing facility” means premises, other than a slaughter-house, used for the purpose of processing farmed game, farmed game birds or wild game the flesh of which is intended for sale for human consumption;

“green offal” means the stomachs, gizzards and intestines of animals;

“the Hygiene Regulations” means—

“imported carcase or part of a carcase” means a carcase or part of a carcase derived from an animal slaughtered outside the United Kingdom;

“knacker’s yard” means any premises used in connection with the business of slaughtering, flaying or cutting up animals the flesh of which is not intended for human consumption;

“meat” means the flesh or other edible parts of an animal;

“occupier” means a person carrying on the business of any slaughter-house, game processing facility or animal by-products premises, or the duly authorised representative of such a person;

“the Order” means the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;

“poultry” means domestic fowls, turkeys, guinea fowls, ducks, geese and quails;

“poultry by-product” means any animal by-product derived exclusively or mainly from poultry;

“scientific purposes” means diagnostic, educational or research purposes;

“slaughter-house” means any premises used for the slaughtering of animals or birds, the flesh of which is intended for human consumption;

“stained” means treated with a solution of the colouring agent Black PN or Brilliant Black BN (E151, Colour Index 197 No. 28440), which solution is of such a strength that the colouring on the animal by-product is clearly visible; and, for the purposes of this definition, “treated” means that the whole surface of the animal by-product has been covered with the said solution either by immersing the animal by-product in, or spraying or otherwise applying, the solution and, in the case of an animal by-product weighing not less than 25 kg, that the solution has been so applied after the surface of the animal by-product has been opened by multiple and deep incisions;

“sterilised” means—

“wild-game” means wild land mammals which are hunted (including wild land mammals living within an enclosed area under conditions of freedom similar to those enjoyed by wild game) and wild birds.