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

Other animal products

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

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

(b)milk and any milk product;

(c)semen, ova and embryos;

(d)hides and skins; and

(e)wool, ruminant hair and pig bristles,

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

(2) A person shall not 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 Part I of Schedule 6 to the FMD Regulations;

(c)where it is referred to in one of paragraphs 5 to 9 of Part I of Schedule 6 to the FMD Regulations, 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 FMD Regulations 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 in 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 which is—

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

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

(iii)used 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 regulation 13(2) of the FMD Regulations; and

(b)suspect premises means any premises declared to be suspect premises under regulation 11(8) or 13(1) of the FMD Regulations.

(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 the 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, 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 under regulation 11(10) of the FMD Regulations.