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SCHEDULEU.K.Measures applicable in respect of a vaccination zone

PART 2U.K.Fresh meat, minced meat, mechanically separated meat and meat preparations

Fresh meat etc. derived from vaccinated animals slaughtered during phase 1U.K.

6.—(1) This paragraph applies to fresh meat, minced meat, mechanically separated meat and meat preparations from vaccinated animals slaughtered in a vaccination zone during phase 1.

(2) No person shall sell or consign for sale meat to which this paragraph applies unless it satisfies the following requirements—

(a)it was health marked or identification marked and that mark was overstamped;

(b)after marking, it was at all times stored and transported separately from meat which was not so marked;

(c)it was transported in sealed containers for treatment to an establishment designated by the Secretary of State;

(d)it was treated at that establishment so that it falls within paragraph 1 of Schedule 6 to the Order.

Fresh meat etc. derived from vaccinated ruminants slaughtered during phase 2U.K.

7.—(1) This paragraph applies to fresh meat, minced meat, mechanically separated meat and meat preparations derived from vaccinated ruminants slaughtered in a vaccination zone during phase 2.

(2) No person shall sell or consign for sale offal to which this paragraph applies.

(3) No person shall sell or consign for sale meat, other than offal, to which this paragraph applies unless it has been produced in an establishment which—

(a)is authorised by a licence granted by the Secretary of State imposing such conditions as she considers necessary to impose strict veterinary control of the establishment;

(b)processes only meat falling within sub-paragraph (4); and

(c)at all times during the production process stores, identifies and transports animal products eligible for sale to the final consumer or user separately from those which are not, and in accordance with the directions of the Secretary of State.

(4) Meat falls within this sub-paragraph if—

(a)it has been—

(i)deboned and matured so that it falls within paragraphs 11 and 12 of Schedule 6 to the Order, or

(ii)obtained from animals reared and slaughtered outside a vaccination zone; and

(b)it is health marked or identification marked.

Fresh meat etc. from vaccinated swine slaughtered during phase 2U.K.

8.—(1) This paragraph applies to fresh meat, minced meat, mechanically separated meat and meat preparations derived from vaccinated swine slaughtered in a vaccination zone during phase 2.

(2) No person shall sell or consign for sale meat to which this paragraph applies unless it satisfies the following requirements—

(a)it was health marked or identification marked and that mark was overstamped;

(b)after marking, it was at all times stored and transported separately from meat which was not so marked;

(c)it was transported in sealed containers for treatment to an establishment designated by the Secretary of State;

(d)it was treated at that establishment to form a meat product which falls within paragraph 1 of Schedule 6 to the Order.

Fresh meat etc. derived from unvaccinated susceptible animals slaughtered in a vaccination zone during phase 3U.K.

9.—(1) This paragraph applies to fresh meat, minced meat, mechanically separated meat and meat preparations derived from unvaccinated susceptible animals slaughtered in a vaccination zone during phase 3.

(2) No person shall sell or consign for sale meat to which this paragraph applies unless—

(a)either—

(i)all susceptible animals on all reactor premises in the vaccination zone have been slaughtered, or

(ii)the animals from which the meat was derived were transported to the slaughterhouse in compliance with sub-paragraph (3) or (4); and

(b)it was produced in an establishment which complies with sub-paragraph (5).

(3) Transport complies with this sub-paragraph if it satisfies the following requirements—

(a)the animals do not come into contact with any other susceptible animals during transport or in the slaughterhouse; and

(b)the animals are accompanied during transport by a copy of the notice classifying their premises of origin under regulation 25(3), certified as a true copy by an inspector.

(4) Transport complies with this sub-paragraph if the each animal transported has either—

(a)been tested by the Secretary of State for antibodies against disease after the end of its incubation period with negative results; or

(b)been subjected to a serological survey by the Secretary of State at that time with negative results.

(5) An establishment complies with this paragraph if it—

(a)is authorised by a licence granted by the Secretary of State imposing such conditions as she considers necessary to impose strict veterinary control of the establishment;

(b)processes only meat falling within sub-paragraph (6); and

(c)at all times during the production process stores, identifies and transports animal products eligible for sale to the final consumer or user separately from those which are not, and in accordance with the directions of the Secretary of State.

(6) Meat falls within this sub-paragraph if—

(a)it—

(i)has been deboned and matured so that it falls within paragraphs 11 and 12 of Schedule 6 to the Order,

(ii)comes from animals which were transported to the establishment under the authority of a licence granted under paragraph 3, or

(iii)comes from animals which were reared and slaughtered outside a vaccination zone; and

(b)it is health marked or identification marked.

Fresh meat etc. derived from vaccinated ruminants and the unvaccinated seropositive offspring of vaccinated ruminant dams slaughtered during phase 3U.K.

10.—(1) This paragraph applies to fresh meat, minced meat, mechanically separated meat and meat preparations derived from the following animals slaughtered in a vaccination zone during phase 3—

(a)vaccinated ruminants; and

(b)unvaccinated seropositive offspring of vaccinated ruminant dams.

(2) No person shall sell or consign for sale offal to which this paragraph applies.

(3) No person shall sell or consign for sale meat, other than offal, to which this paragraph applies unless it complies with sub-paragraph (4) or it was produced in an establishment complying with sub-paragraph (5).

(4) Meat complies with this sub-paragraph if it satisfies the following requirements—

(a)it was health marked or identification marked and that mark was overstamped;

(b)after marking, it was at all times stored and transported separately from meat which was not so marked;

(c)it was transported in sealed containers for treatment to an establishment designated by the Secretary of State;

(d)it was treated at that establishment to form a meat product which falls within paragraph 1 of Schedule 6 to the Order.

(5) An establishment complies with this sub-paragraph if it—

(a)is authorised by a licence granted by the Secretary of State imposing such conditions as she considers necessary to impose strict veterinary control of the establishment;

(b)processes only meat falling within sub-paragraph (6); and

(c)at all times during the production process stores, identifies and transports animal products eligible for sale to the final consumer or user separately from those which are not, and in accordance with the directions of the Secretary of State.

(6) Meat falls within this sub-paragraph if—

(a)it—

(i)has been deboned and matured so that it falls within paragraphs 11 and 12 of Schedule 6 to the Order,

(ii)has been transported to the establishment under the authority of a licence granted under paragraph 3, or

(iii)comes from animals which were reared and slaughtered outside a vaccination zone; and

(b)it is health or identification marked.

Fresh meat etc. derived from vaccinated swine and the unvaccinated seropositive offspring of vaccinated swine slaughtered during phase 3U.K.

11.—(1) This paragraph applies to fresh meat, minced meat, mechanically separated meat and meat preparations derived from the following animals slaughtered in a vaccination zone during phase 3—

(a)vaccinated swine; and

(b)unvaccinated seropositive offspring of vaccinated swine.

(2) No person shall sell or consign for sale meat to which this paragraph applies unless it complies with sub-paragraph (3) or it was produced in an establishment complying with sub-paragraph (4).

(3) Meat complies with this sub-paragraph if it satisfies the following requirements—

(a)it was health marked or identification marked and that mark was overstamped;

(b)after marking, it was at all times stored and transported separately from meat which was not so marked;

(c)it was transported in sealed containers for treatment to an establishment designated by the Secretary of State;

(d)it was treated at that establishment to form a meat product which falls within paragraph 1 of Schedule 6 to the Order.

(4) An establishment complies with this sub-paragraph if it—

(a)is authorised by a licence granted by the Secretary of State imposing such conditions as she considers necessary to impose strict veterinary control of the establishment;

(b)processes only meat falling within sub-paragraph (5); and

(c)at all times during the production process stores, identifies and transports animal products eligible for sale to the final consumer or user separately from those which are not, and in accordance with the directions of the Secretary of State.

(5) Meat falls within this sub-paragraph if it comes from animals—

(a)originating on premises which have been declared free of disease under regulation 25(3); or

(b)which were reared and slaughtered outside a vaccination zone.