The Export and Movement Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (No.2) Regulations 2007

Regulation 3

SCHEDULE 1Areas subject to export restrictions

Regulation 5

SCHEDULE 2Additional requirements for meat

1.  The meat must at all times be clearly identified, handled, stored and transported separately from meat not eligible for export.

2.  The meat must be inspected, along with the animal from which it derived, post-mortem by an official veterinarian—

(a)in the slaughterhouse;

(b)in the case of on-farm slaughtering of farmed game, on the premises; or

(c)in the case of wild game, at the game-handling establishment,

with no clinical signs or evidence of foot-and-mouth disease identified.

3.  The meat must remain in the slaughterhouse, premises or game-handling establishment for at least 24 hours after the post-mortem inspection described in paragraph 3.

Regulation 5

SCHEDULE 3Premises from which an animal may be transported for slaughter

1.  The premises must be situated in the centre of a circle of at least 10 km radius in which there was no outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease during at least the 30 days prior to transport.

2.  The premises must have had no animal of a species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease introduced into it during the 21 days prior to transport to slaughter of any animal in the premises susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease (except in the case of pigs, in which case the period of 21 days is reduced to 7 days), unless—

(a)such animal complies with the conditions in regulation 5(3)(c)(i) or 5(3)(d)(i) and was under the supervision of the Secretary of State on a single premises—

(i)complying with paragraph 1 during the 21 days prior to its transport; and

(ii)into which no animal of a species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease was introduced during the 21 days prior to the transport of the animal (except in the case of a pig, in which case the period of 21 days is reduced to 7 days);

(b)a test for antibodies against the foot-and-mouth disease virus was carried out on a blood sample taken from the animal at least 10 days prior to the date of transport to the premises and produced a negative result; or

(c)the animal comes from a premises on which a serological survey pursuant to a sampling protocol suitable to detect 5% prevalence of foot-and-mouth disease with at least 95% level of confidence was conducted and produced negative results.

Regulation 10

SCHEDULE 4Semen and Embryos

PART 1Centres or premises from which semen or embryos may be collected

1.  The centre or premises must have been free from foot-and mouth disease for at least three months prior to the date of collection of the semen or embryos.

2.  It must be situated in the centre of an area of 10 km radius in which there has been no case of foot-and-mouth disease for at least the 30 days prior to the date of collection.

PART 2Storage conditions for frozen semen and embryos

1.  Frozen bovine semen must have been stored in accordance with the Bovine Semen (England) Regulations 2007(2).

2.  Frozen bovine embryos must have been stored in accordance with the Bovine Embryo (Collection, Production and Transfer) Regulations 1995(3).

3.  Frozen porcine semen must have been stored in accordance with Chapters I and II of Annex A of Council Directive 90/429/EEC laying down the animal health requirements applicable to intra-Community trade in and imports of semen of domestic animals of the porcine species(4).

4.  Frozen porcine embryos must have been stored in accordance with Chapter III of Annex D of Council Directive 92/65/EEC.

5.  Frozen ovine or caprine semen must have been stored in accordance with Chapters I and III of Annex D of Council Directive 92/65/EEC.

6.  Frozen ovine or caprine embryos must have been stored in accordance with Chapter III of Annex D of Council Directive 92/65/EEC.