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These Regulations make provision in Wales for the administration and enforcement of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption and for implementation of other EC instruments: It is an offence to collect, transport, dispose, store, process or use, category 1, category 2 or category 3 material other than in accordance with the Community Regulation (regs. 4, 5 and 6). It is a specific offence to collect, transport, identify or store animal by-products other than in accordance with the Community Regulation (reg. 8). Feeding unprocessed animal by-products to farmed animals is prohibited and access by such animals to animal by-products is controlled (reg. 9). Regulation 10 enforces the restrictions on use of animal by-products in Article 22 of the Community Regulation. Regulations 13 to 16 provide for the approval of premises for the different types of treatment of animal by-products. Regulations 17 to 21 provide for checks at plants, sampling and approved laboratories. Regulations 22 to 24 regulate the placing on the market of various processed animal by-products. Regulations 25 to 27 provide derogations relating to the use of animal by-products for taxidermy and feeding certain specified animals. Regulations 32 to 39 provide for record keeping. Under Regulations 43 to 45 an inspector can serve a notice requiring the disposal of animal by-product or catering waste and requiring cleansing and disinfection of any vehicle, container or premises.
These Regulations make provision in Wales for the administration and enforcement of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption and for implementation of other EC instruments: It is an offence to collect, transport, dispose, store, process or use, category 1, category 2 or category 3 material other than in accordance with the Community Regulation (regs. 4, 5 and 6). It is a sp
Made under the Animal Health Act 1981.
Title:
Animal By-Products (Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 2756 (W. 267) of 2003).
Country:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Type of document:
Regulation
Date of text:
2003
Data source: