
2008 No. 188
Animal Health
The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (revoked)
Made 24th April 2008
Coming into operation- 26th April 2008
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Citation, commencement and interpretation
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Amendment of the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006
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Revocations
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THE SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULE 6 TO THE TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2006
Regulation 2(4)
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SCHEDULE 6
Specified risk material, mechanically separated meat and slaughtering techniques
Regulation 5
Appointment of the Food Standards Agency as the competent authority
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Training
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Mechanically separated meat
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Pithing
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Tongue harvesting
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Head meat harvesting
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Removal of specified risk material
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Bovine animals in a slaughterhouse
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Sheep and goats in a slaughterhouse
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Young lamb and goat stamps
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Removal of spinal cord from sheep and goats
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Authorisation of cutting plants by the Food Standards Agency
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Removal of specified risk material at a cutting plant authorised under paragraph 12(1)
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Meat from another member State
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Staining and disposal of specified risk material
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Scheme animals
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Security of specified risk material
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Prohibition on the dispatch of heads and un-split carcases to other member States
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Prohibition on the supply of specified risk material for human consumption
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Transitional provisions
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Definitions of Community legislation
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