(a) cosmetic or medicinal products or medical devices, or to their starting materials or intermediate products; (b) products which are not intended for use in human food, animal feed or fertilisers, or to their starting materials or intermediate products; (c) products of animal origin intended for exhibition, teaching, scientific research, special studies or analysis, provided those products are not eventually consumed or used by humans or by animals other than those kept for the research projects concerned; (d) live animals used in or intended for research.
Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
Modified by
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 1248/2001of 22 June 2001amending Annexes III, X and XI to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards epidemio-surveillance and testing of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, 301R1248, June 27, 2001
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 1326/2001of 29 June 2001laying down transitional measures to permit the changeover to the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EC) No 999/2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, and amending Annexes VII and XI to that Regulation, 301R1326, June 30, 2001
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 270/2002of 14 February 2002amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards specified risk material and epidemio-surveillance for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and amending Regulation (EC) No 1326/2001 as regards animal feeding and the placing on the market of ovine and caprine animals and products thereof, 302R0270, February 15, 2002
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 1494/2002of 21 August 2002amending Annexes III, VII and XI to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and the Council as regards monitoring of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, eradication of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, removal of specified risk materials and rules for importation of live animals and products of animal origin(Text with EEA relevance), 302R1494, August 22, 2002
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 260/2003of 12 February 2003amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the eradication of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in ovine and caprine animals and rules for the trade in live ovine and caprine animals and bovine embryos(Text with EEA relevance), 303R0260, February 13, 2003
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 650/2003of 10 April 2003amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the import of live ovine and caprine animals(Text with EEA relevance), 303R0650, April 11, 2003
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 1053/2003of 19 June 2003amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rapid tests(Text with EEA relevance), 303R1053, June 20, 2003
- Regulation (EC) No 1128/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 16 June 2003amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 as regards the extension of the period for transitional measures, 303R1128, June 28, 2003
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 1139/2003of 27 June 2003amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards monitoring programmes and specified risk material, 303R1139, June 28, 2003
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 1234/2003of 10 July 2003amending Annexes I, IV and XI to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 1326/2001 as regards transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and animal feeding(Text with EEA relevance), 303R1234, July 11, 2003
- Actconcerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded, 103T, September 23, 2003
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 1809/2003of 15 October 2003amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for importation of live bovine animals and products of bovine, ovine and caprine origin from Costa Rica and New Caledonia(Text with EEA relevance), 303R1809, October 16, 2003
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 1915/2003of 30 October 2003amending Annexes VII, VIII and IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the trade and import of ovine and caprine animals and the measures following the confirmation of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in bovine, ovine and caprine animals(Text with EEA relevance), 303R1915, October 31, 2003
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 2245/2003of 19 December 2003amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in ovine and caprine animals, 303R2245, December 20, 2003
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 876/2004of 29 April 2004amending Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards trade in ovine and caprine animals for breeding(Text with EEA relevance), 304R0876, April 30, 2004
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 1471/2004of 18 August 2004amending Annex XI to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the import of cervid products from Canada and the United States(Text with EEA relevance), 304R1471, August 19, 2004
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 1492/2004of 23 August 2004amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards eradication measures for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in bovine, ovine and caprine animals, the trade and importation of semen and embryos of ovine and caprine animals and specified risk material(Text with EEA relevance), 304R1492, August 24, 2004
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 1993/2004of 19 November 2004amending Regulation (EC) 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards Portugal(Text with EEA relevance), 304R1993, November 20, 2004
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 36/2005of 12 January 2005amending Annexes III and X to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards epidemio-surveillance for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in bovine, ovine and caprine animals(Text with EEA relevance), 305R0036, January 13, 2005
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 214/2005of 9 February 2005amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in caprine animals(Text with EEA relevance), 305R0214, February 10, 2005
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 260/2005of 16 February 2005amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rapid tests(Text with EEA relevance), 305R0260, February 17, 2005
- Regulation (EC) No 932/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 8 June 2005amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies as regards the extension of the period for transitional measures(Text with EEA relevance), 305R0932, June 23, 2005
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 1292/2005of 5 August 2005amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards animal nutrition(Text with EEA relevance), 305R1292, August 6, 2005
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 1974/2005of 2 December 2005amending Annexes X and XI to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards national reference laboratories and specified risk material(Text with EEA relevance), 305R1974, December 3, 2005
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 253/2006of 14 February 2006amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rapid tests and measures for the eradication of TSEs in ovine and caprine animals(Text with EEA relevance), 306R0253, February 15, 2006
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 339/2006of 24 February 2006amending Annex XI to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the rules for importation of live bovine animals and products of bovine, ovine and caprine origin(Text with EEA relevance), 306R0339, February 25, 2006
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 657/2006of 10 April 2006amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the United Kingdom and repealing Council Decision 98/256/EC and Decisions 98/351/EC and 1999/514/EC(Text with EEA relevance), 306R0657, April 29, 2006
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 688/2006of 4 May 2006amending Annexes III and XI to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and specified risk material of bovine animals in Sweden(Text with EEA relevance), 306R0688, May 5, 2006
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 1041/2006of 7 July 2006amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in ovine animals(Text with EEA relevance), 306R1041, July 8, 2006
- Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006of 20 November 2006adapting certain Regulations and Decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement of persons, company law, competition policy, agriculture (including veterinary and phytosanitary legislation), transport policy, taxation, statistics, energy, environment, cooperation in the fields of justice and home affairs, customs union, external relations, common foreign and security policy and institutions, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, 306R1791, December 20, 2006
- Regulation (EC) No 1923/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 18 December 2006amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies(Text with EEA relevance), 306R1923, December 30, 2006
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 722/2007of 25 June 2007amending Annexes II, V, VI, VIII, IX and XI to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies(Text with EEA relevance), 307R0722, June 26, 2007
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 727/2007of 26 June 2007amending Annexes I, III, VII and X to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies(Text with EEA relevance), 307R0727, June 27, 2007
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2007of 29 October 2007amending Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies(Text with EEA relevance), 307R1275, October 30, 2007
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 1428/2007of 4 December 2007amending Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies(Text with EEA relevance), 307R1428, December 5, 2007
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 21/2008of 11 January 2008amending Annex X to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the lists of rapid tests(Text with EEA relevance), 308R0021, January 12, 2008
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 315/2008of 4 April 2008amending Annex X to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the lists of rapid tests(Text with EEA relevance), 308R0315, April 5, 2008
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 357/2008of 22 April 2008amending Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies(Text with EEA relevance), 308R0357, April 23, 2008
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 571/2008of 19 June 2008amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the criteria for revision of the annual monitoring programmes concerning BSE(Text with EEA relevance), 308R0571, June 20, 2008
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 746/2008of 17 June 2008amending Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies(Text with EEA relevance), 308R0746, July 31, 2008
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 956/2008of 29 September 2008amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies(Text with EEA relevance), 308R0956, September 30, 2008
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 103/2009of 3 February 2009amending Annexes VII and IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies(Text with EEA relevance), 309R0103, February 4, 2009
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 162/2009of 26 February 2009amending Annexes III and X to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies(Text with EEA relevance), 309R0162, February 27, 2009
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 163/2009of 26 February 2009amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies(Text with EEA relevance), 309R0163, February 27, 2009
- Regulation (EC) No 220/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 11 March 2009amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission, 309R0220, March 31, 2009
(a) TSEs: all transmissible spongiform encephalopathies with the exception of those occurring in humans; (b) placing on the market: any operation the purpose of which is to sell live animals or products of animal origin covered by this Regulation to a third party in the Community, or any other form of supply against payment or free of charge to such a third party or storage with a view to supply to such a third party; (c) products of animal origin: any product derived from or containing a product derived from any animal covered by the provisions of Directive 89/662/EEC Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market (OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13 ). Directive as last amended by Council Directive 92/118/EEC (OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49 ).Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29 ). Directive as last amended by Council Directive 92/118/EEC.(d) starting materials: raw materials or any other product of animal origin out of which, or with the help of which, the products referred to in Article 1(2)(a) and (b) are produced; (e) competent authority: the central authority of a Member State competent to ensure compliance with the requirements of this Regulation or any authority to which that central authority has delegated that competence, in particular for the control of feedingstuffs; it shall also include, where appropriate, the corresponding authority of a third country; (f) category: one of the classification categories referred to in Chapter C of Annex II; (g) specified risk material: the tissues specified in Annex V; unless otherwise indicated, it does not include products containing or derived from those tissues; (h) animal suspected of being infected by a TSE: live, slaughtered or dead animals, which show or have shown neurological or behavioural disorders or a progressive deterioration of the general condition linked to impairment of the central nervous system and for which the information gathered on the basis of a clinical examination, response to treatment, a post-mortem examination or an ante or post-mortem laboratory analysis do not allow an alternative diagnosis to be established. Bovine spongiform encephalopathies (BSE) shall be suspected in bovine animals which have produced a positive result from a rapid test specifically for BSE; (i) holding: any place in which animals covered by this Regulation are held, kept, bred, handled or shown to the public; (j) sampling: the taking of samples, ensuring a statistically correct representation, from animals or their environment, or from products of animal origin, for the purpose of establishing a disease diagnosis, familial relationships, for health surveillance, or for the monitoring of the absence of microbiological agents or of certain materials in products of animal origin; (k) fertilisers: any substance containing products of animal origin utilised on land to enhance growth of vegetation; it may include digestion residues from bio-gas production or composting; (l) rapid tests: the screening methods listed in Annex X, for which the results are known within 24 hours; (m) alternative test: the tests referred to in Article 8(2) which are used as an alternative to the withdrawal of specified risk material; (n) mechanically separated meat or "MSM": the product obtained by removing meat from flesh-bearing bones after boning, using mechanical means resulting in the loss or modification of the muscle fibre structure; (o) passive surveillance: the reporting of all animals suspected of being infected by a TSE and, where TSE cannot be excluded by clinical investigation, the laboratory testing of such animals; (p) active surveillance: the testing of animals not reported as suspected of being infected by a TSE, such as emergency slaughtered animals, animals with observations at ante mortem inspection, fallen stock, healthy slaughtered animals and animals culled in connection with a TSE case, in particular in order to determine the evolution and prevalence of TSE in a country or region thereof.
negligible BSE risk as defined in Annex II, controlled BSE risk as defined in Annex II, undetermined BSE risk as defined in Annex II.
(a) all bovine animals above 24 months of age sent for emergency slaughter or with observations at ante mortem inspections; (b) all bovine animals above 30 months of age slaughtered normally for human consumption; (c) all bovine animals above 24 months of age not slaughtered for human consumption, which have died or been killed on the farm, during transport or in an abattoir (fallen stock).
(a) a clearly declining or consistently low BSE prevalence, based on up-to-date testing results; (b) that it has implemented and enforced for at least six years a full BSE testing scheme (Community legislation on traceability and identification of live animals and BSE surveillance); (c) that it has implemented and enforced for at least six years Community legislation on total feed ban for farmed animals.
(a) all parts of the body of the animal shall be disposed of in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 except for material retained for records in accordance with Annex III, Chapter B, of this Regulation. (b) an inquiry shall be carried out to identify all animals at risk in accordance with Annex VII, point 1; (c) all animals and products thereof at risk, as listed in Annex VII, point 2, of this Regulation, identified by the inquiry referred to in point (b) of this paragraph shall be killed and disposed of in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002.
(a) products of animal origin covered by Article 15, in particular semen, embryos and ova; (b) milk and dairy products, hides and skins, and gelatine and collagen derived from hides and skins.
(a) were born eight years after the date from which the prohibition on the feeding to ruminants of animal protein derived from mammals was effectively enforced; and (b) were born, raised and have stayed in herds with a certified history of freedom from BSE for at least seven years.
(a) approval of the rapid tests referred to in Article 5(3) third subparagraph, Article 6(1), Article 8(2) and Article 9(3), (b) adaptation of the age referred to in Article 6(1b), (c) criteria to demonstrate improvement of the epidemiological situation referred to in Article 6(1b), (d) decision to allow feeding of young animals of ruminant species with proteins derived from fish as referred to in Article 7(3), (e) criteria for granting exemptions from the restrictions referred to in Article 7(4), (f) decision to introduce a tolerance level as referred to in Article 7(4a), (g) decision on age as referred to in Article 8(1), (h) rules providing for exemptions from the requirement to remove and destroy specified risk material as referred to in Article 8(5), (i) approval of production processes referred to in Article 9(1), (j) decision to extend certain provisions to other animal species as referred to in Article 15(3), (k) extension to other products of animal origin of the provisions of paragraphs 1 to 6 of Article 16, (l) adoption of the method to confirm BSE in ovine and caprine animals referred to in Article 20(2), (m) amendment or addition to the annexes and adoption of any appropriate transitional measures referred to in Article 23.
(a) Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002: (i) "farmed animal" in Article 2(1)(f); (ii) "petfood" in point 41 of Annex I; (iii) "processed animal protein" in point 42 of Annex I; (iv) "gelatine" in point 26 of Annex I; (v) "blood products" in point 4 of Annex I; (vi) "bloodmeal" in point 6 of Annex I; and (vii) "fishmeal" in point 24 of Annex I.
(b) the definition of "feedingstuff" in Article 3(4) of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002; (c) the definition of "complete feedingstuff" in Article 2(d) of Directive 79/373/EEC.
(a) "indigenous case of BSE" means a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy which has not been clearly demonstrated to be due to infection prior to importation as a live animal; (b) "discrete adipose tissue" means internal and external body fat removed during the slaughter and cutting process, in particular fresh fat from the heart, caul and kidney of bovine animals, and fat from cutting rooms; (c) "cohort" means a group of bovine animals which includes both: (i) animals born in the same herd as the affected bovine animal, and within 12 months preceding or following the date of birth of the affected bovine animal; and (ii) animals which at any time during the first year of their lives were reared together with the affected bovine animal during the first year of its life;
(d) "index case" means the first animal on a holding, or in an epidemiologically defined group, in which a TSE infection is confirmed; (e) "TSE in Small Ruminants" means a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy case detected in an ovine or caprine animal following a confirmatory test for abnormal PrP protein; (f) "scrapie case" means a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy confirmed case in an ovine or caprine animal where a diagnosis of BSE has been excluded in accordance with the criteria laid down in the Community reference laboratory's technical handbook on TSE strain characterisation in small ruminants http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/vla/science/science-tse-rl-confirm.htm (g) "classical scrapie case" means a scrapie confirmed case classified as classical in accordance with the criteria laid down in the Community reference laboratory's technical handbook on TSE strain characterisation in small ruminants; (h) "atypical scrapie case" means a scrapie confirmed case which is distinguishable from classical Scrapie in accordance with the criteria laid down in the Community reference laboratory's technical handbook on TSE strain characterisation in small ruminants.
(a) a risk analysis in accordance with the provisions of Chapter B, identifying all the potential factors for BSE occurrence and their historic perspective in the country or region, is carried out; (b) a system of continuous surveillance and monitoring of BSE relating in particular to the risks described in Chapter B and complying with the minimal surveillance requirements laid down in Chapter D is in place; (c) an on-going awareness programme for veterinarians, farmers, and workers involved in transportation, marketing and slaughter of bovine animals, to encourage reporting of all cases showing clinical signs consistent with BSE in target sub-populations as defined in Chapter D of this Annex is in place; (d) an obligation to notify and investigate all bovine animals showing clinical signs consistent with BSE is in force; (e) the examination of brain or other tissues collected within the framework of the surveillance and monitoring system referred to in point (b) is carried out in an approved laboratory.
(a) the presence or absence of the BSE agent in the country or region and, if the agent is present, its prevalence based on the outcome of surveillance activities; (b) the production of meat-and-bone meal or greaves from the BSE indigenous ruminant population; (c) imported meat-and-bone meal or greaves; (d) imported bovine and ovine and caprine animals; (e) imported animal feed and feed ingredients; (f) imported products of ruminant origin for human consumption, which may have contained tissues listed in point 1 of Annex V and may have been fed to bovine animals; (g) imported products of ruminant origin for in vivo use in bovine animals.
(a) recycling and amplification of the BSE agent through consumption by bovine animals of meat-and-bone meal or greaves of ruminant origin, or other feed or feed ingredients contaminated with these; (b) the use of ruminant carcasses (including from fallen stock), by-products and slaughterhouse waste, the parameters of the rendering processes and the methods of animal feed manufacture; (c) the feeding or not of ruminants with meat-and-bone meal and greaves derived from ruminants, including measures to prevent cross-contamination of animal feed; (d) the level of surveillance for BSE conducted on the bovine animals population to that time and the results of that surveillance.
(1) where a risk analysis in accordance with Chapter B has been conducted in order to identify the historical and existing risk factors; (2) which has demonstrated that appropriate specific measures have been taken for the relevant period of time defined below to manage each identified risk; (3) which has demonstrated that Type B surveillance, in accordance with Chapter D, is in place, and the relevant points target, in accordance with Table 2 thereof, has been met; and (4) which is: (a) either in the following situation: (i) in the country or region there has been no case of BSE, or, any case of BSE has been demonstrated to have been imported and has been completely destroyed; (ii) the criteria in points (c), (d) and (e) of Chapter A of this Annex have been complied with for at least seven years; and (iii) it has been demonstrated through an appropriate level of control and audit that for at least eight years neither meat-and-bone meal nor greaves derived from ruminants has been fed to ruminants;
(b) or in the following situation: (i) there has been one or more BSE indigenous cases in the country or region but every BSE indigenous case was born more than 11 years ago; (ii) the criteria in points (c), (d) and (e) of Chapter A have been complied with for at least seven years; (iii) it has been demonstrated through an appropriate level of control and audit that for at least eight years neither meat-and-bone meal nor greaves derived from ruminants has been fed to ruminants; (iv) the following animals, if alive in the country or region, are permanently identified, and their movements controlled, and, when slaughtered or at death, are completely destroyed: all BSE cases, all bovine animals which, during their first year of life, were reared with the BSE cases during their first year of life, and which investigation showed consumed the same potentially contaminated feed during that period, or if the results of the investigation referred to in the second indent are inconclusive, all bovine animals born in the same herd as, and within 12 months of the birth of, the BSE cases.
(1) where a risk analysis based on the information laid down in Chapter B has been conducted in order to identify the historical and existing risk factors; (2) which has demonstrated that appropriate measures are been taken to manage all identified risks, but those measures have not been taken for the relevant period of time; (3) which has demonstrated that Type A surveillance, in accordance with Chapter D, is in place and the relevant points target, in accordance with Table 2, has been met. Type B surveillance may replace Type A surveillance once the relevant points target is met; and (4) which is: (a) either in the following situation: (i) in the country or region there has been no case of BSE, or, any case of BSE has been demonstrated to have been imported and has been completely destroyed, the criteria in points (c), (d) and (e) of Chapter A are complied with, and it can be demonstrated through an appropriate level of control and audit that neither meat-and-bone meal nor greaves derived from ruminants has been fed to ruminants; (ii) the criteria in points (c), (d) and (e) of Chapter A have been complied with for a period shorter than seven years; and/or (iii) it cannot be demonstrated that controls over the feeding of meat-and-bone meal or greaves derived from ruminants to ruminants have been in place for eight years;
(b) or in the following situation: (i) in the country or region there has been a BSE indigenous case, the criteria in points (c), (d) and (e) of Chapter A are complied with, and it can be demonstrated through an appropriate level of control and audit that neither meat-and-bone meal nor greaves derived from ruminants has been fed to ruminants; (ii) the criteria in points (c) to (e) of Chapter A of this Annex have been complied with for a period shorter than seven years; and/or (iii) it cannot be demonstrated that controls over the feeding of meat-and-bone meal or greaves derived from ruminants to ruminants have been in place for at least eight years; (iv) the following animals, if alive in the country or region, are permanently identified, and their movements controlled, and, when slaughtered or at death, are completely destroyed: and all BSE cases, and all bovine animals which, during their first year of life, were reared with the BSE cases during their first year of life, and which investigation showed consumed the same potentially contaminated feed during that period, or if the results of the investigation referred to in the second indent are inconclusive, all bovine animals born in the same herd as, and within 12 months of the birth of, the BSE cases.
(a) Type A surveillance The application of Type A surveillance will allow the detection of BSE at a design prevalence Design prevalence is used to determine the size of a testing survey expressed in terms of target points. If the actual prevalence is greater than the selected design prevalence, the survey is highly likely to detect disease. 100000 in the adult bovine animals population in the country or region of concern, at a confidence level of 95 %;(b) Type B surveillance The application of Type B surveillance will allow the detection of BSE at a design prevalence of at least one case per 50000 in the adult bovine animals population in the country or region of concern, at a confidence level of 95 %.Type B surveillance may be carried out by countries or region of negligible BSE risk status to confirm the conclusions of the risk analysis, for example by demonstrating the effectiveness of the measures mitigating any risk factors identified, through surveillance targeted to maximise the likelihood of identifying failures of such measures. Type B surveillance may also be carried out by countries or regions of controlled BSE risk status, following the achievement of the relevant points target using Type A surveillance, to maintain confidence in the knowledge gained through Type A surveillance. For the purpose of this Annex, the following four sub-populations of bovine animals have been identified for surveillance purposes: (a) bovine animals over 30 months of age displaying behavioural or clinical signs consistent with BSE (clinical suspects); (b) bovine animals over 30 months of age that are non-ambulatory, recumbent, unable to rise or to walk without assistance; bovine animals over 30 months of age sent for emergency slaughter or with abnormal observations at ante-mortem inspection (casualty or emergency slaughter); (c) bovine animals over 30 months of age which are found dead or killed on farm, during transport or at an abattoir (fallen stock); (d) bovine animals over 36 months of age at routine slaughter.
| Surveillance sub-population | |||
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| Routine slaughter |
Fallen stock |
Casualty slaughter |
Clinical suspect |
| Age ≥ 1 year and < 2 years | |||
| N/A | |||
| Age ≥ 2 years and < 4 years (young adult) | |||
| Age ≥ 4 years and < 7 years (middle adult) | |||
| Age ≥ 7 years and < 9 years (older adult) | |||
| Age ≥ 9 years (aged) | |||
| Points targets for countries or regions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type A surveillance | Type B surveillance | |
| ≥ |
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subject to "special emergency slaughtering" as defined in Article 2(n) of Council Directive 64/433/EEC OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 2012/64 .slaughtered in accordance with Annex I, Chapter VI, point 28(c), to Directive 64/433/EEC, except animals without clinical signs of disease slaughtered in the context of a disease eradication campaign,
subject to normal slaughter for human consumption, or slaughtered in the context of a disease eradication campaign in accordance with Annex I, Chapter VI, point 28(c), to Directive 64/433/EEC, but showing no clinical signs of disease,
killed for destruction pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 716/96 OJ L 99, 20.4.1996, p. 14 .killed in the framework of an epidemic, such as foot-and-mouth disease, slaughtered for human consumption,
(a) information on the annual BSE monitoring system in place during the previous six-year period within the territory of the Member State, including detailed documentation proving compliance with the epidemiological criteria set out in point 7.2; (b) information on the bovine identification and traceability system, as referred to in point (b) of the third subparagraph of Article 6(1b), in place during the previous six-year period within the territory of the Member State, including a detailed description of the functioning of the computerised database as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council OJ L 204, 11.8.2000, p. 1 .(c) information on prohibitions concerning animal feeding during the previous six-year period within the territory of the Member State, including a detailed description of the enforcement of the feed ban for farmed animals, as referred to in point (c) of the third subparagraph of Article 6(1b), including the sampling plan and the number and type of infringements found and the follow-up results; (d) a detailed description of the proposed revised BSE monitoring programme that includes the geographical area in which the programme is to be implemented and a description of subpopulations of bovine animals to be covered by the BSE revised monitoring programme, including indications of the age limits and the sample sizes for testing; (e) the result of a comprehensive risk analysis showing that the revised BSE monitoring programme will ensure the protection of human and animal health. This risk analysis shall include a birth cohort analysis or other relevant studies aiming to demonstrate that the TSE risk reducing measures, including the feeding prohibitions as referred to in point (c) of the third subparagraph of Article 6(1b), have been implemented in an efficient way.
(a) for a period of at least six consecutive years following the date of implementation of the Community BSE testing scheme as referred to in point (b) of the third subparagraph of Article 6(1b): either (i) the average decrease of the annual BSE incidence rate observed within the adult bovine animal population (over 24 months of age) was superior to 20 %, and the total number of BSE affected cattle born after the implementation of the Community total feed ban for farmed animals, as referred to in point (c) of the third subparagraph of Article 6(1b), did not exceed 5 % of the total number of confirmed BSE cases; or (ii) the annual observed BSE incidence rate within the adult bovine animal population (over 24 months of age) remained consistently less than 1/ 100000 ;or (iii) as a further option for a Member State with an adult bovine animal population (over 24 months of age) of less than 1000000 animals, the cumulated number of confirmed BSE cases remained under five;
(b) following the six-year period referred to in point (a), there is no evidence that the BSE epidemiological situation is deteriorating.
killed in the framework of a disease eradication campaign, or slaughtered for human consumption.
| Member State population of ewes and ewe lambs put to the ram | Minimum sample size of dead ovine animals |
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| Number of animals over 18 months of age or which have more than two permanent incisors erupted through the gum, killed for destruction in the herd or flock | Minimum sample size |
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animals used for dairy production, animals originating from countries with indigenous TSEs, animals which have consumed potentially contaminated feedingstuffs, animals born or derived from TSE infected dams.
the number and types of animals placed under movement restrictions as referred to in Article 12(1), the number and outcome of clinical and epidemiological investigations as referred to in Article 12(1), the number and outcome of laboratory examinations as referred to in Article 12(2), the number, identity and origin of animals sampled in the framework of the monitoring programmes as referred to in Chapter A and, where possible, age, breed and anamnestic information, the prion protein genotype of positive TSE cases in sheep.
(a) to farmed animals, with the exception of the feeding to carnivorous fur producing animals, of: (i) processed animal protein; (ii) gelatine of ruminant origin; (iii) blood products; (iv) hydrolysed protein; (v) dicalcium phosphate and tricalcium phosphate of animal origin (dicalcium phosphate and tricalcium phosphate); (vi) feedingstuffs containing the proteins listed in points (i) to (v).
(b) to ruminants, of animal protein and feedingstuffs containing such protein.
A. The prohibitions provided for in Article 7(1) and (2) shall not apply to: (a) the feeding to farmed animals of the proteins referred to in points (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) and of feedingstuffs derived from such proteins: (i) milk, milk-based products and colostrum; (ii) eggs and egg products; (iii) gelatine derived from non-ruminants; (iv) hydrolysed proteins derived from parts of non-ruminants and from ruminant hides and skins;
(b) the feeding to non-ruminant farmed animals of the proteins referred to in points (i), (ii) and (iii), and of products derived from such proteins: (i) fishmeal, in accordance with the conditions laid down in point B; (ii) dicalcium phosphate and tricalcium phosphate, in accordance with the conditions laid down in point C; (iii) blood products derived from non-ruminants in accordance with the conditions laid down in point D;
(c) the feeding to fish of blood meal derived from non-ruminants in accordance with the conditions laid down in point D; (d) the feeding to farmed animals of feed materials of plant origin and feedingstuffs containing such products following the detection of insignificant amounts of bone spicules may be permitted by the Member States if there has been a favourable risk assessment. The risk assessment shall take into account at least the amount and possible source of contamination and the final destination of the consignment; e) the feeding to unweaned farmed animals of the ruminant species of fishmeal in accordance with the conditions laid down in point BA).
B. The following conditions shall apply for the use of fishmeal referred to in point A(b)(i) and feedingstuffs containing fishmeal in the feeding of non-ruminant farmed animals (not applicable to the feeding of carnivorous fur producing animals): (a) the fishmeal shall be produced in processing plants dedicated exclusively to the production of fish derived products; (b) before release for free circulation in the Community, each consignment of imported fishmeal shall be analysed by microscopy in accordance with Directive 2003/126/EC; (c) feedingstuffs containing fishmeal shall be produced in establishments which do not produce feedingstuffs for ruminants and which are authorised for this purpose by the competent authority. By way of derogation from point (c): (i) a specific authorisation for the production of complete feedingstuffs from feedingstuffs containing fishmeal shall not be required for home compounders: registered by the competent authority, keeping only non-ruminants, producing complete feedingstuffs for use only in the same holding, and provided that the feedingstuffs containing fishmeal used in the production contain less than 50 % crude protein;
(ii) the production of feedingstuffs for ruminants in establishments which also produce feedingstuffs containing fishmeal for other animal species may be authorised by the competent authority subject to the following conditions: bulk and packaged feedingstuffs destined for ruminants are kept in facilities physically separate from those for bulk fishmeal and bulk feedingstuffs containing fishmeal during storage, transport and packaging, feedingstuffs destined for ruminants are manufactured in facilities physically separate from facilities where feedingstuffs containing fishmeal are manufactured, records detailing the purchases and uses of fishmeal and the sales of feedingstuffs containing fishmeal are kept available to the competent authority for at least five years, and routine tests are carried out on feedingstuffs destined for ruminants to ensure that prohibited proteins including fishmeal are not present.
(d) the commercial document accompanying consignments of feedingstuffs containing fishmeal and any packaging containing such consignments, must be clearly marked with the words "contains fishmeal — must not be fed to ruminants". (e) Bulk feedingstuffs containing fishmeal shall be transported by means of vehicles which do not at the same time transport feedingstuffs for ruminants. If the vehicle is subsequently used for the transport of feedingstuffs intended for ruminants, it shall be thoroughly cleaned in accordance with a procedure approved by the competent authority to avoid cross-contamination. (f) The use and storage of feedingstuffs containing fishmeal shall be prohibited in farms where ruminants are kept. By way of derogation from that condition, the competent authority may permit the use and storage of feedingstuffs containing fishmeal in farms where ruminants are kept, if it is satisfied that on-farm measures are implemented to prevent that feedingstuffs containing fishmeal are fed to ruminants.
BA The following conditions shall apply for the use of fishmeal referred to in point A(e) and feedingstuffs containing fishmeal in the feeding of unweaned farmed animals of the ruminant species: (a) the fishmeal shall be produced in processing plants dedicated exclusively to the production of fish-derived products; (b) before release for free circulation in the Community, each consignment of imported fishmeal shall be analysed by microscopy in accordance with Directive 2003/126/EC; (c) the use of fishmeal for young farmed animals of the ruminant species will only be authorised for the production of milk replacers, distributed in dry form and administered after dilution in a given quantity of liquid, intended for the feeding of unweaned ruminants as a supplement to, or substitute for, post-colostral milk before weaning is complete; (d) milk replacers containing fishmeal intended for young farmed animals of the ruminant species shall be produced in establishments which do not produce other feedingstuffs for ruminants and which are authorised for this purpose by the competent authority. By way of derogation from point (d), the production of other feedingstuffs for ruminants in establishments which also produce milk replacers containing fishmeal intended for young farmed animals of the ruminant species may be authorised by the competent authority subject to the following conditions: (i) bulk and packaged other feedingstuffs destined for ruminants are kept in facilities physically separate from those for bulk fishmeal and bulk milk replacers containing fishmeal during storage, transport and packaging, (ii) other feedingstuffs destined for ruminants are manufactured in facilities physically separate from facilities where milk replacers containing fishmeal are manufactured, (iii) records detailing the purchases and uses of fishmeal and the sales of milk replacers containing fishmeal are kept available to the competent authority for at least five years, and (iv) routine tests are regularly carried out on other feedingstuffs destined for ruminants to ensure that prohibited proteins including fishmeal are not present. The results should be kept available to the competent authority for at least five years;
(e) the commercial document accompanying milk replacers containing fishmeal, intended for young farmed animals of the ruminant species, and any packaging containing such a consignment, must be clearly marked with the words "contains fishmeal — must only be fed to unweaned ruminants"; (f) bulk milk replacers containing fishmeal intended for young farmed animals of the ruminant species containing fishmeal shall be transported by means of vehicles which do not at the same time transport other feedingstuffs for ruminants. If applicable, when the vehicle is subsequently used for the transport of other feedingstuffs intended for ruminants, it shall be thoroughly cleaned in accordance with a procedure approved by the competent authority to avoid cross-contamination; (g) on farms where ruminants are kept, on-farm measures shall be in place to prevent milk replacers containing fishmeal being fed to other ruminants than those envisaged by the derogation under point A(e) of Part II of Annex IV. The competent authority shall establish a list of farms where milk replacers containing fishmeal are used through a system of prior notification by the farm or another system ensuring compliance with this provision.
C. The following conditions shall apply for the use of dicalcium phosphate and tricalcium phosphate referred to in point A(b)(ii) and feedingstuffs containing such proteins in the feeding of non-ruminant farmed animals (not applicable to the feeding of carnivorous fur producing animals): (a) Feedingstuffs containing dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate shall be produced in establishments which do not prepare feedingstuffs for ruminants and which are authorised for this purpose by the competent authority. By way of derogation from that condition: (i) a specific authorisation for the production of complete feedingstuffs from feedingstuffs containing dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate shall not be required for home compounders: registered by the competent authority, keeping only non-ruminants, producing complete feedingstuffs for use only in the same holding, and provided that the feedingstuffs containing dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate used in the production contain less than 10 % total phosphorus;
(ii) the production of feedingstuffs for ruminants in establishments which also produce feedingstuffs containing dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate for other animal species may be authorised by the competent authority subject to the following conditions: bulk and packaged feedingstuffs destined for ruminants are manufactured in facilities physically separate from those where feedingstuffs containing dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate are manufactured, bulk feedingstuffs destined for ruminants are during storage, transport and packaging kept in facilities physically separate from those for bulk dicalcium phosphate, bulk tricalcium phosphate and bulk feedingstuffs containing dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate, records detailing the purchases and uses of dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate and the sales of feedingstuff containing dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate are kept available to the competent authority for at least five years.
(b) The label and accompanying document of the feedingstuffs containing dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate shall clearly indicate the words "contains dicalcium/tricalcium phosphate of animal origin – shall not be fed to ruminants". (c) Bulk feedingstuffs containing dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate shall be transported by means of vehicles which do not at the same time transport feedingstuffs for ruminants. If the vehicle is subsequently used for the transport of feedingstuffs intended for ruminants, it shall be thoroughly cleaned in accordance with a procedure approved by the competent authority to avoid cross-contamination. (d) The use and storage of feedingstuffs containing dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate shall be prohibited in farms where ruminants are kept. By way of derogation from that condition, the competent authority may permit the use and storage of feedingstuffs containing dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate in farms where ruminants are kept, if it is satisfied that on-farm measures are implemented to prevent that feedingstuffs containing dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate are fed to ruminants.
D. The following conditions shall apply for the use of blood products referred to in point A(b)(iii) and blood meal referred to in point A(c) and of feedingstuffs containing such proteins, in the feeding of respectively non-ruminant farmed animals and fish: (a) The blood shall be derived from EU approved slaughterhouses which do not slaughter ruminants and which are registered as not slaughtering ruminants, and it shall be transported directly to the processing plant in vehicles dedicated exclusively to the transport of non-ruminant blood. If the vehicle was previously used for the transport of ruminant blood, it shall be, following cleaning, inspected by the competent authority before the transport of non-ruminant blood. By way of derogation from that condition, the competent authority may permit the slaughter of ruminants in a slaughterhouse collecting non-ruminant blood intended for the production of blood products and blood meal for use in feed for respectively non-ruminant farmed animals and fish if the slaughterhouse has a recognised control system. That control system shall at least include: keeping the slaughtering of non-ruminants physically separate from the slaughtering of ruminants, keeping collection, storage, transport and packaging facilities for blood of ruminant origin physically separate from those for blood of non-ruminant origin, and regular sampling and analysis of blood of non-ruminant origin to detect the presence of ruminant proteins
(b) The blood products and blood meal shall be produced in an establishment exclusively processing non-ruminant blood. By way of derogation from that condition, the competent authority may permit the production of blood products and blood meal for use in feed for respectively non-ruminant farmed animals and fish in establishments processing ruminant blood, which have a recognised control system in place preventing cross-contamination. That control system shall at least include: processing of non-ruminant blood in a closed system physically separate from the processing of ruminant blood, keeping of bulk raw material and bulk finished products of ruminant origin during storage, transport and packaging in facilities physically separate from those for bulk raw material and bulk finished products of non-ruminant origin, and regular sampling and analysis of non-ruminant blood products and blood meal to detect the presence of ruminant proteins.
(c) Feedingstuffs containing blood products or blood meal shall be produced in establishments which do not prepare feedingstuffs for respectively ruminants or farmed animals other than fish and which are authorised for this purpose by the competent authority. By way of derogation from that condition: (i) a specific authorisation for the production of complete feedingstuffs from feedingstuffs containing blood products or blood meal shall not be required for home compounders: registered by the competent authority, keeping only non-ruminants in case blood products are used, or only fish in case blood meal is used, producing complete feedingstuffs for use only in the same holding, and provided that the feedingstuffs containing blood products or blood meal used in the production contain less than 50 % total protein.
(ii) the production of feedingstuffs for ruminants in establishments which also produce feedingstuffs containing blood products or blood meal for respectively non-ruminant farmed animals or fish may be authorised by the competent authority subject to the following conditions: bulk and packaged feedingstuffs destined for ruminants or farmed animals other than fish are manufactured in facilities physically separate from those where feedingstuffs containing respectively blood products or blood meal are manufactured, bulk feedingstuffs kept, during storage transport and packaging, in physically separate facilities as follow: (a) feedingstuff destined for ruminants is kept separate from blood products and from feedingstuffs containing blood products; (b) feedingstuff destined for farmed animals other than fish is kept separate from blood meal and feedingstuffs containing blood meal,
records detailing the purchases and uses of blood products and blood meal, and the sales of feedingstuffs containing such products, are kept available to the competent authority for at least five years.
(d) The label, accompanying commercial document or health certificate, as appropriate, of the feedingstuffs containing blood products or blood meal shall clearly indicate the words "contains blood products – shall not be fed to ruminants" or "contains blood meal – shall only be fed to fish" as appropriate. (e) Bulk feedingstuffs containing blood products shall be transported by means of vehicles which do not transport at the same time feedingstuffs for ruminants and bulk feedingstuffs containing blood meal by means of vehicles which do not transport at the same time feedingstuffs for farmed animals other than fish. If the vehicle is subsequently used for the transport of feedingstuffs intended for respectively ruminants or farmed animals other than fish, it shall be thoroughly cleaned in accordance with a procedure to avoid cross-contamination approved by the competent authority. (f) The use and storage of feedingstuffs containing blood products shall be prohibited in farms where ruminants are kept, and that of feedingstuffs containing blood meal shall be prohibited in farms where farmed animals other than fish are kept. By way of derogation, the competent authority may permit the use and storage of feedingstuffs containing respectively blood products or blood meal in farms where respectively ruminants or farmed animals other than fish are kept, if it is satisfied that on-farm measures are implemented to prevent that feedingstuffs containing respectively blood products or blood meal are fed to respectively ruminants or species other than fish.
A. This Annex shall apply without prejudice to the provisions in Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002. B. Member States shall keep up-to-date lists of: (a) slaughterhouses approved for the collection of blood in accordance with point D(a) of Part II; (b) approved processing plants producing dicalcium phosphate, tricalcium phosphate, blood products or blood meal, and (c) establishments, with the exception of home compounders, authorised for manufacturing feedingstuffs containing fishmeal and the proteins referred to in point (b) which operate in accordance with the conditions laid down in points B(c), C(a) and D(c) of Part II.
C. (a) Bulk processed animal protein, with the exception of fishmeal, and bulk products, including feedingstuffs, organic fertilisers and soil improvers, containing such proteins, shall be stored and transported in dedicated facilities. The store or vehicle may only be used for other purposes, following cleaning, and after having been inspected by the competent authority. (b) Bulk fishmeal referred to in point A(b)(i) of Part II, bulk dicalcium phosphate and bulk tricalcium phosphate referred to in point A(b)(ii) of Part II, blood products referred to in point A(b)(iii) of Part II and blood meal referred to in point A(c) of Part II shall be stored and transported in stores and vehicles dedicated to that purpose. (c) By way of derogation from point (b): (i) stores or vehicles may be used for the storage and transport of feedingstuffs containing the same protein; (ii) stores or vehicles, following cleaning, may be used for other purposes after having been inspected by the competent authority; and (iii) stores and vehicles transporting fishmeal may be used for other purposes if the company has a control system in place, recognised by the competent authority, to prevent cross-contamination. The control system shall at least include: records on material transported and cleaning of the vehicle, and regular sampling and analysis of feedingstuffs transported to detect the presence of fishmeal.
The competent authority shall carry out frequent on-the-spot checks to verify the correct application of the above control system.
D. Feedingstuffs, including petfood, which contain blood products of ruminant origin or processed animal proteins, other than fishmeal, shall not be manufactured in establishments which produce feedingstuffs for farmed animals, with the exception of feedingstuffs for carnivorous fur producing animals. Bulk feedingstuffs, including petfood, which contain blood products of ruminant origin or processed animal proteins, other than fishmeal, shall during storage, transport and packaging be kept in facilities physically separate from facilities for bulk feedingstuffs for farmed animals, with the exception of feedingstuffs for carnivorous fur producing animals. Petfood and feedingstuffs intended for carnivorous fur producing animals containing dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate referred to in point A(b)(ii) of Part II, and blood products referred to in point A(b)(iii) of Part II shall be manufactured and transported in accordance with points C(a) and (c) and points D(c) and (e), respectively of Part II. E. 1. The export to third countries of processed animal proteins derived from ruminants, and of products containing such processed animal proteins shall be prohibited. However that prohibition shall not apply to processed petfood including canned petfood which contains processed animal proteins derived from ruminants and which has undergone treatment and which is labelled in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002. 2. The export of processed animal proteins derived from non-ruminants and of products containing such proteins shall only be permitted by the competent authority subject to the following conditions: they are destined for uses not prohibited by Article 7, a written agreement with the third country is made prior to exportation, which includes an undertaking from the third country to respect the final use and not to re-export the processed animal protein or products containing such proteins for uses prohibited by Article 7.
3. Member States which permit exports in accordance with point 2 shall for the effective implementation of this Regulation inform the Commission and the other Member States of all terms and conditions as agreed with the third country concerned, in the context of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health.
Points 2 and 3 shall not apply to: exports of fishmeal, provided it fulfils the conditions set out in point B of Part II, products containing fishmeal, petfood.
F. The competent authority shall carry out documentary and physical checks, including tests on feedingstuffs, throughout the production and distribution chain in accordance with Directive 95/53/EC to control compliance with its provisions and with the provisions of this Regulation. Where any presence of prohibited animal protein is detected, Directive 95/53/EC shall apply. The competent authority shall verify on a regular basis the competence of laboratories carrying out analyses for such official controls, in particular by evaluating the results of ring trials. If the competence is considered unsatisfactory, a re-training of the laboratory staff shall be undertaken as the minimal corrective measure.
(a) as regards bovine animals: (i) the skull excluding the mandible and including the brain and eyes, and the spinal cord of animals aged over 12 months; (ii) the vertebral column excluding the vertebrae of the tail, the spinous and transverse processes of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar vertebrae and the median sacral crest and wings of the sacrum, but including the dorsal root ganglia, of animals aged over 30 months; and (iii) the tonsils, the intestines from the duodenum to the rectum and the mesentery of animals of all ages.
(b) as regards ovine and caprine animals (i) the skull including the brain and eyes, the tonsils and the spinal cord of animals aged over 12 months or which have a permanent incisor erupted through the gum, and (ii) the spleen and ileum of animals of all ages.
(a) slaughterhouses, or, as appropriate, other places of slaughter; (b) cutting plants, in the case of vertebral column of bovine animals; (c) where appropriate, in intermediate plants referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 or users and collection centres authorised and registered pursuant to Article 23(2)(c)(iv), (vi) and (vii) of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002.
(a) tests must be carried out in slaughterhouses on all animals eligible for the removal of specified risk material; (b) no bovine, ovine or caprine product intended for human food or animal feed may leave the slaughterhouse before the competent authority has received and accepted the results of the tests on all slaughtered animals potentially contaminated if BSE has been confirmed in one of them; (c) when an alternative test gives a positive result, all bovine, ovine and caprine material which has been potentially contaminated in the slaughterhouse is destroyed in accordance with point 3, unless all parts of the body including the hide of the affected animal can be identified and kept separate.
(a) the removal of spinal cord of ovine and caprine animals in cutting plants specifically authorised for this purpose; (b) the removal of bovine vertebral column from carcasses or parts of carcasses in butcher shops specifically authorised, monitored and registered for this purpose; (c) the harvesting of head meat from bovine animals in cutting plants specifically authorised for this purpose in accordance with the provisions laid down in point 9.
(a) harvesting shall take place in a dedicated area, physically separated from the other parts of the slaughterline; (b) where the heads are removed from the conveyor or hooks before harvesting the head meat, the frontal shot hole and foramen magnum shall be sealed with an impermeable and durable stopper. Where the brainstem is sampled for laboratory testing for BSE, the foramen magnum shall be sealed immediately after that sampling; (c) head meat shall not be harvested from heads where the eyes are damaged or lost immediately prior to, or after slaughter, or which are otherwise damaged in a way which might result in contamination of the head with central nervous tissue; (d) head meat shall not be harvested from heads which have not been properly sealed in accordance with the second indent; (e) without prejudice to general rules on hygiene, specific working instructions shall be in place to prevent contamination of the head meat during the harvesting, in particular in the case when the seal referred to in the second indent is lost or the eyes damaged during the activity: (f) a sampling plan using an appropriate laboratory test to detect central nervous system tissue shall be in place to verify that the measures to reduce contamination are properly implemented.
(a) the heads intended for transport to the cutting plant shall be suspended on a rack during the storing period and the transport from the slaughterhouse to the cutting plant; (b) the frontal shot hole and the foramen magnum shall be properly sealed with an impermeable and durable stopper before being moved from the conveyor or hooks to the racks. Where the brainstem is sampled for laboratory testing for BSE, the foramen magnum shall be sealed immediately after that sampling; (c) the heads which have not been properly sealed in accordance with point (b), where the eyes are damaged or lost immediately prior to or after slaughter or which were otherwise damaged in a way which might result in contamination of the head meat with central nervous tissue shall be excluded from transport to the specifically authorised cutting plants; (d) a sampling plan for the slaughterhouse using an appropriate laboratory test to detect central nervous system tissue shall be in place to verify the proper implementation of the measures to reduce contamination; (e) the harvesting of head meat shall be carried out in accordance with a control system, recognized by the competent authority, to ensure the prevention of possible contamination of head meat. The system shall include at least: (i) all heads shall be visually checked for signs of contamination or damage and proper sealing before the harvesting of the head meat begins; (ii) head meat shall not be harvested from heads which have not been properly sealed, where the eyes are damaged or which were otherwise damaged in a way which might result in contamination of the head meat with central nervous tissue. Head meat shall also not be harvested from any head where contamination from such heads is suspected; (iii) without prejudice to general rules on hygiene, specific working instructions shall be in place to prevent contamination of the head meat during transport and harvesting, in particular where the seal is lost or the eyes damaged during the activity;
(f) a sampling plan for the cutting plant using an appropriate laboratory test to detect central nervous system tissue shall be in place to verify that the measures to reduce contamination are properly implemented.
(a) when removal of the vertebral column is not required, carcasses or wholesale cuts of carcasses of bovine animals containing vertebral column shall be identified by a clearly visible blue stripe on the label referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000; (b) specific information on the number of bovine carcasses or wholesale cuts of carcasses, from which removal of the vertebral column is required as well as the number where removal of the vertebral column is not required, shall be added on the commercial document relating to consignments of meat. When applicable, the specific information shall be added to the document referred to in Article 2(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 OJ L 21, 28.1.2004, p. 11 .(c) butcher shops shall keep, for at least one year, the commercial documents referred to in (b).
(a) in the case of bovine animals: all other ruminants on the holding of the animal in which the disease was confirmed, where the disease was confirmed in a female animal, its progeny born within two years prior to, or after, clinical onset of the disease, all animals of the cohort of the animal in which the disease was confirmed, the possible origin of the disease, other animals on the holding of the animal in which the disease was confirmed or on other holdings which may have become infected by the TSE agent or been exposed to the same feed or contamination source, the movement of potentially contaminated feedingstuffs, of other material or any other means of transmission, which may have transmitted the TSE agent to or from the holding in question;
(b) in the case of ovine and caprine animals: all ruminants other than ovine and caprine animals on the holding of the animal in which the disease was confirmed, insofar as they are identifiable, the parents, and in the case of females all embryos, ova and the last progeny of the female animal in which the disease was confirmed, all other ovine and caprine animals on the holding of the animal in which the disease was confirmed in addition to those referred to in the second indent, the possible origin of the disease and the identification of other holdings on which there are animals, embryos or ova which may have become infected by the TSE agent or been exposed to the same feed or contamination source, the movement of potentially contaminated feedingstuffs, other material or any other means of transmission, which may have transmitted the TSE agent to or from the holding in question.
2.1. In the case of confirmation of BSE in a bovine animal, the killing and complete destruction of bovine animals identified by the inquiry referred to in the second and third indents of point 1(a); however, the Member State may decide: not to kill and destroy animals of the cohort referred to in the third indent of point 1(a) if evidence has been provided that such animals did not have access to the same feed as the affected animal, to defer the killing and destruction of animals in the cohort referred to in the third indent of point 1(a) until the end of their productive life, provided that they are bulls continuously kept at a semen collection centre and it can be ensured that they are completely destroyed following death.
2.2. If a TSE is suspected in an ovine or caprine animal on a holding in a Member State and until the results of the confirmatory examinations are available, all other ovine and caprine animals from that holding shall be placed under an official movement restriction. If there is evidence that the holding where the animal was present when the TSE was suspected is unlikely to be the holding where the animal could have been exposed to the TSE, the competent authority may decide that other holdings or only the holding of exposure shall be placed under official control, depending on the epidemiological information available. The milk and the milk products derived from the ovine and caprine animals of the holding placed under official control, which are present on that holding from the date when the presence of the TSE is suspected until the results of the confirmatory examinations are available, shall only be used within that holding. 2.3. In the case of confirmation of TSE in an ovine or caprine animal: (a) if BSE cannot be excluded after the results of a ring trial carried out in accordance with the procedure set out in Annex X, Chapter C, point 3.2(c), the killing and complete destruction of all animals, embryos and ova identified by the inquiry referred to in the second to fifth indents of point 1(b). The milk and the milk products derived from the animals to be destroyed, which were present on the holding between the date of confirmation that BSE cannot be excluded and the date of complete destruction of the animals, shall be destroyed. (b) if BSE is excluded in accordance with the procedure set out in Annex X, Chapter C, point 3.2(c), pursuant to the decision of the competent authority: either (i) the killing and complete destruction of all animals, embryos and ova identified by the inquiry referred to in the second and third indents of point 1(b). In case the confirmed TSE is classical scrapie, the milk and milk products derived from the animals to be destroyed and which were present on the holding between the date of confirmation of the classical scrapie case and the date of the complete destruction of the animals shall not be used for the feeding of ruminants, except for the feeding of ruminants within that holding. The placing on the market of such products as feed for non-ruminants shall be limited to the territory of the Member State concerned. The commercial document accompanying consignments of such products and any packaging containing such consignments must be clearly marked with the words: "shall not be fed to ruminants". The use and the storage of feedingstuffs containing such products shall be prohibited on farms where ruminants are kept. Bulk feedingstuffs containing such products shall be transported by means of vehicles which do not transport feedingstuffs for ruminants at the same time. If such vehicles are subsequently used for the transport of feedingstuffs intended for ruminants, they shall be thoroughly cleaned in order to avoid cross-contamination, in accordance with a procedure approved by the competent authority. The conditions set out in point 3 shall apply to the holding; or (ii) the killing and complete destruction of all animals, embryos and ova identified by the inquiry referred to in the second and third indents of point 1(b), with the exception of: breeding rams of the ARR/ARR genotype, breeding ewes carrying at least one ARR allele and no VRQ allele and, where such breeding ewes are pregnant at the time of the inquiry, the lambs subsequently born, if their genotype meets the requirements of this subparagraph, sheep carrying at least one ARR allele which are intended solely for slaughter, if the competent authority so decides, sheep and goats less than three months old which are intended solely for slaughter.
In case the confirmed TSE is classical scrapie, the milk and milk products derived from the animals to be destroyed and which were present on the holding between the date of confirmation of the classical scrapie case and the date of the complete destruction of the animals shall not be used for the feeding of ruminants, except for the feeding of ruminants within that holding. The placing on the market of such products as feed for non-ruminants shall be limited to the territory of the Member State concerned. The commercial document accompanying consignments of such products and any packaging containing such consignments must be clearly marked with the words: "shall not be fed to ruminants". The use and the storage of feedingstuffs containing such products shall be prohibited on farms where ruminants are kept. Bulk feedingstuffs containing such products shall be transported by means of vehicles which do not transport feedingstuffs for ruminants at the same time. If such vehicles are subsequently used for the transport of feedingstuffs intended for ruminants, they shall be thoroughly cleaned in order to avoid cross-contamination, in accordance with a procedure approved by the competent authority. The conditions set out in point 3 shall apply to the holding; (iii) a Member State may decide not to kill and destroy the animals, identified by the inquiry referred to in the second and third indents of point 1(b) where it is difficult to obtain replacement ovine animals of a known genotype or where the frequency of the ARR allele within the breed or holding is low, or where it is deemed necessary in order to avoid inbreeding, or based on a reasoned consideration of all the epidemiological factors. The conditions set out in point 4 shall apply to the holding;
(c) by way of derogation from the measures set out in point (b), and only where the TSE case confirmed on a holding is an atypical scrapie case, the Member State may decide to apply the measures laid down in point 5; (d) Member States may decide: (i) to replace the killing and complete destruction of all animals referred to in b(i) by slaughtering for human consumption; (ii) to replace the killing and complete destruction of animals referred to in b(ii) by slaughtering for human consumption provided that: the animals are slaughtered within the territory of the concerned Member State, all animals which are over 18 months of age or have more than two permanent incisors erupted through the gum and are slaughtered for human consumption shall be tested for the presence of TSE in accordance with the laboratory methods set out in Annex X, Chapter C, point 3.2 (b);
(e) the prion protein genotype of ovine animals, up to a maximum of 50, killed and destroyed or slaughtered for human consumption in accordance with points (b)(i) and (iii) shall be determined; (f) where the frequency of the ARR allele within the breed or holding is low or absent, or where it is deemed necessary in order to avoid inbreeding, a Member State may decide to delay the destruction of the animals referred to in point 2.3 (b)(i) and (ii) for up to five breeding years provided that no breeding rams other than those of the ARR/ARR genotype are present on the holding. However, in the case of ovine or caprine animals kept for the production of milk with a view to placing it on the market, the destruction of the animals may only be delayed for a maximum of 18 months.
2.4. If the infected animal has been introduced from another holding, a Member State may decide, based on the history of the case, to apply eradication measures in the holding of origin in addition to, or instead of, the holding in which the infection was confirmed; in the case of land used for common grazing by more than one flock, Member States may decide to limit the application of those measures to a single flock, based on a reasoned consideration of all the epidemiological factors; where more than one flock is kept on a single holding, Member States may decide to limit the application of the measures to the flock in which the TSE has been confirmed, provided it has been verified that the flocks have been kept isolated from each other and that the spread of infection between the flocks through either direct or indirect contact is unlikely.
3.1. Only the following animals may be introduced to the holding(s): (a) male sheep of the ARR/ARR genotype; (b) female sheep carrying at least one ARR allele and no VRQ allele; (c) caprine animals, provided that: (i) no ovine animals for breeding other than those of the genotypes referred to in points (a) and (b) are present on the holding; (ii) thorough cleaning and disinfection of all animal housing on the premises has been carried out following destocking.
3.2. Only the following ovine germinal products may be used in the holding(s): (a) semen from rams of the ARR/ARR genotype; (b) embryos carrying at least one ARR allele and no VRQ allele.
3.3. Movement of the animals from the holding shall be subject to the following conditions: (a) movement of ARR/ARR sheep from the holding shall not be subject to any restriction; (b) sheep carrying only one ARR allele may be moved from the holding only to go directly for slaughter for human consumption or for the purposes of destruction; however, ewes carrying one ARR allele and no VRQ allele may be moved to other holdings which are restricted following the application of measures in accordance with point 2.3 (b)(ii) or 4, if the competent authority so decides, lambs and kids may be moved to one other holding solely for the purposes of fattening prior to slaughter; the holding of destination shall not contain any ovine or caprine animals other than those being fattened prior to slaughter, and shall not dispatch live ovine or caprine animals to other holdings, except for direct slaughter within the territory of the concerned Member State;
(c) caprine animals may be moved provided that the holding is subjected to intensified TSE monitoring, including the testing of all caprine animals which are over the age of 18 months and: (i) are slaughtered for human consumption at the end of their productive lives; or (ii) have died or been killed on the holding, and meet the conditions set out to in Annex III, Chapter A, Part II, point 3;
(d) if the Member State so decides, lambs and kids less than three months old may be moved from the holding to go directly for slaughter for human consumption.
3.4. The restrictions set out in points 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 shall continue to apply to the holding for a period of two years from: (a) the date of attainment of ARR/ARR status by all ovine animals on the holding; or (b) the last date when any ovine or caprine animal was kept on the premises; or (c) the date when the intensified TSE monitoring set out in 3.3 (c) commenced; or (d) the date when all breeding rams on the holding are of ARR/ARR genotype and all breeding ewes carry at least one ARR allele and no VRQ allele, provided that during the two-year period, negative results are obtained from TSE testing of the following animals over the age of 18 months: an annual sample of ovine animals slaughtered for human consumption at the end of their productive lives in accordance with the sample size referred to in the Table in Annex III, Chapter A, Part II, point 5, and all ovine animals referred to in Annex III, Chapter A, Part II, point 3 which have died or been killed on the holding.
(a) all ovine and caprine animals on the holding shall be identified; (b) all ovine and caprine animals on the holding, may be moved only within the territory of the concerned Member State for slaughter for human consumption or for the purposes of destruction; all animals over the age of 18 months slaughtered for human consumption shall be tested for the presence of TSE in accordance with the laboratory methods laid down in Annex X, Chapter C, point 3.2(b); (c) the competent authority shall ensure that embryos and ova are not dispatched from the holding; (d) only the semen from rams of the ARR/ARR genotype and embryos carrying at least one ARR allele and no VRQ allele may be used in the holding; (e) all ovine and caprine animals which are over the age of 18 months which have died or been killed on the holding shall be subject to TSE testing; (f) only male sheep of the ARR/ARR genotype and female ovine animals from holdings where no TSE cases have been detected or from flocks fulfilling the conditions set out in point 3.4 may be introduced in the holding; (g) only caprine animals from holdings where no TSE cases have been detected or from flocks fulfilling the conditions of point 3.4 may be introduced in the holding; (h) all ovine and caprine animals in the holding shall be subject to common grazing restrictions to be determined by the competent authority, based on a reasoned consideration of all the epidemiological factors; (i) by way of derogation of point (b) if the competent authority so decides, lambs and kids may be moved to another holding within the same Member State solely for the purposes of fattening prior to slaughter; provided that the holding of destination shall not contain any ovine or caprine animals other than those being fattened prior to slaughter, and shall not dispatch live ovine or caprine animals to other holdings, except for direct slaughter within the territory of the concerned Member State.
(a) either the killing and complete destruction of all animals, embryos and ova identified by the inquiry referred to in the second and third indents of point 1(b). Member States may decide to determine the prion protein genotype of ovine animals which have been killed and destroyed; (b) or, for a period of two breeding years following the detection of the last TSE case, at least the following measures: (i) all ovine and caprine animals in the holding shall be identified; (ii) the holding must be subject to intensified TSE monitoring for a period of two years, including the testing of all ovine and caprine animals which are over the age of 18 months and slaughtered for human consumption and all ovine and caprine animals over the age of 18 which have died or been killed on the holding; (iii) the competent authority shall ensure that live ovine and caprine animals, embryos and ova from the holding are not dispatched to other Member States or third countries.
(a) the identity, breed and number of animals in all flocks participating in the breeding programme; (b) the identification of the individual animals sampled under the breeding programme; (c) the results of any genotyping tests.
(a) frequencies of the different alleles within the breed; (b) rarity of the breed; (c) avoidance of inbreeding or genetic drift.
(a) all animals in the flock that are to be genotyped shall be individually identified using secure means; (b) all rams intended for breeding within the flock to shall be genotyped before being used for breeding; (c) any male animal carrying the VRQ allele shall be slaughtered or castrated, within six months following the determination of its genotype; any such animal shall not leave the holding except for slaughter; (d) female animals that are known to carry the VRQ allele shall not leave the holding except for slaughter; (e) male animals, including semen donors used for artificial insemination, other than those certified under the breeding programme, shall not be used for breeding within the flock.
(a) level I flocks shall be flocks composed entirely of sheep of the ARR/ARR genotype; (b) level II flocks shall be flocks whose progeny have been sired exclusively by rams of the ARR/ARR genotype.
(a) on the farm or at the slaughterhouse to verify their genotype; (b) in the case of level I flocks, in animals over 18 months of age at the slaughterhouse, for TSE testing in accordance with Annex III.
(a) ovine and caprine animals for breeding shall either be sheep of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype, as defined in Annex I of Commission Decision 2002/1003/EC OJ L 349, 24.12.2002, p. 105 .(i) until 30 June 2007 :it is subject to regular official veterinary checks, the animals are marked, no case of scrapie has been confirmed, checking by sampling of old female animals intended for slaughter is carried out, females, with the exception of sheep of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype, are introduced into the holding only if they come from a holding which complies with the same requirements.
From 1 July 2004 at the latest, the holding or holdings shall begin to satisfy the following additional requirements:all animals referred to in Annex III, Chapter A, Part II, point 3 over the age of 18 months which have died or been killed on the holding shall be examined for scrapie in accordance with the laboratory methods laid down in Annex X, Chapter C, point 3.2(b), and ovine and caprine animals, with the exception of sheep of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype, shall be introduced into the holding only if they come from a holding which complies with the same requirements.
(ii) from 1 July 2007 :it is subject to regular official veterinary checks, the animals are identified in conformity with Community legislation, no case of scrapie has been confirmed, all animals referred to in Annex III, Chapter A, Part II, point 3 over the age of 18 months which have died or been killed on the holding have been examined for scrapie in accordance with the laboratory methods laid down in Annex X, Chapter C, point 3.2(b), ovine and caprine animals, with the exception of sheep of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype, are introduced into the holding only if they come from a holding which complies with the same requirements.
If they are destined for a Member State which benefits, for all or part of its territory, from the provisions laid down in point (b) or (c), ovine and caprine animals for breeding shall comply with the additional guarantees, general or specific, which have been defined in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 24(2). (b) a Member State which has a compulsory or voluntary national scrapie control program for all or part of its territory: (i) may submit the said program to the Commission, outlining in particular: the distribution of the disease in the Member State, the reasons for the program, taking into consideration the importance of the disease and the cost/benefit ratio, the geographical area in which the program will be implemented, the status categories defined for holdings and the standards which must be attained in each such category, the test procedures to be used, the program monitoring procedures, the action to be taken if, for any reason, a holding loses its status, the measures to be taken if the results of checks carried out in accordance with the provisions of the program are positive,
(ii) the program referred to in point (i) may be approved if it complies with the criteria laid down in that point, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 24(2). The additional guarantees, general or specific, which may be required in intra-Community trade, shall be defined at the same time or at the latest three months after approval of the program in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 24(2). Such guarantees must not exceed those which the Member State implements nationally, (iii) amendments or additions to the programmes submitted by Member States may be approved in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 24(2). Amendments to the guarantees which have been defined in accordance with point (ii) may be approved in accordance with that procedure,
(c) where a Member State considers that its territory or part of its territory is free from scrapie: (i) it is to submit to the Commission appropriate supporting documentation, setting out in particular: the history of the occurrence of the disease in its territory, the results of surveillance testing based on serological, microbiological, pathological or epidemiological investigation, the period over which the surveillance was carried out, the arrangements for verifying the absence of the disease,
(ii) the additional guarantees, general or specific, which may be required in intra-Community trade are to be defined in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 24(2). Such guarantees must not exceed those which the Member State implements nationally, (iii) the Member State concerned is to notify the Commission of any change in the details specified in point (i) which relate to the disease. The guarantees defined in accordance with point (ii) may, in the light of such notification, be amended or withdrawn in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 24(2),
(d) from 1 January 2005 semen and embryos of ovine and caprine animals shall:(i) be collected from animals which have been kept continuously since birth or for the last three years of their life on a holding or holdings which have satisfied the requirements of subparagraph (a)(i) or, as appropriate, (a)(ii) for three years or (ii) in the case of ovine semen, be collected from male animals of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype as defined in Annex I to Commission Decision 2002/1003/EC OJ L 349, 24.12.2002, p. 105 .(iii) in the case of ovine embryos, be of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype as defined in Annex I to Decision 2002/1003/EC.
fresh meat, minced meat, meat preparations, meat products.
(a) the animals from which the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin were derived have not been fed meat-and-bone meal or greaves derived from ruminants and passed ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections; (b) the animals from which the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin were derived have not been slaughtered after stunning by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity or killed by the same method or slaughtered by laceration after stunning of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity; (c) the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin are not derived from: (i) specified risk material as defined in Annex V; (ii) nervous and lymphatic tissues exposed during the deboning process; and (iii) mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine or caprine animals.
(a) the animals were born and continuously reared in a country or region classified in accordance with Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 as a country or region posing a negligible BSE risk; (b) the animals are identified by a permanent identification system enabling them to be traced back to the dam and herd of origin, and are not exposed bovine animals as described in Chapter C, part I, point (4) (b) (iv) of Annex II; and (c) if there have been BSE indigenous cases in the country concerned, the animals were born after the date from which the ban on the feeding of ruminants with meat-and-bone meal and greaves derived from ruminants had been effectively enforced or after the date of birth of the last BSE indigenous case if born after the date of the feed ban.
(a) the country or region is classified in accordance with Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 as a country or region posing a controlled BSE risk; (b) the animals are identified by a permanent identification system enabling them to be traced back to the dam and herd of origin, and are not exposed bovine animals as described in Chapter C, Part II, point (4)(b)(iv) of Annex II; (c) the animals were born after the date from which the ban on the feeding of ruminants with meat-and-bone meal and greaves derived from ruminants had been effectively enforced or after the date of birth of the last BSE indigenous case if born after the date of the feed ban.
(a) the country or region has not been categorized in accordance with Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 or has been categorized as a country or region with undetermined BSE risk; (b) the animals are identified by a permanent identification system enabling them to be traced back to the dam and herd of origin, and are not exposed bovine animals as described in Chapter C, Part II, point (4)(b)(iv) of Annex II; (c) the animals were born at least two years after the date from which the ban on the feeding of ruminants with meat-and-bone meal and greaves derived from ruminants had been effectively enforced or after the date of birth of the last BSE indigenous case if born after the date of the feed ban.
fresh meat, minced meat and meat preparations, meat products, treated intestines, rendered animal fats, greaves, and gelatine.
(a) the country or region is classified in accordance with Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 as a country or region posing a negligible BSE risk; (b) the animals from which the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin were derived were born, continuously reared and slaughtered in the country with negligible BSE risk and passed ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections; (c) if in the country or region there have been BSE indigenous cases: (i) the animals were born after the date from which the ban on the feeding of ruminants with meat-and-bone meal and greaves derived from ruminants had been enforced; or (ii) the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin do not contain and are not derived from specified risk material as defined in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, or mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine or caprine animals.
(a) the country or region is classified in accordance with Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 as a country or region posing a controlled BSE risk; (b) the animals from which the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin were derived passed ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections; (c) animals from which the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin destined for export were derived have not been slaughtered after stunning by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity or killed by the same method or slaughtered by laceration after stunning of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity; (d) the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin do not contain and are not derived from specified risk material as defined in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, or mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine or caprine animals.
(a) the country or region is classified in accordance with Article 5(2) as a country or region posing a controlled BSE risk; (b) the animals from which the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin were derived were born, continuously reared and slaughtered in the country or region with a negligible BSE risk and passed ante-mortem andpost-mortem inspections;(c) if the intestines are sourced from a country or region where there have been BSE indigenous cases: (i) the animals were born after the date from which the ban on the feeding of ruminants with meat-and-bone meal and greaves derived from ruminants had been enforced; or (ii) the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin do not contain and are not derived from specified risk material as defined in Annex V.
(a) the animals from which the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin were derived have not been fed meat-and-bone meal or greaves derived from ruminants and passed ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections; (b) the animals from which the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin were derived have not been slaughtered after stunning by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity or killed by the same method or slaughtered by laceration after stunning of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity; (c) the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin are not derived from: (i) specified risk material as defined in Annex V; (ii) nervous and lymphatic tissues exposed during the deboning process; (iii) mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine or caprine animals.
(a) the country or region is classified in accordance with Article 5(2) as a country or region posing an undetermined BSE risk; (b) the animals from which the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin were derived were born, continuously reared and slaughtered in the country or region with a negligible BSE risk and passed ante-mortem andpost-mortem inspections;(c) if the intestines are sourced from a country or region where there have been BSE indigenous cases: (i) the animals were born after the date from which the ban on the feeding of ruminants with meat-and-bone meal and greaves derived from ruminants had been enforced; or (ii) the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin do not contain and are not derived from specified risk material as defined in Annex V.
rendered fats, pet food, blood products, the processed animal protein, bones and bone products, category 3 material, and gelatine.
(a) the animal by-product does not contain and is not derived from specified risk material as defined in Annex V or mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine or caprine animals; (b) the animals from which this animal by-product is derived, have not been slaughtered after stunning by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity or killed by the same method or slaughtered by laceration of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity; or (c) the animal by-product does not contain and is not derived from bovine, ovine and caprine materials other than those derived from animals born, continuously reared and slaughtered in a country or region classified as posing a negligible BSE risk by a decision in accordance with Article 5(2). In addition, imports of the animal by-products and processed products referred to in Section A of this Chapter and containing milk or milk products of ovine or caprine origin, shall be subject to the presentation of a health certificate which corresponds to the model laid down in Annex X, Chapter 2 to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 and which has been completed with the following attestation, added after point 6 of that certificate: "7. as regards TSE: ( 2 ) eitherin case of animal by-products intended for feeding ruminants and containing milk or milk products of ovine or caprine origin, the ovine and caprine animals from which these products are derived have been kept continuously since birth or for the last three years on a holding where no official movement restriction is imposed due to a suspicion of TSE and which has satisfied the following requirements for the last three years: (i) it has been subject to regular official veterinary checks; (ii) no classical scrapie case, as defined in point 2(g) of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, has been diagnosed or, following the confirmation of a classical scrapie case: all animals in which classical scrapie was confirmed have been killed and destroyed, and all goats and sheep on the holding have been killed and destroyed, except for breeding rams of the ARR/ARR genotype and breeding ewes carrying at least one ARR allele and no VRQ allele;
(iii) ovine and caprine animals, with the exception of sheep of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype, are introduced into the holding only if they come from a holding which complies with the requirements set out in points (i) and (ii).
( 2 ) orin case of animal by-products intended for feeding ruminants and containing milk or milk products of ovine or caprine origin, and destined to a Member State listed in the Annex to the Regulation (EC) No 546/2006, the ovine and caprine animals from which these products are derived have been kept continuously since birth or for the last seven years on a holding where no official movement restriction is imposed due to a suspicion of TSE and which has satisfied the following requirements for the last seven years: (i) it has been subject to regular official veterinary checks; (ii) no classical scrapie case, as defined in point 2(g) of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, has been diagnosed or, following the confirmation of a classical scrapie case: all animals in which classical scrapie was confirmed have been killed and destroyed, and all goats and sheep on the holding have been killed and destroyed, except for breeding rams of the ARR/ARR genotype and breeding ewes carrying at least one ARR allele and no VRQ allele;
(iii) ovine and caprine animals, with the exception of sheep of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype, are introduced into the holding only if they come from a holding which complies with the requirements set out in points (i) and (ii)."
(a) either they were born in and continuously reared on holdings in which a case of scrapie has never been diagnosed, and, in the case of ovine and caprine animals for breeding, they satisfy the requirements of subparagraph (i) of point (a) of Chapter A(I) of Annex VIII; (b) or they are sheep of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype, as defined in Annex I to Commission Decision 2002/1003/EC, coming from a holding where no case of scrapie has been reported in the last six months.
(a) have at its disposal facilities and expert personnel enabling it to show at all times, and especially when the disease in question first appears, the type and strain of the agent of TSE, and to confirm results obtained by regional diagnostic laboratories. Where it is not capable of identifying the strain-type of the agent, it shall set up a procedure to ensure that the identification of the strain is referred to the Community reference laboratory; (b) verify diagnostic methods used in regional diagnostic laboratories; (c) be responsible for coordination of diagnostic standards and methods within the Member State. To this end, it: may provide diagnostic reagents to laboratories approved by the Member State; is to control the quality of all diagnostic reagents used in the Member State; is to periodically arrange comparative tests; is to hold isolates of the agents of the disease in question, or corresponding tissues containing such agents, coming from cases confirmed in the Member State; is to ensure confirmation of results obtained in diagnostic laboratories designated by the Member State;
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(a) to coordinate, in consultation with the Commission, the methods employed in the Member States for diagnosing BSE, specifically by: storing and supplying corresponding tissues containing the agent, for the development or production of the relevant diagnostic tests or for typing strains of the agent; supplying standard sera and other reference reagents to the national reference laboratories in order to standardise the tests and reagents used in the Member States; building up and retaining a collection of corresponding tissues containing the agents and strains of TSEs; organising periodic comparative tests of diagnostic procedures at Community level; collecting and collating data and information on the methods of diagnosis used and the results of tests carried out in the Community; characterising isolates of the TSE agent by the most up-to-date methods to allow greater understanding of the epidemiology of the disease; keeping abreast of trends in surveillance, epidemiology and prevention of TSEs throughout the world; maintaining expertise on prion diseases to enable rapid differential diagnosis; acquiring a thorough knowledge of the preparation and use of diagnostic methods used to control and eradicate TSEs;
(b) to assist actively in the diagnosis of outbreaks of TSEs in Member States by studying samples from TSE-infected animals sent for confirmatory diagnosis, characterisation and epidemiological studies; (c) to facilitate the training or retraining of experts in laboratory diagnosis with a view to the harmonisation of diagnostic techniques throughout the Community.
(i) the immunohistochemical (IHC) method; (ii) SAF-immunoblot or OIE approved alternative; (iii) the demonstration of characteristic fibrils by electron microscopy; (iv) the histopathological examination; (v) the combination of rapid tests as laid down in the third subparagraph.
(i) the confirmation is carried out in a national reference laboratory for TSEs; and (ii) one of the two rapid tests is a Western blot; and (iii) the second rapid test used: includes a negative tissue control and a bovine BSE sample as positive tissue control, is of a different type than the test used for the primary screening; and
(iv) if a rapid Western blot is used as the first test, the result of that test must be documented and submitted to the national reference laboratory for TSEs; and (v) where the result of the primary screening is not confirmed by the subsequent rapid test, the sample must be subjected to an examination by one of the other confirmatory methods; in case the histopathological examination is used for that purpose but proves to be inconclusive or negative, the tissues must be submitted to a further examination by one of the other confirmatory methods and protocols.
(i) the immunohistochemical (IHC) method; (ii) SAF-immunoblot or OIE approved alternative; (iii) the demonstration of characteristic fibrils by electron microscopy; (iv) the histopathological examination; (v) the combination of rapid tests as laid down in the fourth subparagraph.
(i) the confirmation is carried out in a national reference laboratory for TSEs; and (ii) one of the two rapid tests is a Western blot; and (iii) the second rapid test used: includes a negative tissue control and a bovine BSE sample as positive tissue control, is of a different type than the test used for the primary screening; and
(iv) if a rapid Western blot is used as the first test, the result of that test must be documented and submitted to the national reference laboratory for TSEs; and (v) where the result of the primary screening is not confirmed by the subsequent rapid test, the sample must be subjected to an examination by one of the other confirmatory methods; in case the histopathological examination is used for that purpose but proves to be inconclusive or negative, the tissues must be submitted to a further examination by one of the other confirmatory methods and protocols.
(i) the immunohistochemical (IHC) method; (ii) SAF-immunoblot or OIE approved alternative; (iii) the demonstration of characteristic fibrils by electron microscopy; (iv) the histopathological examination.
(i) Primary molecular testing with a discriminatory immuno-blotting Samples from clinical suspect cases and from animals tested in accordance with Annex III, Chapter A, Part II, points 2 and 3 which are regarded as positive TSE cases but which are not atypical scrapie cases, following the examinations referred to in points (a) or (b), or which display characteristics which are deemed by the testing laboratory to merit investigation, shall be forwarded for further examination by a primary molecular typing method to: Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments, Laboratoire de pathologie bovine, 31 avenue Tony Garnier, BP 7033, F-69342, Lyon Cedex, France ,Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB, United Kingdom , orto a laboratory, appointed by the competent authority, which has participated successfully in proficiency testing organised by the Community reference laboratory for the use of a molecular typing method.
(ii) Ring trial with additional molecular testing methods Samples from TSE cases in which the presence of BSE cannot be excluded according to the guidelines issued by the Community Reference Laboratory by the primary molecular testing referred to in (i), shall be forwarded immediately to the laboratories listed in point (d) after consultation with the Community Reference Laboratory, and with all the relevant information available. They shall be submitted to a ring trial with at least: a second discriminatory immuno-blotting, a discriminatory immunocytochemistry, and a discriminatory ELISA (Enzyme linked ImmunoSorbent Assay)
carried out in the laboratories approved for the relevant method as listed in point (d). Where samples are unsuitable for immunocytochemistry, the Community Reference Laboratory will direct appropriate alternative testing within the ring trial.
Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments Laboratoire de pathologie bovine 31, avenue Tony Garnier BP 7033 F-69342 Lyon Cedex Centre CEA Fontenay-aux-Roses, BP 6 F-92265 Fontenay-aux-Roses Cedex Service de Pharmacologie et d’Immunologie Centre CEA Saclay, bâtiment 136 F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex Veterinary Laboratories Agency Woodham Lane New Haw Addlestone Surrey KT15 3NB United Kingdom
the immuno-blotting test based on a Western blotting procedure for the detection of the Proteinase K-resistant fragment PrPRes (Prionics-Check Western test), the chemiluminescent ELISA test involving an extraction procedure and an ELISA technique, using an enhanced chemiluminescent reagent (Enfer test & Enfer TSE Kit version 2.0, automated sample preparation), the microplate-based immunoassay for the detection of PrPSc (Enfer TSE Version 3), the sandwich immunoassay for PrPRes detection with the TeSeE SAP Detection kit carried out following denaturation and concentration steps with the TeSeE Purification kit (Bio-Rad TeSeE rapid test), the microplate-based immunoassay (ELISA) which detects Proteinase K-resistant PrPRes with monoclonal antibodies (Prionics-Check LIA test), the immunoassay using a chemical polymer for selective PrP Sc capture and a monoclonal detection antibody directed against conserved regions of the PrP molecule (IDEXX HerdChek BSE Antigen Test Kit, EIA),the lateral-flow immunoassay using two different monoclonal antibodies to detect Proteinase K-resistant PrP fractions (Prionics Check PrioSTRIP), the two-sided immunoassay using two different monoclonal antibodies directed against two epitopes presented in a highly unfolded state of bovine PrP Sc (Roboscreen Beta Prion BSE EIA Test Kit),the sandwich ELISA for the detection of Proteinase K-resistant PrP Sc (Roche Applied Science PrionScreen).
the sandwich immunoassay for PrPRes detection with the TeSeE SAP Detection kit carried out following denaturation and concentration steps with the TeSeE Purification kit (Bio-Rad TeSeE rapid test), the sandwich immunoassay for PrPRes detection with the TeSeE Sheep/Goat Detection kit carried out following denaturation and concentration steps with the TeSeE Sheep/Goat Purification kit (Bio-Rad TeSeE Sheep/Goat rapid test), the chemiluminescent ELISA test involving an extraction procedure and an ELISA technique, using an enhanced chemiluminescent reagent (Enfer TSE Kit version 2.0), the microplate-based immunoassay for the detection of PrP Sc (Enfer TSE Version 3),the immunoassay using a chemical polymer for selective PrP Sc capture and a monoclonal detection antibody directed against conserved regions of the PrP molecule (IDEXX HerdChek BSE-Scrapie Antigen Test Kit, EIA),the immuno-blotting test based on a Western blotting procedure for the detection of the Proteinase K-resistant fragment PrPRes (Prionics-Check Western Small Ruminant test), the microplate-based chemiluminescent immunoassay for the detection of Proteinase K-resistant PrP Sc (Prionics Check LIA Small Ruminants).
(i) the skull excluding the mandible and including the brain and eyes, and the spinal cord of bovine animals aged over 12 months, the vertebral column excluding the vertebrae of the tail, the spinous and transverse processes of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar vertebrae and the median sacral crest and wings of the sacrum, but including the dorsal root ganglia of bovine animals aged over 24 months, and the tonsils, the intestines from the duodenum to the rectum and the mesentery of bovine animals of all ages; (ii) the skull including the brain and eyes, the tonsils and the spinal cord of ovine and caprine animals aged over 12 months or which have a permanent incisor erupted through the gum, and the spleen and ileum of ovine and caprine animals of all ages.
(a) born, continuously reared and slaughtered in Member States for which a scientific evaluation established that the occurrence of BSE in native bovine animals is highly unlikely, or unlikely but not excluded; or (b) born after the date of effective enforcement of the prohibition on the feeding of mammalian protein to ruminants in Member States with reported BSE in native animals or for which a scientific evaluation established that the occurrence of BSE in native bovine animals is likely.
(i) have died on the farm or in transport, but which have not been slaughtered for human consumption, with the exception of those dead animals in remote areas with a low animal density situated in Member States where the occurrence of BSE is unlikely; (ii) were subject to normal slaughter for human consumption.
(a) slaughterhouses, or, as appropriate, other places of slaughter; (b) cutting plants, in the case of vertebral column of bovine animals; (c) where appropriate, in intermediate plants referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council OJ L 273, 10.10.2002, p. 1 .
harvesting shall take place in a dedicated area, physically separated from the other parts of the slaughterline, where the heads are removed from the conveyor or hooks before harvesting the head meat, the frontal shot hole and foramen magnum shall be sealed with an impermeable and durable stopper. Where the brainstem is sampled for laboratory testing for BSE, theforamen magnum shall be sealed immediately after that sampling,head meat shall not be harvested from heads where the eyes are damaged or lost immediately prior to, or after slaughter, or which are otherwise damaged in a way which might result in contamination of the head with central nervous tissue, head meat shall not be harvested from heads which have not been properly sealed in accordance with the second indent, without prejudice to general rules on hygiene, specific working instructions shall be in place to prevent contamination of the head meat during the harvesting, in particular in the case when the seal referred to in the second indent is lost or the eyes damaged during the activity, a sampling plan using an appropriate laboratory test to detect central nervous system tissue shall be in place to verify that the measures to reduce contamination are properly implemented.
(a) removal of spinal cord of ovine and caprine animals in cutting plants specifically authorised for this purpose; (b) removal of vertebral column from carcases or parts of carcases in butcher shops specifically authorised, monitored and registered for this purpose; (c) harvesting of head meat from bovine in cutting plants specifically authorised for this purpose in accordance with the following provisions: bovine heads intended for transport to cutting plants specifically authorised for the harvesting of head meat, shall comply with the following provisions: the heads shall be suspended on a rack during the storing period and the transport from the slaughterhouse to the specifically authorised cutting plant, the frontal shot hole and the foramen magnum shall be properly sealed with an impermeable and durable stopper before being moved from the conveyor or hooks to the racks. Where the brainstem is sampled for laboratory testing for BSE, theforamen magnum shall be sealed immediately after that sampling,the heads which have not been properly sealed in accordance with the second indent, where the eyes are damaged or lost immediately prior to or after slaughter or which were otherwise damaged in a way which might result in contamination of the head meat with central nervous tissue shall be excluded from transport to the specifically authorised cutting plants, a sampling plan using an appropriate laboratory test to detect central nervous system tissue shall be in place to verify the proper implementation of the measures to reduce contamination;
the harvesting of head meat from bovine heads in cutting plants specifically authorised for this purpose shall be in accordance with a control system, recognised by the competent authority, to ensure the prevention of possible contamination of head meat. The system shall include at least: all heads shall be visually controlled for signs of contamination or damage and proper sealing before the commencement of the harvesting of the head meat, head meat shall not be harvested from heads which have not been properly sealed, where the eyes are damaged or which were otherwise damaged in a way which might result in contamination of the head meat with central nervous tissue. Head meat shall also not be harvested from any head where contamination from such heads is suspected, without prejudice to general rules on hygiene, specific working instructions shall be in place to prevent contamination of the head meat during transport and harvesting, in particular where the seal is lost or the eyes damaged during the activity, a sampling plan using an appropriate laboratory test to detect central nervous system tissue shall be in place to verify that the measures to reduce contamination are properly implemented.
(a) specified risk material used for purposes authorised pursuant to Article 1(2) and to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 are used solely for authorised purposes; (b) specified risk material is disposed of in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002.
(a) when removal of the vertebral column is not required, carcases or wholesale cuts of carcases of bovine animals containing vertebral column, shall be identified by a blue stripe on the label referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000; (b) a specific indication of the number of bovine carcases or wholesale cuts of carcases, from which removal of the vertebral column is required and from which removal of the vertebral column is not required, shall be added to the commercial document referred to in Article 3(1)(A)(f)(ii) of Directive 64/433/EEC or to the document referred to in Article 1(2) of Commission Decision 93/13/EEC OJ L 9, 15.1.1993, p. 3 .(c) butcher shops shall keep, for at least one year, the commercial documents referred to in (b).
(a) The products of animal origin listed below shall be subject to the conditions laid down in (b) on import into the Community: the specified risk material referred to in point 1(a), fresh meat: the meat defined by Directive 64/433/EEC, minced meat and meat preparations: the minced meat and meat preparations defined by Directive 94/65/EC Council Directive 94/65/EC of 14 December 1994 laying down the requirements for the production and placing on the market of minced meat and meat preparations (OJ L 368, 31.12.1994, p. 10 ).meat products: the meat products defined by Directive 77/99/EEC Council Directive 77/99/EEC of 21 December 1976 on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in meat products (OJ L 26, 31.1.1977, p. 85 ). Directive as last amended by Council Directive 97/76/EC (OJ L 10, 16.1.1998, p. 25 ).other products of animal origin: other products of animal origin as defined by Directive 77/99/EEC, rendered fats as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, gelatine as referred to by Directive 92/118/EEC and Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, pet food as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, blood products as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 the processed animal protein referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, bones and bone products as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 774/2002, category 3 material as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002.
Any reference to "products of animal origin" designates products of animal origin listed in this point and does not concern other products of animal origin containing or derived from those products of animal origin. (b) When the abovementioned products of animal origin, containing material from bovine, ovine or caprine animals are imported into the Community from third countries or regions thereof, the health certificates shall be accompanied by a declaration signed by the competent authority of the country of production, worded as follows: "This product does not contain and is not derived from: either Delete one of these as appropriate." specified risk material as defined in Annex XI, section A, to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 produced after 31 March 2001 , or mechanically recovered meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine or caprine animals produced after31 March 2001 . After31 March 2001 the bovine, ovine and caprine animals, from which this product is derived, have not been slaughtered after stunning by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity or killed by the same method or slaughtered by laceration after stunning of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity.Carcases, half carcases and quarter carcases may contain vertebral column on import;
or ( 1 )bovine, ovine and caprine materials other than those derived from animals born, continuously reared and slaughtered in the following countries: — Argentina — Australia — Iceland — Nouvelle Calédonie — New-Zealand — Panama — Paraguay — Singapore — Uruguay — Vanuatu.
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the animals sampled pursuant to the provisions of Annex III, Chapter A, Section I, points 2.1 and 4.1, all the animals in the subpopulation referred to in Annex III, Chapter A, Section I, point 3, instead of a random sample.
Commission Decision 92/290/EEC of 14 May 1992 concerning certain protection measures relating to bovine embryos in respect of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in the United Kingdom.Council Decision 98/256/EC of 16 March 1998 concerning emergency measures to protect against bovine spongiform encephalopathy, amending Decision 94/474/EC and repealing Decision 96/239/EC.Commission Decision 98/351/EC of 29 May 1998 setting the date on which dispatch from Northern Ireland of bovine products under the Export Certified Herds Scheme may commence by virtue of Article 6(5) of Council Decision 98/256/EC.Commission Decision 1999/514/EC of 23 July 1999 setting the date on which dispatch from the United Kingdom of bovine products under the date-based export scheme may commence by virtue of Article 6(5) of Council Decision 98/256/EC.Commission Decision 2000/345/EC of 22 May 2000 setting the date on which dispatch from Portugal to Germany of certain products for the purpose of incineration may commence by virtue of Article 3(6) of Decision 98/653/EC.Commission Decision 2000/371/EC of 6 June 2000 setting the date on which dispatch of fighting bulls from Portugal to France may commence by virtue of Article 3(7) of Decision 98/653/EC.Commission Decision 2000/372/EC of 6 June 2000 setting the date on which dispatch of fighting bulls from Portugal to Spain may commence by virtue of Article 3(7) of Decision 98/653/EC.Commission Decision 2001/376/EC of 18 April 2001 concerning measures made necessary by the occurrence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Portugal and implementing a date-based export scheme.
(a) the feeding of ruminants with proteins derived from mammals has been banned and the ban has been effectively enforced; (b) the bovine animals intended for export to the Community are identified by a permanent identification system enabling them to be traced back to the dam and herd of origin and are not the progeny of BSE suspected females.
Argentina Australia Iceland Nouvelle Calédonie New-Zealand Panama Paraguay Singapore Uruguay Vanuatu.
Argentina Australia Botswana Brazil Chile Costa Rica El Salvador Namibia New Zealand Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Uruguay Singapore Swaziland.
(a) When the farmed game meat defined by Council Directive 91/495/EEC OJ L 268 24.9.1991, p. 41 .OJ L 368, 31.12.1994, p. 10 .OJ L 26, 31.1.1977, p. 85 ."This product contains or is derived exclusively from meat, excluding offal and spinal cord, of cervid animals which have been examined for chronic wasting disease by histopathology, immunohistochemistry or other diagnostic method recognised by the competent authority with negative results and is not derived from animals coming from a herd where chronic wasting disease has been confirmed or is officially suspected." (b) When game meat as defined by Council Directive 92/45/EEC OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 35 ."This product contains or is derived exclusively from meat, excluding offal and spinal cord, of cervid animals which have been examined for chronic wasting disease by histopathology, immunohistochemistry or other diagnostic method recognised by the competent authority with negative results and is not derived from animals coming from a region where chronic wasting disease has been confirmed in the last three years or is officially suspected."
(a) Without prejudice to Commission Decision 2005/598/EC the United Kingdom shall ensure that bovine animals born or reared on its territory before 1 August 1996 are not dispatched from its territory to other Member States or third countries.(b) The United Kingdom shall ensure that no meat and products derived from bovine animals born or reared in the United Kingdom after 31 July 1996 and slaughtered before15 June 2005 are dispatched from its territory to other Member States and third countries.(c) The United Kingdom shall ensure that vertebral column from bovine animals born or reared in the United Kingdom after 31 July 1996 and slaughtered before the coming into force of this Regulation and products derived from such vertebral column shall not be dispatched from its territory to other Member States or third countries.