The Specified Risk Material (Amendment) Regulations 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/3062
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Title and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Specified Risk Material (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st January 1998.

Section 2 Amendment of the Specified Risk Material Regulations 1997

(1) The Specified Risk Material Regulations 1997 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) At the end of regulation 7 there shall be added the following paragraph—

(5) This regulation shall not apply to a food containing specified risk material derived only from animals which were slaughtered or died outside the United Kingdom which is either—

(a) a food not listed in Schedule 1 to the Specified Risk Material Order 1997 ; or

(b) a food which is so listed, but it was, or any ingredients in it containing specified risk material were, imported in accordance with article 6 of that Order.

(3) At the end of regulation 19 there shall be added the following paragraph—

(2) This regulation shall not apply to a carcase of a sheep or goat slaughtered before 1st January 1998.