Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 921

The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 1999

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" "mammalian meat and bone meal" means-
(a) mammalian protein (including greaves) derived from the whole or any part of any dead mammal by-


(i) the process of rendering, or

(ii) in the case of a product originating outside Great Britain, by an equivalent process; or



(b) any material derived from such protein;".

    (3) In paragraph (1) of article 6 (veterinary enquiry as to existence of disease and requirements relating to affected or suspected animals) the phrase "within 56 days" is revoked.

    (4) In paragraph (1) of article 8 (restrictions on movement of other bovine animals) the following phrase is inserted before the word "he"-

" or that any bovine animal on premises may have been exposed to the disease through the agency of any feeding stuff,".

    (5) In paragraph (2) of article 16 (disposal and recall of mammalian meat and bone meal and MBM products) the following phrase is inserted before the phrase "a notice"-

" or which he reasonably suspects of being so prohibited".

    (6) The following paragraph is inserted between paragraphs (2) and (3) of article 16-

    " (2A) An inspector may serve on any person who has sold or supplied any feeding stuff the sale or supply of which is prohibited by article 13(1) or which he reasonably suspects of being so prohibited a notice requiring that person to collect at his own expense that product from the person to whom he supplied or sold it, or from such other person to whom it may have subsequently been supplied or sold, and to transport it to such place and within such time as may be specified in the notice.".

    (7) In paragraph (3) of article 16 the phrase "paragraph (1), (2) or (2A)" is substituted for the phrase "paragraph (1) or (2)".


Jeff Rooker
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

17th March 1999


Calum MacDonald
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

17th March 1999



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales


Jon Owen Jones
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

22nd March 1999

     3. This Order was notified in draft to the European Commission in accordance with Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L204, 21.7.98, p. 37).

     4. A regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in respect of this Order. A copy of it has been placed in the library of each House of Parliament. Further copies may be obtained from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food's Animal Health Division at Government Buildings, Hook Rise South, Tolworth, Surrey KT6 7NF.

[2] S.I. 1996/3183, amended by S.I. 1997/2387 and S.I. 1998/3071.back