The Animal By-Products (Scotland) Regulations 2003

Made: 4th September 2003

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 8th September 2003

Coming into force: 1st October 2003

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PART 1 — Introductory provisions

Citation, commencement and extent

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Interpretation

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Approvals etc.

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PART 2 — Collection, transportation, storage, handling, processing and disposal of animal by-products

Category 1 material

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Category 2 material

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Category 3 material

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Mixing mammalian and non-mammalian animal by-products

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Collection, transportation and storage

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PART 3 — Restrictions on access to animal by-products and their use

Access to animal by-products

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Restrictions on use

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Pasture Land

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Intra-species recycling of fish

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PART 4 — Approved premises and competent authorities

The competent authority

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Approval of premises

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Biogas and composting plants

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Composting catering waste on the premises on which it originates

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Processing and intermediate plants' own checks

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Sampling at processing plants

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Sampling at biogas and composting plants

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Samples sent to laboratories

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Laboratories

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PART 5 — Placing animal by-products and processed products on the market

Placing on the market of processed animal protein and other processed products that could be used as feed material

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Placing on the market of petfood, dogchews and technical products

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Placing on the market of compost or digestion residues for use on agricultural land

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PART 6 — Derogations

Competent authority for Chapter V of the Community Regulation

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Derogations regarding the use of animal by-products

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Collection centres

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Burial of pet animals

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Remote areas

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Burning or burial in the event of a disease outbreak

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Burning and burial of bees and apiculture products

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PART 7 — Records

Records

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Records for consigning, transporting or receiving animal by-products

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Records for burning or burial of animal by-products

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Records for disposal or use on premises

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Delivery records to be kept by operators of biogas and composting plants

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Treatment records for biogas and composting plants

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Records for approved laboratories

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Records to be kept for consignments of compost or digestion residue

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PART 8 — Administration and enforcement

Grant of approvals

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Suspension, amendment or revocation of approvals, authorisations and registrations

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Review

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Notice requiring the disposal of animal by-products or catering waste

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Cleansing and disinfection

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Compliance with notices

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Powers of entry

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Obstruction, reasonable assistance and information

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Penalties and offences by bodies corporate

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Enforcement

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Transitional provisions

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Amendments

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Revocations

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SCHEDULE 1 — Additional requirements for biogas and composting plants

PART 1 — Premises

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PART 2 — Treatment systems and parameters for catering waste

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Composting plants

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Biogas plants

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SCHEDULE 2 — Testing Methods

PART 1 — METHOD FOR THE ISOLATION OF CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS

Time of testing

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Tests shall be begun on receipt of the sample or on the first working day which allows this method to be completed. If the test is not begun on the day of receipt the sample shall be stored in a refrigerator at between 2°C and 8°C until required. If the sample has been refrigerated it shall be removed from the refrigerator and stored at room temperature for at least one hour before the test is started.

Samples

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Inoculations

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Samples with colonies of Clostridium perfringens

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Subcultured colonies

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EXAMINATION OF SUBCULTURES

Motility

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Reduction of nitrate to nitrite

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Production of gas and acid from lactose and liquefaction of gelatin

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Control Tests

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PART 2 — METHODS FOR THE ISOLATION OF SALMONELLA

A. BACTERIOLOGICAL METHOD

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Day 1

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Day 2

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Day 3

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Day 4

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Day 5

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B. ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE METHOD

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Tests shall be begun on receipt of the sample or on the first working day which allows the following method to be completed. If the test is not begun on the day of receipt the sample shall be stored in a refrigerator until required. If the sample has been refrigerated it shall be stored at room temperature for at least four hours before the test is started.

Day 1

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Day 2

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Day 3

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Day 4

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Day 5

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PART 3 — METHOD FOR THE ISOLATION OF ENTEROBACTERIACEAE

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Samples

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Inoculations

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Samples with colonies of Enterobacteriaceae

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Examination of subcultures

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Controls

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SCHEDULE 3 — Remote Areas

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SCHEDULE 4 — Transitional Provisions

PART 1 — Intra-species recycling ban for fish

In accordance with Article 1 of Regulation (EC) 811/2003[^f00046], the prohibition on the feeding of fish with processed animal protein derived from the bodies or parts of bodies of fish of the same species in Article 22(1)(a) of the Community Regulation shall not apply.

PART 2 — Collection, transport and disposal of former foodstuffs of animal origin

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PART 3 — Used cooking oil in animal feed

Scope

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Approvals

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General obligations

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Collection and transportation of used cooking oil

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Approved premises and the operation of blending premises

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Approved premises

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Operators' own checks

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Hygiene requirements in approved premises

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Specification for used cooking oil for use in animal feed

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Commercial documents

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Records

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List of premises

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PART 4 — Mammalian blood

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PART 5 — Oleochemical plants using rendered fats from category 2 and 3 materials

General obligations

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Specific requirements

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PART 6 — Low capacity incineration or co-incineration plants which do not incinerate or co-incinerate specified risk materials or carcases containing them

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SCHEDULE 5 — Amendments

PART 1 — Amendments to the TSE (Scotland) Regulations 2002

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PART 2 — Consequential Amendments

Animal By-Products (Identification) Regulations 1995

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Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000

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Rendering (Fluid Treatment) (Scotland) Order 2001

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Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) (Scotland) Regulations 2002

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Poultry Breeding Flock and Hatcheries and Animal By-Products (Fees) (Scotland) Order 2002

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SCHEDULE 6 — Revocations

Column 1 – enactment	Column 2 – references	Column 3 – extent
The Animal By–Products Order 1999	(S.I. 1999/646)	The whole Order.
The Animal By-Products (Amendment) (Scotland) Order 2001	(S.S.I. 2001/171)	The whole Order.
The TSE (Scotland) Regulations 2002	(S.S.I. 2002/255)	Regulations 33(4), 34(2), 50, 52, 55(1)(a), (2)(b) and (4)(c) and (d), 62 to 67, 68(1), (3), (4), (5) and (6), Schedule 6 and Schedule 8, Part IV.
The TSE (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003	(S.S.I. 2003/198)	Regulation 2(8) and (11).

Signed

ROSS FINNIE — A member of the Scottish Executive — 2003-09-04

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) (“the 1998 Act”), Schedule 8, paragraph 15(3). The function conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, insofar as within devolved competence, was transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act.

[^f00002]: O.J. No. L 273, 10.10.2002, p.1.

[^f00003]: O.J. No. L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 1.

[^f00004]: This Regulation is defined later in this paragraph.

[^f00005]: This Regulation is defined later in this paragraph.

[^f00006]: O.J. No. L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 24.

[^f00007]: O.J. No. L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 30.

[^f00008]: O.J. No. L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 42.

[^f00009]: O.J. No. L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 44.

[^f00010]: 1994 c. 39.

[^f00011]: O.J. No. L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 14.

[^f00012]: O.J. No. L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 22.

[^f00013]: 1981 c. 22.

[^f00014]: S.I. 1999/646, amended by S.S.I. 2001/171 and 2002/255.

[^f00015]: 2000 c. 7.

[^f00016]: O.J. No. L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 14.

[^f00017]: This paragraph was added to Annex II, Chapter II by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 808/2003 amending Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption (O.J. No. L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 1).

[^f00018]: Chapter VII was added to Annex IV by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 808/2003.

[^f00019]: Paragraph 14 was substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 808/2003.

[^f00020]: Published by the British Standards Institute, British Standards House, 389 Chiswick High Road, London W4 4AL.

[^f00021]: Published by the British Standards Institute; see above.

[^f00022]: Published by the British Standards Institute, British Standards House, 389 Chiswick High Road, London W4 4AL.

[^f00023]: Published by the British Standards Institute; see above.

[^f00024]: O.J. No. L 117, 13.5.2003, p.14.

[^f00025]: S.I. 1995/539 as amended by S.I. 1995/1763, 2148, 2200, 3124 and 3189, 1996/1148 and 2235, S.I. 1997/1729 and 2074, and S.S.I. 2000/171, 288 and 2001/160, 358, 394 and 429, and 2002/35 and 234.

[^f00026]: S.I. 1995/540 as amended by S.I. 1995/1763, 2200 and 3205 and 1997/1729 and S.S.I 2000/62, 171 and 288 and 2002/87 and 234.

[^f00027]: S.I. 1995/2148 as amended by S.I. 1995/3205 and S.S.I. 2000/62.

[^f00028]: S.I. 1994/3082 as amended by S.I. 1995/539, 1763, 2200 and 3205, 1996/683 and 1499, S.S.I. 2000/62, 171 and 288 and 2001/160, 358, 394 and 429 and 2002/35.

[^f00029]: S.I. 1995/3205 as amended by S.I 1996/3124, S.S.I. 2000/62, 171 and 288, 2001/358, 394 and 429 and 2002/35.

[^f00030]: S.S.I. 2002/255, amended by S.S.I. 2003/198.

[^f00031]: Shahidi-Ferguson agar – see Shahidi, S. A. and Ferguson, A. R. (1971) Applied Microbiology 21:500–506.American Society for Microbiology, 1913 1 St N.W., Washington DC 20006, USA.

[^f00032]: Motility nitrate medium – see Hauschild AHW, Gilbert RJ, Harmon SM, O'Keefe MF, Vahlefeld R, (1997) ICMSF Methods Study VIII, Canadian Journal of Microbiology 23, 884–892. National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa ON K1A oR6, Canada.

[^f00033]: Lactose gelatin medium – see Hauschild AHW, Gilbert RJ, Harmon SM, O'Keefe MF, Vahlefield R, (1997) ICMSF Methods Study VIII, Canadian Journal of Microbiology 23, 884–892.

[^f00034]: Charcoal gelatin discs – see Mackie and McCartney, (1996) Practical Medical Microbiology 14, 509. Churchill Livingstone, Robert Stevenson House, 1-3 Baxter’s Place, Leith Walk, Edinburgh EH1 3AF.

[^f00035]: The National Collection of Type Cultures, Central Public Health Laboratory, 61 Colindale Ave, London NW9 5HT.

[^f00036]: Buffered Peptone Water – see Edel, W. and Kampelmacher, E.H. (1973) Bulletin of World Health Organisation, 48: 167–174, World Health Organisation Distribution and Sales, CH-1211, Geneva 27, Switzerland (ISSN 0042-9686).

[^f00037]: Rappaports Vassiliadis Broth – see Vassiliadis P, Pateraki E, Papaiconomou N, Papadkis J A, and Trichopoulos D (1976) Annales de Microbiologie (Institut Pasteur) 127B: 195–200. Elsevier, 23 rue Linois, 75724 Paris, Cedex 15, France.

[^f00038]: Brilliant Green Agar – see Edel W and Kampelmacher E H (1969) Bulletin of World Health Organisation 41:297–306, World Health Organisation Distribution and Sales, CH-1211, Geneva 27, Switzerland (ISSN 0042-9686).

[^f00039]: Xylose Lisene Deoxycholate Agar – see Taylor W I, (1965) American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 44:471–475, Lippincott and Raven, 227E Washington Street, Philadelphia PA 19106, USA.

[^f00040]: MacConkey agar – see (1963) International Standards for Drinking Water, World Health Distribution and Sales, CH 1211, Geneva 27, Switzerland.

[^f00041]: Buffered Peptone Water/Lysine/Glucose – see Ogden I D (1988) International Journal of Food Microbiology 7:287 297, Elsevier Science BV, PO Box 211, 1000 AE, Amsterdam, Netherlands (ISSN 0168-1695).

[^f00042]: Selenite Cystine Trimethylamine-N-Oxide Dulcitol – see Easter, M C and Gibson, D M, (1985) Journal of Hygiene 94:245–262, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

[^f00043]: Lysine Decarboxylase Glucose – see Ogden I D (1988) International Journal of Food Microbiology 7:287–297, Elsevier Science BV, PO Box 211, 1000 AE, Amsterdam, Netherlands (ISSN 0168-1695).

[^f00044]: Violet Red Bile Glucose Agar – see Mossell D A A, Eelderink I, Koopmans M, van Rossem F (1978) Laboratory Practice 27 No. 12 1049–1050; Emap Maclaren, PO Box 109, Maclaren House, 19 Scarbrook Road, Croydon CR9 1QH.

[^f00045]: An arithmetic mean of 30 is equivalent to 3x102 colony forming units per gram of original sample.

[^f00046]: O.J. No. L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 14.

[^f00047]: O.J. No. L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 22.

[^f00048]: This Part of the Schedule enforces Commission Decision 2003/320/EC on transitional measures under Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use in feed of used cooking oils, O.J. No. L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 24.

[^f00049]: O.J. L 140 , 30.5.2002, p.10.

[^f00050]: ICES 7 polychlorinated biphenyls.

[^f00051]: This Part of the Schedule implements Commission Decision 2003/321/EC on transitional measures under Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the processing standards mammalian blood, O.J. No. L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 30.

[^f00052]: This Part of the Schedule implements Commission Decision 2003/326/EC on transitional measures under Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the separation of Category 2 and Category 3 oleochemical plants, O.J. No. L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 42.

[^f00053]: This Part of the Schedule implements Commission Decision 2003/327/EC on transitional measures under Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the low capacity incineration or co-incineration plants which do not incinerate or co-incinerate specified risk material or carcases containing them, O.J. No. L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 44.

[^f00054]: S.S.I. 2002/255, amended by S.S.I. 2003/198.

[^f00055]: S.S.I. 2003/[ ]

[^f00056]: S.I. 1995/614, amended by S.I. 1995/1955, 1996/3124, 1977/2073 and S.S.I. 2000/62, 2002/283 and 2003/53.

[^f00057]: 1981 c. 22.

[^f00058]: S.I.. 1996/3124, amended by S.I. 1997/3023, S.I. 1998/994, 1999/663 and as regards Scotland, S.S.I. 2000/62, 171, 288, 2001/169 and 257 and 2002/87. The provisions of S.I. 1996/3124 which apply to products imported from third countries are disapplied by S.S.I. 2002/445, regulation 63(2) and Schedule 7.

[^f00059]: S.S.I. 2000/323, as amended by S.S.I. 2002/493 and 2003/146 and 221.

[^f00060]: S.S.I. 2001/189, as amended by S.S.I. 2002/255.

[^f00061]: O.J. No. L 273, 10.10.2002, p.1, amended by Commission Regulations (EC) No. 808/2003 (O.J. No. L 117, 13.5.2003, p.1), No. 811/2003 (O.J. No. L 117, 13.5.2003, p.14) and No. 883/2003 (O.J. No. L 117, 13.5.2003, p.22).

[^f00062]: S.S.I. 2002/445, as amended by S.S.I. 2002/565 and 2003/165, 225 and 333.

[^f00063]: S.S.I. 2003/[ ].

[^f00064]: S.S.I. 2002/529.

[^f00065]: S.S.I. 2003/[ ]

[^f00066]: S.I. 1999/646, amended by S.S.I. 2001/171.

[^f00067]: S.S.I. 2002/255, amended by S.S.I. 2003/198.

[^f00068]: O.J. No. L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 1.

[^f00069]: O.J. No. L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 14.

[^f00070]: O.J. No. L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 22.

[^f00071]: O.J. No. L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 24.

[^f00072]: O.J. No. L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 30.

[^f00073]: O.J. No. L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 42.

[^f00074]: O.J. No. L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 44.

[^f00075]: 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 (O.J. No. L 147, 31.5.2001, p.1), as amended by Commission Regulations (EC) No. 1248/2001 (O.J. No. L 173, 27.6.2001, p.12), No. 1326/2001 (O.J. No. L 177, 30.6.2001, p.60), No. 270/2002 (O.J. No. L 45, 15.2.2002, p.4), No. 1494/2002 (O.J. No. L 225, 22.8.2002, p.3), No. 260/2003 (O.J. No. L 37, 13.2.2003, p.7) and No. 650/2003 (O.J. L 95, 11.4.2003, p.15).

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In accordance with Article 1 of Regulation (EC) 811/2003 , the prohibition on the feeding of fish with processed animal protein derived from the bodies or parts of bodies of fish of the same species in Article 22(1)(a) of the Community Regulation shall not apply.

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