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The Heads of Sheep and Goats (Treatment and Disposal) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Northern Ireland Statutory Rule 1996 No. 428 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
14 September 1996
In force from
16 September 1996
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Food, consumer protection, trading standards, product safety and age-restricted sales

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Regulations prohibit the sale for human consumption of any part of the head of a sheep or goat and of food containing any part of such heads. They also prohibit the sale of any part of such heads for use in the preparation of food for human consumption and the use of any part of such heads in the preparation of food for human consumption (regulation 3). These prohibitions do not apply in relation to the tongue where it is removed from the head immediately after the slaughter of the animal. The prohibitions also do not apply to the heads of sheep or goats which were born, reared and slaughtered in Australia or New Zealand. The heads of sheep and goats are, subject to certain exceptions, required to be removed immediately after slaughter, stained, and disposed of in the same way as specified bovine material (regulations 4 to 6). For this purpose certain provisions of the Specified Bovine Material (Treatment and Disposal) (No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, are applied in relation to sheep and goats heads.

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