Animal By-Products

The Animal By-Products Regulations (NI) 2003 (SR No. 495) came into operation in Northern Ireland on 3 December 2003. It provides for the administration and enforcement of Regulation (EC) No.1774/2002, which lays down "health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption". The purpose of the legislation is to safeguard public and animal health by ensuring the safe collection, transport

Copies of the EU Regulation may be obtained from http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/by-prods/legislation.htm

Copies of the Animal By-Products Regulations (NI) 2003 No. 495 may be obtained from The Stationary Office at http://www.hmso.gov.uk/sr/sr2003/20030495.htm