Diseases of Animals (Feeding and Use of Swill) (Amendment) Order, 1987.
Statutory Instruments
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paragraphs: (1) This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals (Feeding and Use of Swill) (Amendment) Order, 1987, and shall come into operation on the 1st day of June, 1987.
(2) The Principal Order and this Order may be cited together as the Diseases of Animals (Feeding and Use of Swill) Orders, 1985 and 1987.
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paragraphs: (1) In this Order "the Principal Order" means the Diseases of Animals (Feeding and Use of Swill) Order, 1985 ( S.I. No. 153 of 1985 ).
(2) A word or expression used in this Order and used in the Principal Order has the same meaning in this Order as it has in the Principal Order.
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paragraphs: Article 2 of the Principal Order is hereby amended by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of "swill":
"'swill' includes—
(a) any carcase,
(b) any product derived therefrom or any hatchery waste or eggs or egg shells,
(c) any broken or waste foodstuff (including table or kitchen refuse, scraps or waste) whether or not such foodstuff contains, or has been in contact with, any carcase or part thereof.
(d) any waste product of the slaughtering or processing of any animal or poultry where such waste product is derived from such animal or poultry,
(e) any other thing (whether or not such thing has been heated or dried or otherwise treated) consisting of or containing any matter mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this definition,
(f) any other material of animal or poultry origin;".
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paragraphs: Article 2 of the Principal Order is hereby amended by the insertion of the following definition after that of "authorised person":
"'carcase' means the carcase of an animal or bird and includes part of a carcase, and the meat, bones, hide, blood, skin, pelt, hair, fur, wool, feathers, hooves, horns, offal or other part of an animal or bird, separately or otherwise, or any portion thereof;".
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paragraphs: Article 2 of the Principal Order is hereby amended by the insertion of the following definition after that of 'livestock":
"'meal' means meal manufactured from swill by an industrial process the manner and extent of which reduce the structure of the swill by means of heating and drying to a product bearing no macroscopic or microscopic resemblance to the swill from which it was derived and which results in the dry matter content being not less than 85 per cent at the end of such process;".
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paragraphs: Article 3 of the Principal Order is hereby amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (3):
"(3) (a) Subject to subparagraph (b) of this paragraph, a person shall not have any swill in his possession or under his control in or on any land or premises where livestock or poultry are kept.
(b) In any proceedings for an offence in which a contravention of this paragraph is alleged, it shall be a good defence for the defendant to show that the swill to which the alleged offence relates—
(i) was unprocessed swill which was being moved into or was present in the reception area of a registered premises, or
(ii) was processed swill which was processed in a registered premises, or
(iii) was used solely for feeding to animals kept on the same land or premises as the swill, other than livestock so kept, and was possessed in quantities consistent with the normal food demands of such animals, or
(iv) was incidental to the preparation of food for human consumption or consequent on the consumption of such food, or
(v) was incidental to the slaughter of animals or to the preparation of meat at a slaughterhouse or knacker's yard;
provided that, in the case of subparagraph (iii), (iv) or (v), access to such swill is sufficiently restricted by means of a permanent structure so as to ensure that neither livestock nor poultry could gain such access, and that no other animals could remove such swill from the restricted area.".
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paragraphs: Article 8 of the Principal Order is hereby amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph 2:
"(2) (a) An application for registration in the register shall be made to the Minister in writing specifying the person by whom or on whose behalf the application is made (which person is in this Order referred to as "the applicant"), the premises to which the application relates (which premises are in this Article referred to as 'the relevant premises') together with such other particulars (if any) as the Minister may require.