Foot And Mouth Disease (Prohibition Of Exhibition And Sale Of Animals) (Amendment) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 275 of 2001)

S.I. No. 227 of 2001 Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Prohibition on the Use of Swill) (Amendment) Order, 2001 I, Joe Walsh, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 13 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966) as adapted by the Agriculture and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1999 (S.I. No. 307 of 1999)), hereby order as follows: 1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Prohibition on the Use of Swill) (Amendment) Order, 2001. (2) In this Order, “Principal Order” means the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Prohibition on the Use of Swill) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 104 of 2001). 2. (1) Articles 3 and 4 of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Prohibition on the Use of Swill) Order, 2001(S.I. No. 104 of 2001) shall not apply to the collection or feeding of swill that consists of or contains – (a) cereal grains, (b) edible material of plant or vegetable origin, (c) bread and dough (including biscuits), or (d) chocolate that is a product or by-product of brewing, baking or another industrial process and has not been mixed with or been in contact with an animal, animal product or any thing to which paragraphs (a), (b), (d) or (e) of Article 2 of the Principal Order applies. (2) Paragraph (1) of this Article shall not apply to domestic, catering or restaurant waste or by-products. GIVEN under My Official Seal, 24 May, 2001 L.S. Joe Walsh Minister for Agriculture, Food And Rural Development EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) This Order amends Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Prohibition on the Use of Swill) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 104 of 2001), to permit the feeding of swill containing certain non-animal products, to animals under stringent conditions. Pn 10014 Published by the Stationery Office, Dublin 2 Price £0.40 (€0.51)