Animals and Animal Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. No. 54 of 2016).

The Regulations implement for Northern Ireland Community legislation on the use in stockfarming of certain substances having hormonal or thyrostatic action and of beta-agonist on animal products and on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products. The Regulations, among other things: (a) prohibit the sale, possession or administration to animals of specified unauthorized substances; (b) prohibit the possession, slaughter or processing the meat of, animals intended for human consumption which contain, or which have been administered with, specified unauthorized substances; (c) prohibit the sale or supply for slaughter of animals if the appropriate withdrawal period has not expired and prohibit supply for slaughter or, subject to exceptions, the sale, of animals or the sale of animal products which contain unauthorized substances or an excess of authorized substances; and (d) prohibit, subject to an exception, the disposal for human or animal consumption of slaughtered animals containing specified unauthorized substances.