Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. No. 357 of 2007).

These Regulations regulate, in respect of Northern Ireland, for purposes of control of foot-and-mouth disease, a wide variety of matters regarding trade in and handling of live animals, handling and storage of reproductive material, trade in and handling of meat and slaughtering. These matters include: (a) the dispatch of live animals; (b) the dispatch of meat from bovine, ovine caprine and porcine animals; (c) the dispatch of semen, ova or embryos of animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biungulates; (d) the dispatch of hides and skins; and (e) the dispatch of various other animal products. In addition, the Regulations apply HACCP and another auditable standard operating procedure to milk and meat processing, provide powers for enforcement and create offences.