Volume 14: Responsibilities for Human and Animal Health
Table of Contents

1 Introduction
   Background
   The legislative process
   The legislative framework
   Separate legislative frameworks in Scotland and Northern Ireland

2 Identification and control of animals showing symptoms of disease
   Introduction
   Identification of disease
   Notification of disease
   Control measures
   Cattle identification and tracing
   Slaughter and compensation
   Enforcement

3 Red meat hygiene at the slaughterhouse
   Introduction
   Regulation of the slaughterhouse
   Regulation of the production of meat for human consumption
   Meat hygiene and inspection
   Annex to Chapter 3: The treatment of meat found to be unfit for human consumption

4 Red meat hygiene after the slaughterhouse
   Introduction
   Food Act 1984
   Policy responsibilities for food safety
   The Food Safety Act 1990

5 The treatment of material deemed unfit for human consumption
   Introduction
   Regulation of the handling of unfit meat

6 Animal feed
   Introduction
   Regulation of the production of animal feed

7 Human and veterinary medicines and cosmetics
   Introduction
   Medicinal products: responsibilities
   Medicinal products: the licensing regime
   Medical devices
   Cosmetics

8 Pollution control and waste disposal
   Introduction
   PART I: THE LEGISLATION IN FORCE AT 1986
   Animal waste and pollution on farms at 1986
   PART II: POST-1986 CHANGES TO WASTE AND POLLUTION CONTROL
   Waste and pollution legislation in Great Britain post-1986
   Conclusions

9 Occupational health: The Health and Safety at Work Etc Act 1974
   Introduction
   Health and Safety at Work Etc Act 1974
   The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
   Enforcement of the 1974 Act

Glossary

Who's who

Index