These Regulations prohibit the sale for human consumption of any part of the head of a sheep or goat and of food containing any part of such heads. They also prohibit the sale of any part of such heads for use in the preparation of food for human consumption and the use of any part of such heads in the preparation of food for human consumption (regulation 3). These prohibitions do not apply in relation to the tongue where it is removed from the head immediately after the slaughter of the animal. The prohibitions also do not apply to the heads of sheep or goats which were born, reared and slaughtered in Australia or New Zealand.
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