Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627Dangos y teitl llawn

ANNEX II U.K. PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE HEALTH MARK IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 48

[F1 1.

The health mark must be an oval mark at least 6.5 cm wide by 4.5 cm high bearing the following information in perfectly legible characters:

(a)

when applied in an establishment located in Great Britain, the abbreviation “UK” or “GB” or the words “UNITED KINGDOM”;

(b)

when applied in an establishment located in Northern Ireland, abbreviation “UK(NI)” or the words “UNITED KINGDOM (NORTHERN IRELAND)”;

(c)

when applied in an establishment located in a third country, the name of the country in which the establishment is located, which may be written out in full in capitals or shown as a two-letter code in accordance with the relevant ISO code;

(d)

the approval number of the slaughterhouse.

Products imported into Great Britain from establishments located outside the United Kingdom must not be marked in any way which indicates or suggests that they were produced in the United Kingdom.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Annex 2 para. 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 16(27)(a) (with regs. 33-36)

2. Letters must be at least 0,8 cm high and figures at least 1 cm high. The dimensions of the characters and the mark may be reduced for the health marking of lamb, kids and piglets. U.K.

3. The ink used for health marking must be authorised in accordance with [F2 the legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain] on the use of colouring substances in foodstuffs. U.K.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Annex 2 para. 3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 16(27)(b) (with regs. 33-36)

4. The health mark may also include an indication of the official veterinarian who carried out the health inspection of the meat. U.K.