The Beef and Veal Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Offences N.I.

5.—(1) A person who fails to comply with any of the following is guilty of an offence—

(a) the following provisions of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000—

(i) Article 11 (requirement to label);

(ii) Article 13(1) (general rules);

(iii) Article 13(2) (indications on the label);

(iv) Article 13(5) (additional information on the label);

(v) Article 14 (labelling of minced beef);

(vi) Article 15 (beef from third countries);

F1 (vii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F1 (viii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) the following provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1825/2000—

(i) Article 1 (traceability);

(ii) Article 2 (labelling);

(iii) Article 4 (size and composition of group);

(iv) Article 5(2) (minced beef);

(v) Article 5a (trimmings);

(vi) Article 5b (pre-packaged cut meat);

(vii) Article 5c (non-pre-packaged cut meat);

F2 (viii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(ix) Article 7 (access to premises and records);

[F3 (c) the following provisions of the Regulation (EU) 2013—

(i) Article 78 and paragraph II of Part I of Annex VII (classification of bovine animals aged less than 12 months at the slaughterhouse);

(ii) Article 78 and paragraph III of Part I of Annex VII (sales descriptions);

(iii) Article 78 and paragraph IV of Part I of Annex VII (compulsory indication on the label);

(iv) Article 78 and paragraph V of Part I of Annex VII (recording).]

(d) the following provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 566/2008—

(i) Article 4(1) (compulsory information on the label);

(ii) Article 4(2) (indication of age);

(iii) Article 5 (recording of information).

(2) For the purposes of [F4 paragraph IV(2) of Part I of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2013,] the required information must be displayed near the meat so as to allow the final consumer to identify it easily, and must be clearly legible.

(3) Records (including electronic records) must be retained for a period of 12 months from the end of the calendar year in which the record was made.

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 5(1)(a)(vii)(viii) omitted (17.12.2018) by virtue of The Beef and Veal Labelling (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/191), regs. 1(1), 2(3)

F2 Reg. 5(1)(b)(viii) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Agriculture, Food and Horse (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/347), regs. 1, 5(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Reg. 5(1)(c) substituted (21.3.2014) by The Single Common Market Organisation (Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/92), regs. 1, 3(4)(a)

F4 Words in reg. 5(2) substituted (21.3.2014) by The Single Common Market Organisation (Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/92), regs. 1, 3(4)(b)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 5 in operation at 17.5.2010, see reg. 1