Article 3U.K.
1.Poultry carcases shall, in order to be marketed in accordance with this Regulation, be presented for sale in one of the following forms:
partially eviscerated (‘effilé’, ‘roped’),
with giblets,
without giblets.
The word ‘eviscerated’ may be added.
2.Partially eviscerated carcases are carcases from which the heart, liver, lungs, gizzard, crop, and kidneys have not been removed.
3.For all carcase presentations, if the head is not removed, trachea, oesophagus and crop may remain in the carcase.
4.Giblets shall comprise only the following:
The heart, neck, gizzard and liver, and all other parts considered as edible by the market on which the product is intended for final consumption. Livers shall be without gall bladders. The gizzard shall be without the horned membrane, and the contents of the gizzard shall have been removed. The heart may be with or without the pericardial sac. If the neck remains attached to the carcase, it is not considered as one of the giblets.
Where one of these four organs is customarily not included with the carcase for sale, its absence shall be mentioned on the labelling.
5.In addition to complying with national legislation [F1made in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011], the following further indications shall be shown on the accompanying commercial documents [F2referred to in Article 8(7) of that Regulation]:
F3(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)the condition in which the poultry meat is marketed in accordance with [F4points 2(2) to (4) of Part 5 of Annex 7 to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013] and the recommended storage temperature.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 3(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products and Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1422), regs. 1, 8(4)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 3(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products and Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1422), regs. 1, 8(4)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)