The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Marking of Meat, Meat Preparations and Meat Products) Regulations 2002

Amendment to Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1994

2.—(1) The Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1994(1) are amended in so far as they extend to England in accordance with this regulation.

(2) For regulation 10(3) there is substituted—

“(3) Any person who sells for human consumption any meat product manufactured or re-wrapped in Great Britain shall ensure that it carries—

(a) the British EC health Mark; or

(b) the circular mark referred to in Paragraph 3 of Part VI of Schedule 2 to these Regulations; or

(c) the British national health mark,

in each case applied in accordance with Part VI of Schedule 2.”.

(3) Regulation 10(4) is revoked.

(4) For paragraphs 3A and 3B of Part VI of Schedule 2 there is substituted—

“3A.— (1) Notwithstanding paragraphs 1 to 3 above, meat products made from fresh meat originating from animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biungulates slaughtered in Great Britain from 1st February 2001 to 23rd January 2002 or containing meat from those species of animals and processed in Great Britain during that period shall be marked with a stamp consisting of a circular mark containing—

(a) in the upper part the letters “GB”; and

(b) in the lower part the meat product premises code.

(2) Meat products referred to in paragraph (1) which have undergone one of the treatments laid down in Article 4(1) of Council Directive 80/215/EEC or which have been subjected during preparation uniformly throughout the substance to a pH value of less than 6 may be marked either in accordance with this paragraph or in accordance with paragraph 1 to 3 above.

(3) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to meat products made from fresh meat eligible for dispatch in accordance with Commission Decision 2001/172/EEC (concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom)(2), Commission Decision 2001/356/EC (concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom and repealing Decision 2001/172/EC)(3) or Commission Decision 2001/740/EC (concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom and repealing Decision 2001/356/EC)(4).”.

(1)

S.I. 1994/3082 as amended by S.I. 1995/1763, 1995/2200, 1996/1499, 2000/656, 2000/790, 2000/225, 2000/2215, 2001/1512 and 2001/1771.

(2)

OJ No. L62, 2.3.2001, p. 22.

(3)

OJ No. L125, 5.5.2001, p. 46.

(4)

OJ No. L277, 20.10.2001, p. 30.