Bovines and Bovine Products (Trade) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Regulations 2(2) and 8(7), (8), (9), (10) and (11)

SCHEDULE 3 Additional mark for the export of relevant goods

1.  The additional mark for application to meat using a marking instrument shall consist of an elongated hexagonal mark, with two parallel straight sides of 4·5 cm length, 4·5 cm apart and joined by two shorter sides of equal length to form a point at each end, so that the mark is 8·5 cm long from point to point; bearing on the upper part the initials XAP and in the lower part the XAP number of the establishment at which the mark is applied, e.g. 25/1, the letters and figures being at least 1·0 centimetres high, legible and indelible.

An example follows:

2.—(1) The additional mark to be borne on labels to be applied to bulk packaging shall consist of a mark in the form described in paragraph 1 of this Schedule together with the following statement “the contents of this package/box were produced in accordance with Council Decision 98/256/EC”; and each such label shall have a unique sequential serial number.

(2) An additional mark to be borne on labels or be applied on bulk packaging must be applied in such a way that they are destroyed when the package is opened or the packaging must be constructed so that it may not be re-used once opened.

3.—(1) The additional mark to be borne on labels to be applied to packaging of goods intended for supply direct to the final consumer shall, subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, consist of a mark in the form described in paragraph 1 of this Schedule; and each such label shall have a unique sequential serial number.

(2) The dimensional requirements described in paragraph 1 do not apply and the additional statement required for bulk packaging is not required.

(3) An additional mark to be borne on labels to be applied to the packaging must be applied in such a way that it is destroyed when the package is opened, or the packaging must be constructed so that it may not be re-used once opened.

4.—(1) The additional mark to be applied to the wrapper of an individually wrapped product, or the packaging of an individually wrapped and packaged product, by pre-printing, ink stamping or branding, shall, subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, consist of a mark in the form described in paragraph 1 of this Schedule.

(2) The dimensional requirements described in paragraph 1 of this Schedule do not apply, the additional statement required for bulk packaging is not required and the sequential serial numbering referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Schedule is not required; but the mark must be applied in such a way that it is destroyed when the wrapper or package is opened, or the wrapper or packaging must be constructed so that it may not be re-used once opened.

(3) An individually wrapped and packaged product marked with an additional mark which does not bear a sequential serial number shall be despatched in bulk packaging which is sealed with serially numbered health mark labels and an additional mark as described in paragraph 2 of this Schedule.