The Beef Bones (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

Bone-in beef

3.  For regulation 3 there shall be substituted the following regulation—

Bone-in beef

3.(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a person shall not use any bone-in beef in the preparation, in the course of a business, of any food or ingredient for human consumption.

(2) The prohibition in paragraph (1) shall not apply to the use of bone-in beef in the production of food for sale direct to the ultimate consumer at the premises where the production takes place, including the case where the sale involves delivery of take-away food.

(3) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall prohibit the processing or treatment of bone-in beef for sale as such..