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Meat Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Meat

Food labelling

Food safety

Food standards

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2016-09-13

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These Regulations, which revoke, and replace in part, the Meat Products and Spreadable Fish Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984, as amended –define various expressions used in the Regulations (regulation 2);specify the scope of the Regulations (regulation 3);prohibit the use of specified names in the labelling or advertising of meat products if the products do not satisfy specific compositional requirements and the sale of food labelled in contravention of that prohibition (regulation 4 and Schedule 2);prescribe that, save in specified cases, where meat products of a specified appearance are sold the name used as the name of the food in the labelling of the products must include an indication of any added ingredients of animal origin and of any other added ingredients not falling into specified categories (regulation 5 and Schedule 3);subject to an exception, prohibit the sale of uncooked meat products which include amongst their ingredients specified parts of the carcase of any mammalian species of animal (regulation 6);prescribe penalties for breach of the Regulations and allocate responsibility for their enforcement and execution (regulation 7);apply specified provisions of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 for the purposes of the Regulations (regulation 8);amend the Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, as amended, by –adding to regulation 2(1) (interpretation) a definition of “meat product”, andin regulation 23 (food which is not prepacked and similar food, and fancy confectionery products) adding, as an exception to that regulation, a new paragraph (2)(c) providing that, in the case of meat products other than specified ones, which are not prepacked or which are prepacked for direct sale, a declaration is required in accordance with regulation 5(bA) of the 1996 Regulations as to the quantity of certain ingredients or categories of ingredients (regulation 9); andinclude a transitional provision relating to offences under the Regulations committed before 1st August 2004 and a defence in relation to food intended for export (regulation 10).

Meat Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Regulations

The Products Containing Meat etc. Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

reg. 10(a)

reg. 1

Scope3

1

Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), these Regulations apply to food which is ready for delivery to the ultimate consumer or to a catering establishment.

2

These Regulations shall not apply in respect of any food which is –

a

not intended for sale for human consumption; or

b

marked or labelled with a clear indication that the food is intended exclusively for consumption by babies or young children.

3

Regulation 4 (restrictions on the use of certain names) shall not apply in respect of any food which is –

a

brought into Northern Ireland from –

i

an EEA State (other than the United Kingdom), or

ii

another part of the United Kingdom,

in which it was lawfully sold, having been lawfully produced in an EEA State; or

b

brought into Northern Ireland from –

i

a member State (other than the United Kingdom), or

ii

another part of the United Kingdom,

in which it was lawfully sold, having been lawfully produced in a member State, or in which it was in free circulation and lawfully sold.

4

For the purposes of paragraph (3) –

“EEA State” means a State which is a Contracting Party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area7 signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol8 signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993;
“free circulation” has the same meaning as in Article 24 of the Treaty establishing the European Community;
“member State” means a State which is a member of the European Community.