The Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

Special identification mark for untreated meat from restricted animals and Newcastle disease restricted poultry N.I.

1.  The identification mark for untreated meat from restricted animals must be— N.I.

(a) a diagonal cross, superimposed on the health mark or identification mark applied under article 5 of Regulation (EC) 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin(1) or article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2076/2005 laying down transitional arrangements for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004, (EC) No.854/2004 and (EC) No.882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Regulations (EC) No. 853/2004 and (EC) No. 854/2004(2), consisting of two straight lines intersecting at the centre of the stamp and enabling the information on the existing mark to remain legible, or

(b) a single oval stamp, 6.5 cm wide and 4.5 cm high, upon which the following information is legible:

[F1 (i) on its upper part the letters UK(NI);]

(ii) in the centre, the approval number of the slaughterhouse or game handling establishment;

(iii) on the lower part, the letters EC;

(iv) two straight lines crossing at the centre of the stamp in such a way that the information is not obscured;

(v) information which identifies the veterinarian who inspected the meat.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 3 para. 1(b)(i) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agriculture, Animals and Aquaculture (Health, Identification, Welfare, Trade etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/324), regs. 1(3), 13

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 para. 1 in operation at 21.11.2008, see reg. 1

2.  If the single oval stamp referred to in paragraph (1)(b) is used— N.I.

(a) the letters must be at least 0.8 cm high;

(b) the figures must be at least 1 cm high; and

(c) the application of the mark must be supervised by a veterinary inspector.

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. 3 para. 2 in operation at 21.11.2008, see reg. 1

3.  Restricted meat from poultry must be marked with an identification mark which is— N.I.

F2 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3 ...

(b) the mark described in the Annex to Commission Decision 2007/118/EC laying down detailed rules in relation to an alternative identification mark pursuant to Council Directive 2002/99/EC(3)

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 3 para. 3(a) omitted (11.4.2019) by virtue of The Animal Health and Welfare (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/82), reg. 1, Sch. 3 para. 31(a)

F3 Word in Sch. 3 para. 3 omitted (11.4.2019) by virtue of The Animal Health and Welfare (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/82), reg. 1, Sch. 3 para. 31(b)

Commencement Information

I3 Sch. 3 para. 3 in operation at 21.11.2008, see reg. 1

4.  The identification mark may be applied according to the methods in paragraphs 9, 10, 11 and 13 of section 1 (c) of Annex II to Regulation EC No. 853/2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin(4) N.I.

Commencement Information

I4 Sch. 3 para. 4 in operation at 21.11.2008, see reg. 1

(1)

OJ No.L 226, 25.6.2004, p.22

(2)

OJ No.L 338, 22.12.2005, p.83

(3)

OJ No.L 51, 20.02.2007, p.19

(4)

OJ No.L 226, 25.06.2004, p.22