The Beef and Veal Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Offences

5.—(1) A person who fails to comply with any of the following is guilty of an offence—

(a) the following provisions of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000—

(i) Article 11 (requirement to label);

(ii) Article 13(1) (general rules);

(iii) Article 13(2) (indications on the label);

(iv) Article 13(5) (additional information on the label);

(v) Article 14 (labelling of minced beef);

(vi) Article 15 (beef from third countries);

(vii) Article 16(4) (voluntary labelling);

(viii) Article 17(1) (voluntary labelling of beef from third countries);

(b) the following provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1825/2000—

(i) Article 1 (traceability);

(ii) Article 2 (labelling);

(iii) Article 4 (size and composition of group);

(iv) Article 5(2) (minced beef);

(v) Article 5a (trimmings);

(vi) Article 5b (pre-packaged cut meat);

(vii) Article 5c (non-pre-packaged cut meat);

(viii) Article 6(3) (beef in small retail packages);

(ix) Article 7 (access to premises and records);

(c) the following provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007—

(i) Article 113b (marketing of the meat of bovine animals aged 12 months or less);

(ii) paragraph II of Annex XIa (classification at the slaughterhouse);

(iii) paragraph III of Annex XIa (sales descriptions);

(iv) paragraph IV of Annex XIa (compulsory information on the label);

(v) paragraph V of Annex XIa (optional information on the label);

(vi) paragraph VI of Annex XIa (recording);

(vii) paragraph VIII of Annex XIa (meat from third countries);

(d) the following provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 566/2008—

(i) Article 4(1) (compulsory information on the label);

(ii) Article 4(2) (indication of age);

(iii) Article 5 (recording of information).

(2) For the purposes of paragraph IV (2) of Annex XIa to Council Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007, the required information must be displayed near the meat so as to allow the final consumer to identify it easily, and must be clearly legible.

(3) Records (including electronic records) must be retained for a period of 12 months from the end of the calendar year in which the record was made.