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Enforcement of marketing and labelling requirements

5.—(1) Any person engaged in the marketing of beef or veal who fails to comply with any provision listed in Schedule 1 to these Regulations (Community marketing and labelling provisions) is guilty of an offence.

(2) Where beef or veal has been labelled and marketed in a manner that does not comply with these Regulations, an authorised officer may serve a notice on the person in possession of the beef or veal requiring its removal from sale until the label is removed or until it is re-labelled in accordance with these Regulations.

(3) A notice under paragraph (2) may authorise the beef or veal to be sent directly for processing into products other than those indicated in the first indent of Article 12 of Regulation 1760/2000 (definition of “beef”).

(4) Any person who fails to comply with a notice under paragraph (2) is guilty of an offence.

(5) In paragraph (1) “marketing” includes the supply of beef or veal, otherwise than on sale, in the course of a business.