Enforcement authorities
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4. These Regulations are enforced by—
(a)Food Standards Scotland, for the purposes of ascertaining whether there is or has been any contravention of these Regulations in slaughterhouses and cutting plants; and
(b)local authorities, for the purposes of ascertaining whether there is or has been any contravention of these Regulations in retail establishments within the meaning of Regulation (EC) 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin(1) other than wholesalers which are also cutting plants.
(1)
OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p 55, last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1137/2014 (OJ L 307, 28.10.2014, p.28).