Agriculture Act 1967

7 Systems of classifying meat, and codes of practice for butchers.

(1) With a view to assisting persons buying meat by retail the Commission may compile—

(a) systems of classifying meat and of marking and labelling it in accordance with the classification, and

(b) standard codes of practice for the way in which meat is cut for sale by retail and for the way in which the cuts of meat are described,

and may take such steps as appear to them appropriate to encourage the use of the systems of classification and standard codes in all retail meat undertakings.

(2) The Commission may operate any system compiled by them under this section.

(3) References in this section to labelling meat include references to labelling it by means of any mark, label, tag or ticket made on, attached to or displayed with the meat, and, without prejudice to the construction of the expression " label " in section 6 of the [1955 c. 16.] Food and Drugs Act 1955 or in section 6 of the [1956 c. 30.] Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956 or elsewhere, that expression in section 6 of the said Acts shall include any such mark, label, tag or ticket.