The Poultry Meat, Farmed Game Bird Meat and Rabbit Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1994

1.  In relation to the fresh meat of birds—

(a) fresh meat shall be transported by means of transport fitted with a hermetic closing system or, in the case of such fresh meat imported from or transiting through a third country, in a sealed means of transport, designed and equipped in such a way that the temperatures specified in Schedule 12 are maintained throughout transportation;

(b) means of transport intended for transporting such fresh meat shall meet the following requirements:

(i) their inside surfaces shall be smooth and easy to clean and disinfect;

(ii) they shall be provided with efficient devices for protecting the meat against insects and dust and be watertight;

(c) means of transport intended for transporting meat shall in no case be used for transporting live animals or any products likely to affect or contaminate meat;

(d) no other product likely to affect the hygiene of the fresh meat or to contaminate it shall be transported at the same time as the fresh meat in the same means of transport.Packaged meat shall be transported in separate means of transport from unpackaged meat unless an adequate physical separation within the same means of transport is provided so as to protect the unpackaged meat;

(e) fresh meat shall not be transported in a vehicle or container which is not clean and has not been disinfected;

(f) the occupier shall ensure that transport vehicles and loading conditions are such as to enable the hygiene requirements of this Schedule to be complied with.