The Beef Carcase (Classification) (Amendment) Regulations 1994

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

1.  These Regulations, which extend to Great Britain, make a number of textual changes to the Beef Carcase (Classification) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2242).

2.  Schedule 3 to and parts of regulations 5 and 6 of those Regulations, which also extend to Great Britain, were enacted to give effect to the last sentence of Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 344/91 (OJ No. L41, 14.2.91, p.15), which provision enabled beef carcases to be stamped on the inside surface. That provision was amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2191/93 (OJ No. L196, 5.8.93, p.17) and all beef carcases are now by virtue of the said Article 1(1) required to be marked or labelled on the outside surface.

3.  These Regulations revoke the provisions of S.I. 1991/2242 referred to in paragraph 2 above (together with a definition in regulation 2(1) of that instrument relevant only to those provisions) and all beef carcases must now under the said instrument be marked or labelled on the outside surface.

4.  In addition, these Regulations—

(a) amend the definition of Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 344/91 found in regulation 2(1) of S.I. 1991/2242 in the light of the aforementioned amendment to it;

(b) substitute, in the said regulation 2(1), revised definitions of “regulated carcase”, “regulated slaughterhouse” and “veterinary approval number” in the light of the enactment of the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2037); and

(c) correct textual inaccuracies in regulations 5, 6 and 14(2)(a) of S.I. 1991/2242.