PART VMISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY

Minced meat and meat preparations from Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands15

1

No person shall sell for human consumption any minced meat or meat preparation produced or stored in a place to which this regulation applies and intended for consignment to a relevant EEA State unless any such production or storage in that place was in accordance with legislation having effect in that place and corresponding to the provisions of these Regulations concerning the consignment or sale for consignment of such products to a relevant EEA State for human consumption.

2

No person shall sell for human consumption in Great Britain any minced meat or meat preparation which has been produced or stored in a place to which this regulation applies unless such production or storage in that place was in accordance with legislation having effect in that place and corresponding to the provisions of these Regulations concerning the sale of such products for human consumption in Great Britain.

3

The places to which this regulation applies are Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

Amendments16

1

After regulation 3(2)(g) of the Food Premises (Registration) Regulations 1991 there shall be added—

h

as premises, approved under regulation 4 of the Minced Meat and Meat Preparations (Hygiene) Regulations 1995, producing minced meat or meat preparations for export to another State (other than Iceland) which is a Contracting Party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2 May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17 March 1993.

2

In Part III of Schedule 2 to the Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1994—

a

paragraph 1(3) shall be replaced by—

3

Meat obtained from premises granted derogations under Directive 91/498/EEC, or from the low throughout premises referred to in regulation 2 of the Poultry Meat, Farmed Game Bird Meat and Rabbit Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995 or the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995—

a

may be held in approved meat products premises provided that it is stored separately from meat bearing an EC health mark; and

b

may be used in the same place or at the same time as meat bearing an EC health mark, provided that, in the case of meat fom derogated premises, an authorisation in accordance with regulation 18 has been obtained, but meat products obtained from such meat shall not bear the British EC health mark.

b

in paragraph 3(a)—

i

“Directive 88/657/EEC” shall be replaced by “the Minced Meat and Meat Preparations (Hygiene) Regulations 1995”, and

ii

the words “that Directive” shall be replaced in both places where they occur by “those Regulations”.

3

In regulation 3 of the Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations 199513, after paragraph (2)(1) there shall be inserted—

m

the Minced Meat and Meat Preparations (Hygiene) Regulations 1995.

4

In regulation 20(4) of the Poultry Meat Regulations, “(1) or” shall be deleted.

5

In the Wild Game Meat Regulations—

a

in regulation 16(4) “paragraphs (1) and” shall be replaced by “paragraph”; and

b

in regulation 19(1), after “regulation 3” there shall be inserted “, regulation 12(1)(e)”.

6

After regulation 3(2)(k) of the Food Safety (Temperature Control) Regulations 199514 there shall be added—

l

the Minced Meat and Meat Preparations (Hygiene) Regulations 1995.