Amendment to the Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1994
3.—(1) The Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1994(1) are amended in accordance with paragraph (2) below in so far as they extend to England.
(2) The following paragraph is substituted for paragraph 2(a) of Part IX of Schedule 2–
“2.—(a) The meat product to be used in the prepared meal shall as soon as it has been cooked–
(i)be mixed with the other ingredients as soon as practically possible; in that event the time during which the temperature of the meat product is between 10°C and 60°C shall not exceed two hours,
(ii)be refrigerated to 10°C or less before being mixed with the other ingredients, or
(iii)be cooled and mixed with the other ingredients in such a way (to be specified in the approval document for the establishment concerned) that the time during which the temperature of the meat product is between 10°C and 60°C is kept to a minimum;”.