PART 4PIG CARCASES
Exemption for small-scale pig operators13
1
These Regulations do not apply to an operator of an approved slaughterhouse at which not more than 200 clean pigs per week as an annual average are slaughtered.
2
But nothing in paragraph (1) prevents the application of these Regulations in relation to bovine carcases if adult bovine animals are also slaughtered in that operator’s slaughterhouse.
Competent authority etc.: pig carcases14
1
The Secretary of State is the competent authority for the purposes of Article 22(2) of the Commission Regulation (carcase weight).
2
The Secretary of State is responsible for on-the-spot checks as described in Article 24 of the Commission Regulation.
Records instead of marking15
Except where a pig carcase is to be marketed uncut in another member State, an operator may, instead of marking a pig carcase in accordance with Article 21(3) of the Commission Regulation—
a
identify a pig carcase, and
b
complete a record in relation to that carcase,
as provided for by Article 21(4) of that Regulation.
Records: pig carcases16
1
An operator of an approved slaughterhouse must keep a record of the particulars specified in Schedule 4 relating to each pig carcase which is classified in that slaughterhouse.
2
The operator must retain each record for a period of 12 months from the end of the calendar year to which the record relates.