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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Country of Origin of Certain Meats (England) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st April 2015.
(2) These Regulations apply to England only.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 1 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1(1)
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;
“authorised officer” means a person authorised by an enforcement authority (within the meaning of the Act) for the purposes of these Regulations;
“batch” has the meaning given in Article 2(2)(b);
“batch code” means any existing mark on a label or packaging, such as a date mark or lot number, which a food business operator can demonstrate, when cross referenced with other information, allows them to identify the origins of the meat;
“Commission Regulation” means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1337/2013 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the indication of the country of origin or place of provenance for fresh, chilled and frozen meat of swine, sheep, goats and poultry;
“food authority” means—
a county council;
a metropolitan district council;
a non-metropolitan district council for an area for which there is no county council;
a London borough council;
the Common Council of the City of London (in their capacity as a local authority); and
the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
“food business operator” has the meaning given in point 3 of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
“mass caterer” has the meaning given in Article 2(2)(d) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers(1);
“trimmings” has the meaning given in Article 2(2)(a).
(2) Except as otherwise provided, any reference in these Regulations to an Article is a reference to an Article of the Commission Regulation.
(3) Any reference in these Regulations to the Commission Regulation is a reference to that Regulation as amended from time to time.
Commencement Information
I2Reg. 2 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1(1)
3. Each food authority in its area or district is the competent authority for the purposes of—
(a)the third sub-paragraph of Article 5(1) (labelling of meat where specified rearing period not attained in any [F1single] country); and
(b)Article 5(2) (labelling of meat where “origin” indicated on the label).
Textual Amendments
F1Word in reg. 3(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Food (Amendment) (England) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/150), regs. 1, 6; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Commencement Information
I3Reg. 3 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1(1)
4.—(1) These Regulations are enforced by each food authority within its area and by each port health authority within its district.
(2) In this regulation “port health authority” means—
(a)in relation to the London port health district (within the meaning given by section 7(1) of the Public Health (Control of Diseases) Act 1984(2)), the Common Council of the City of London;
(b)in relation to any port health district constituted by order under section 2(3) of that Act, the port health authority for that district constituted by order under section 2(4) of that Act.
Commencement Information
I4Reg. 4 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1(1)
5.—(1) A food business operator must keep a record of information under the identification and registration system required by Article 3 (traceability).
(2) A food business operator must retain each record for a period of 12 months from the end of the calendar year to which the record relates.
Commencement Information
I5Reg. 5 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1(1)
6.—(1) Section 10(1) and (2) of the Act (improvement notices) applies with the modification (in the case of section 10(1)) specified in Part 1 of the Schedule for the purposes of—
(a)enabling an improvement notice to be served on a person requiring the person to comply with—
(i)any of Articles 3 to 6 and 8 of the Commission Regulation; or
(ii)regulation 5; and
(b)making the failure to comply with a notice referred to in sub-paragraph (a) an offence.
(2) Section 32 of the Act (powers of entry)(3) applies, with the modifications specified in Part 2 of the Schedule, for the purposes of enabling an authorised officer—
(a)to exercise a power of entry to ascertain whether there is, or has been, any contravention of any of Articles 3 to 6 and 8 of the Commission Regulation;
(b)to exercise a power of entry to ascertain whether there is any evidence of any contravention of such a provision; and
(c)when exercising a power of entry under the provisions of section 32 as applied by this paragraph, to exercise the powers in subsections (5) and (6) relating to records.
(3) Section 37(1) and (6) of the Act (appeals) applies with the modifications specified in Part 3 of the Schedule for the purpose of enabling a decision to serve a notice referred to in paragraph (1)(a) to be appealed.
(4) Section 39 of the Act (appeals against improvement notices) applies with the modifications specified in Part 4 of the Schedule for the purpose of dealing with appeals against a decision to serve a notice referred to in paragraph (1)(a).
(5) The provisions of the Act specified in the first column of the table in Part 5 of the Schedule apply with the modifications specified in the second column of that table for the purposes of these Regulations.
Commencement Information
I6Reg. 6 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1(1)
7.—(1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—
(a)carry out a review of these Regulations;
(b)set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and
(c)publish the report.
(2) In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how the Commission Regulation (which is implemented by means of these Regulations) is implemented in other member States.
(3) The report must, in particular—
(a)set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by these Regulations;
(b)assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; and
(c)assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.
(4) The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force.
(5) Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.
Commencement Information
I7Reg. 7 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1(1)
8.—(1) An authorised officer of a food authority must not serve on a person an improvement notice relating to a failure to comply with the second subparagraph of Article 5(1), Article 6 or Article 7 of the Commission Regulation if—
(a)the improvement notice would relate to a product that was placed on the market before IP completion day; and
(b)the matter would not have constituted a failure to comply with those provisions of the Commission Regulation as that Regulation had effect in EU law immediately before IP completion day.
(2) An authorised officer of a food authority must not serve on a person an improvement notice relating to a failure to comply with the second subparagraph of Article 5(1), Article 6 or Article 7 of the Commission Regulation if—
(a)the improvement notice would relate to a product placed on the market [F3before 1 January 2024];
(b)the product bears one of the indications provided for in the second subparagraph of Article 5(1), Article 6 or Article 7 of the Commission Regulation as those provisions had effect in EU law immediately before IP completion day; and
(c)the use of the indication would not constitute a failure to comply with those provisions of the Commission Regulation as that Regulation had effect in EU law immediately before IP completion day.
(3) In this regulation, “improvement notice” means an improvement notice pursuant to regulation 6(1).]
Textual Amendments
F2Reg. 8 inserted (27.5.2021) by The Food and Drink (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Food and Wine Composition, Information and Labelling) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/632), regs. 1, 3
F3Words in reg. 8(2)(a) substituted (30.9.2022) by The Food Information (Amendment of Transitional Provisions) (England) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/938), regs. 1(1), 8
George Eustice
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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