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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
I1Reg. 2 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1(1)
OJ No L 304, 22.11.11, p 18, last amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 78/2014 (OJ No L 27, 30.1.14, p 7).
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