Offences under European legislationE+W
4.—(1) Any person who fails to comply with any of the following provisions in EU legislation is guilty of an offence—
(a)the following provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and the Council—
(i)Article 11 (requirement to label);
(ii)Article 13(1) (general rules);
(iii)Article 13(2) (indications on the label);
(iv)Article 13(5) (additional information on the label);
(v)Article 14 (labelling of minced beef);
(vi)Article 15 (beef from third countries);
(vii)Article 16(4) (voluntary labelling);
(viii)Article 17(1) (voluntary labelling of beef from third countries);
(b)the following provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1825/2000—
(i)Article 1 (traceability);
(ii)Article 2 (labelling);
(iii)Article 4 (size and composition of a group);
(iv)Article 5(2) (minced beef);
(v)Article 5a (trimmings);
(vi)Article 5b (pre-packaged cut meat);
(vii)Article 5c (non-pre-packaged cut meat);
(viii)Article 6(3) (beef in small retail packages);
(ix)Article 7 (access to premises and records);
(c)the following provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007—
(i)Article 113b (marketing of the meat of bovine animals aged 12 months or less);
(ii)Paragraph II of Annex X1a (classification at the slaughterhouse);
(iii)Paragraph III of Annex X1a (sales descriptions);
(iv)Paragraph IV of Annex X1a (compulsory information on the label);
(v)Paragraph V of Annex X1a (optional information on the label);
(vi)Paragraph VI of Annex X1a (recording);
(vii)Paragraph VIII of Annex X1a (meat from third countries);
(d)the following provision of Commission Regulation (EC) No 566/2008—
(i)Article 4(1) (compulsory information on the label);
(ii)Article 4(2) (indication of age);
(iii)Article 5 (recording information).
(2) For the purposes of paragraph IV(2) of Annex X1a to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, the required information must be displayed near the meat so as to allow the final consumer to readily identify the information which must be clearly legible.
(3) Records (including electronic records) must be retained for a period of 12 months from the end of the calendar year in which the record was made.