The Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1994

Approvals of premises other than ambient stores, rewrapping centres and cold stores

4.—(1) After 31st December 1995 no person shall handle meat products in any premises to which this regulation applies unless those premises—

(a) are approved under this regulation; and

(b) comply with the appropriate requirements of Schedules 1 and 2.

(2) This regulation applies to meat products premises other than ambient stores, rewrapping centres and cold stores.

(3) No person—

(a) shall despatch from any meat products premises approved under this regulation any meat products which do not comply with the provisions of these Regulations;

(b) shall despatch any meat products to a relevant EEA State from meat products premises to which this regulation applies but which are not approved under this regulation.

(4) Subject to paragraph (5) below, the approval authority, on application under this regulation—

(a) shall approve the meat products premises to which the application relates—

(i) for the handling of meat products, other than those specified in sub-paragraphs (ii) to (iv) below, if the authority is satisfied that they comply with the requirements of Schedule 1 and Parts I, II, III, V and VII of Schedule 2;

(ii) for the handling of meat products which contain a small percentage of meat, if the authority is satisfied that they comply with the requirements of Schedule 1 and with Parts II, III, V and VII of Schedule 2;

(iii) for the pasteurisation or sterilisation of meat products in hermetically sealed containers, if the authority is satisfied that they comply with the requirements of Schedule 1 and with Part I (except in the case of meat products which contain a small percentage of meat) and Parts II, III, V and VII of Schedule 2, and in the case of products in hermetically sealed containers with the requirements of Part VIII of Schedule 2;

(iv) for the manufacture of meat-based prepared meals, if the authority is satisfied that they comply with the requirements of Schedule 1 and with Part I (except in the case of meat-based prepared meals which contain a small percentage of meat) and Parts II, III, V, VII, and IX of Schedule 2; and

(b) otherwise shall refuse to approve them for any of those purposes.

(5) In the case of non-industrial meat products premises, the approval authority may issue an approval if the authority is satisfied that they comply with the provisions of—

(a) Schedule 1;

(b) Parts II, III and V of Schedule 2;

(c) if they manufacture products in hermetically sealed containers, Part VIII of Schedule 2; and

(d) if they manufacture meat-based prepared meals, Part IX of Schedule 2.

(6) Each application for an approval under this regulation shall be made in writing by the occupier of, or a person proposing to occupy, the premises to which the application relates.

(7) The approval authority shall notify the applicant in writing of the decision on an application under this regulation and of the reasons for any refusal to grant approval.