Meat Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Name of the food for certain meat products

5.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), where any person sells any meat product which has the appearance of a cut, joint, slice, portion or carcase of meat or of cured meat (in each case, whether cooked or uncooked), this regulation shall apply.

(2) For the purposes of the Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, the name used as the name of the food in the labelling of any meat product to which this regulation applies shall include an indication of –

(a) any added ingredient of animal origin, unless the meat product contains meat of the species from which that added ingredient is derived; and

(b) any added ingredient to which sub-paragraph (a) does not apply other than one which is specified in Schedule 3.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), no account shall be taken of the presence in or on the meat product of any seasoning, garnishing or gelatinous substance, nor of any packaging material enclosing the meat product.

(4) This regulation shall not apply where the name used as the name of the food is a name which appears in column 1 of Schedule 2, whether or not qualified by other words, or to a food having the appearance of minced uncooked meat which has been shaped.