The Avian Influenza (H5N1 in Poultry) (Scotland) Order 2007

Requirements for the marking of wild game bird meat and meat products

12.—(1) Fresh meat and meat products referred to in article 11(2)(d) must be marked–

(a) with the mark set out in the Schedule; or

(b) with the national mark described in paragraph (2) if the meat or product was produced in premises in accordance with Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2076/2005(1).

(2) The national mark referred to in paragraph (1)(b) must–

(a) be square;

(b) be clear and visible; and

(c) contain, in legible form–

(i) on the upper part, the letters “UK”;

(ii) in the centre, the approval number of the premises where the meat or product was produced;

(iii) on the lower part, the letter “N”.

(3) No person other than the final consumer of meat or of a meat product, marked in accordance with this article, may deface, obliterate or remove that mark, unless so authorised by the Scottish Ministers.

(1)

O.J. No. L 338, 22.12.2005, p.83 as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1666/2006 of 6th November 2006 (O.J. No. L 320, 18.11.2006, p.47).