4.—(1) Any person who fails to comply with any of the following is guilty of an offence—
(a)the following provisions of Regulation 1760/2000—
(i)Article 11 (requirement to label);
(ii)Article 13(1) (compulsory labelling: general rules);
(iii)Article 13(2) (compulsory labelling: indications on the label);
(iv)Article 13(5) (compulsory labelling: additional information on the label);
(v)Article 14 (derogations from the compulsory labelling system);
(vi)Article 15 (compulsory labelling of beef from third countries); [F1and]
[F2(vii)the first and second sub-paragraphs of Article 15a (voluntary labelling: general rules);]
(b)the following provisions of Commission Regulation 1825/2000—
(i)Article 1 (traceability);
(ii)Article 2 (labelling where information is not available);
(iii)Article 4 (size and composition of a group);
(iv)Article 5(2) (minced beef);
(v)Article 5a (trimmings) M1;
(vi)Article 5b (pre-packaged cut meat);
(vii)Article 5c (non-pre-packaged cut meat);
F3(viii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(ix)Article 7(1) (checks); and
(x)Article 7(4) (Provision of information to the competent authority);
[F4(c)the following provisions of the EU Regulation—
(i)Article 78 and paragraph II of Part I of Annex VII (classification of bovine animals aged less than 12 months at the slaughterhouse);
(ii)Article 78 and paragraph III of Part I of Annex VII (sales descriptions);
(iii)Article 78 and paragraph IV of Part I of Annex VII (compulsory information on the label);
(iv)Article 78 and paragraph V of Part I of Annex VII (recording); and
(v)paragraph VI(5) of Part I of Annex VII (official checks);]
(d)the following provisions of Commission Regulation 566/2008—
(i)Article 4(1) (compulsory information on the label);
(ii)Article 4(2) (indications of age);
(iii)Article 5 (recording of information); and
(iv)Article 6(6) (official checks).
(2) For the purposes of [F5paragraph IV(2) of Part I of Annex VII to the EU Regulation 2013,] the required information must be clearly displayed near the meat so as to allow the final consumer to identify it easily and must be clearly legible.
[F6(3) Paragraph (1)(a)(vi) does not apply if the matter constituting the alleged contravention—
(a)relates to a product that was placed on the market before 1st January 2024, and
(b)would not have constituted a contravention of Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council as that Regulation applied immediately before IP completion day.]
Textual Amendments
F1Word in reg. 4(1)(a)(vi) inserted (28.2.2019) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/391), regs. 1(1), 41(3)(a)
F2Reg. 4(1)(a)(vii) substituted for reg. 4(1)(a)(vii)(viii) (28.2.2019) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/391), regs. 1(1), 41(3)(b)
F3Reg. 4(1)(b)(viii) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Agriculture Market Measures (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/73), regs. 1(2), 5(3)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Reg. 4(1)(c) substituted (1.1.2014) by The Single Common Market Organisation (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3235), regs. 1, 21(4)(a)
F5Words in reg. 4(2) substituted (1.1.2014) by The Single Common Market Organisation (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3235), regs. 1, 21(4)(b)
F6Reg. 4(3) inserted (30.9.2022) by The Food Information (Transitional Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/265), regs. 1(1), 10
Marginal Citations
M1Articles 5a, 5b and 5c were inserted into Commission Regulation 1825/2000 by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 275/2007 (O.J. L 76, 16.3.2007, p.12).