The Fresh Meat Export (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1987

Use of premises for production, cutting up, storage and loading of fresh meat for export

7.—(1) No person shall use any premises as a slaughterhouse for the production of fresh meat for export unless at the time of such use those premises are currently approved by the appropriate Minister as an export slaughterhouse in accordance with regulation 4(1)(a)(i).

(2) No person shall use any premises, whether or not they comprise a part of a slaughterhouse, for the purpose of cutting up fresh meat for export unless at the time of such use those premises are currently approved by the appropriate Minister as export cutting premises in accordance with regulation 4(1)(a)(ii).

(3) No person shall use any premises for the cold storage of fresh meat for export where those premises do not form part of an export slaughterhouse or export cutting premises unless at the time of such use those premises are currently approved by the appropriate Minister as an export cold store in accordance with regulation 4(1)(a)(iii).

(4) No person shall use any premises for the purpose of unloading, assembling, inspecting and loading consignments of fresh meat for export where such meat bears the health mark of other premises approved by the appropriate Minister under these Regulations or the meat comes from outside England and Wales and satisfies the requirements of the European Economic Community unless at the time of such use the first mentioned premises are an export cold store or are currently approved by the appropriate Minister as a transhipment centre in accordance with regulation 4(1)(a)(iv).

(5) In any export slaughterhouse, without prejudice to the requirements of the Slaughterhouses (Hygiene) Regulations 1977(1) and the Slaughter of Animals (Prevention of Cruelty) Regulations 1958(2), the requirements of Part I of Schedule 5 and Schedules 6, 7 and 8 shall be complied with at all times and the requirements of Schedules 11 and 14 shall be complied with whenever fresh meat for export is being produced.

(6) In any export cutting premises, without prejudice to the requirements of the Slaughterhouses (Hygiene) Regulations 1977 or the Food Hygiene (General) Regulations 1970(3), as appropriate, the requirements of Part I of Schedule 5 and Schedules 9, 10, 11, 12 and 14 shall be complied with whenever fresh meat for export is being cut up, and in the case of premises to which the Slaughterhouses (Hygiene) Regulations 1977 do not apply Part II of Schedule 5 shall also be complied with whenever fresh meat for export is being cut up.

(7) In any export colds store, without prejudice to the requirements of the Food Hygiene (General) Regulations 1970, the requirements of Part III of Schedule 5 and Schedule 13 shall be complied with whenever fresh meat for export is in cold storage.

(8) Subject to regulation 8(4) and (5), the provisions of regulations 3, 6 to 8 and 10 to 14 of, and Schedules 1 to 3 to, the Meat Inspection Regulations 1987(4) shall not apply in relation to any export slaughterhouse.

(1)

S.I. 1977/1805, amended by S.I. 1987/2235.

(2)

S.I. 1958/2166, to which there is an amendment not relevant to these Regulations.

(3)

S.I. 1970/1172, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(4)

S.I. 1987/2236.