2001 No. 1771

FOOD, ENGLAND

The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Marking of Meat, Meat Products, Minced Meat and Meat Preparations) Regulations 2001

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, being designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19721 in relation to the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by that section, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, makes the following Regulations:

Title, commencement and extent1

These Regulations may be cited as the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Marking of Meat, Meat Products, Minced Meat and Meat Preparations) Regulations 2001; they extend to England and shall come into force on 9th May 2001.

Amendment to the Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations 19942

In—

a

sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 3A; and

b

sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) of paragraph 3B

of Part VI of Schedule 2 to the Meat Product (Hygiene) Regulations 19942 for “2001/172/EC”, substitute “2001/356/EC3”.

Amendment to the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 19953

In sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 9 of Schedule 12 to the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulation 19954 for “2001/172/EC”, substitute “2001/356/EC”.

Amendment to the Minced Meat and Meat Preparations (Hygiene) Regulations 19954

1

The Minced Meat and Meat Preparations (Hygiene) Regulations 19955 are amended in accordance with this regulation and a reference to a regulation by number alone is a reference to the regulation so numbered in those Regulations.

2

In regulation 7—

a

omit paragraph (1A) and (1B); and

b

in paragraph (6), for “2001/172/EC”, substitute “2001/356/EC”

3

In regulation 8—

a

omit paragraphs (4A) and (4B); and

b

in paragraph (7), for “2001/172/EC”, substitute “2001/356/EC”.

HaymanMinister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make amendments to the Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1994, the Fresh Meat (Hygiene) and Inspection Regulations 1995 and the Minced Meat and Meat Preparations (Hygiene) Regulations 1995 consequential on Commission Decision 2001/356/EC of 4th May 2001 concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom and repealing Decision 2001/172/EC, OJNo. L125, 5.5.2001, p. 46. The prohibition on export of minced meat and meat preparations formerly contained in regulations 7(1A) and 8(4A) of the Minced Meat and Meat Preparations (Hygiene) Regulations 1995 is now contained in the legislation implementing Decision 2001/356/EC (The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (No. 7) Regulations 2001.

A regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared for these Regulations.