All operators and organisations, within the meaning of the [F1Article 12(3)] of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000, shall, at each of their various stages of production and sale, have an identification system and a comprehensive registration system.
Such a system shall be applied in such a way as to ensure the link between the identification of the meat and the animal or animals concerned as provided for in [F2Article 13(1)] of that Regulation.
The registration system shall record, in particular, the arrival and departure of livestock, carcases and/or cuts to ensure that a correlation between arrivals and departures is guaranteed.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 4(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 4(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)