SCHEDULE 8WRAPPING AND PACKAGING OF WILD GAME MEAT

PART IIPACKAGING

1

The occupier of any licensed premises, cold store or re-wrapping centre shall ensure—

a

that any material used for packaging wild game meat is strong enough to protect the meat during the course of handling and transport and does not cause a deterioration in the organoleptic characteristics of that meat or transmit to it any substance harmful to human health;

b

that any material used for packaging wild game meat is not re-used for this purpose unless it is made of a non corrodible substance which is easy to clean and has been cleaned and disinfected prior to re-use for packaging meat; and

c

that every package bears the health mark either on the package or on a clearly visible label or sealing tape affixed to the package and that the health mark is applied in such a way that it is torn when the package is opened.