The Meat (Disease Control) (England) Regulations 2000

Amendments to the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995

2.—(1) Insofar as they extend to England, the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995(1) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

(2) In paragraph (3) of regulation 13 (general conditions)—

(a) the word “or” separating sub-paragraphs (c) and (d) shall be revoked;

(b) the phrase “cutting premises;” shall be substituted for the phrase “cutting premises.” in sub-paragraph (d); and

(c) the following sub-paragraphs shall be inserted after sub-paragraph (d)—

“(e) fresh meat obtained from domestic sheep, goats or solipeds which have not been held in Community territory for at least 21 days on the date of slaughter, or from birth in the case of animals which are less than 21 days old;

(f) fresh meat obtained from animals which—

(i) come from a holding or area which, at the time of their departure from the holding or area concerned, was subject to a prohibition or restriction as a result of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease, swine fever, swine vesicular disease or contagious swine paralysis (Teschen disease), and

(ii) are susceptible to the particular disease referred to above which led to the prohibition or restriction being imposed;

(g) fresh meat obtained from a slaughterhouse while that slaughterhouse was under restriction by virtue of an Order made under the Animal Health Act 1981(2) relating to foot and mouth disease, swine fever, swine vesicular disease or contagious swine paralysis (Teschen disease);

(h) (without prejudice to sub-paragraph (f) above) fresh meat obtained from swine, sheep or goats originating from a holding which, at the time of their departure from the holding concerned, was subject to a prohibition for health reasons (as provided for by Article 4 of Council Directive 72/461/EEC on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat(3), as amended by amendments up to and including those affected by Council Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC(4)) as a result of an outbreak of porcine, ovine or caprine brucellosis; or

(i) any fresh meat which has not been obtained, cut, stored and transported either separately or at a different time from the meat referred to in any of sub-paragraphs (e) to (h) of this paragraph.”.

(3) In Schedule 12 (health marking)—

(a) in paragraph 1, for “paragraphs 2 and 7”, there shall be substituted “paragraphs 2, 7 and 8”;

(b) in paragraph 2, for “Regulation 13(3)”, there shall be substituted “any of sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) of paragraph (3) of regulation 13”;

(c) the following paragraph shall be inserted at the end—

“8.   In the case of the fresh meat referred to in any of sub-paragraphs (e) to (i) of paragraph (3) of regulation 13, the health mark required by paragraph 1 or 2 above shall be—

(a) overstamped in such a way that it is covered by a diagonal cross consisting of two straight lines crossing at right angles, with the point of intersection in the centre of the stamp and the information thereon remaining legible; or

(b) applied with a single mark, consisting of the health mark referred to in paragraph 1 or 2 above, overstamped in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph.”.

(1)

S.I. 1995/539, amended by S.I. 1995/731, S.I. 1995/1763, S.I. 1995/2200, S.I. 1995.2148, S.I. 1995/3124. S.I. 1995/3189, S.I. 1996/1148, S.I. 1996/2235, S.I. 1997/1729, S.I. 1997/2074, S.I. 2000/225 and S.I. 2000/656.

(2)

1981 c. 22.

(3)

OJ No. L302, 31.12.72, p. 24 (Special edition 1972 31 Dec (3) p. 3).

(4)

OJ No. L1, 1.1.95, p. 1.