(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend (in relation to Wales) the Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1994, the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995 and the Minced Meat and Meat Preparations (Hygiene) Regulations 1995. They implement Commission Decision 2002/49/EC amending for the second time Decision 2001/304/EC on marking and use of certain animal products in relation to Decision 2001/172/EC concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom (OJ No. L21, 24.1.2001, p. 30).
They permit meat, meat products, minced meat and meat preparations to be marked with the health mark in specified circumstances. This does not apply in relation to meat from animals slaughtered between 1st February 2001 and 23rd January 2002.