# The Authorised Officers (Meat Inspection) Regulations 1987, Note: Explanatory note


(This Note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations come into force on 22nd February 1987 and prescribe the qualifications to be held by an officer of a council authorised under the Food Act 1984 to act in relation to the examination and seizure of meat. They revoke and re-enact the Authorised Officers (Meat Inspection) Regulations 1978 and prescribe two additional alternative qualifications, that of a Diploma in Environmental Health of the Institution of Environmental Health Officers and a Diploma in the Inspection of Meat and other Foods of the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/133/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/authorised-officers-meat-inspection-regulations-1987/note
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