# The Sheep Carcase (Classification and Price Reporting) (England) Regulations 2025, Regulation 6: Removal of tissue from a carcase


(1) Subject to—
(a) regulation 7; and
(b) the application of veterinary requirements,
the operator of a regulated slaughterhouse must ensure that no fat, muscle or other tissue is removed from a carcase in that slaughterhouse before weighing and classification.
(2) In this regulation, “veterinary requirements” means the requirements relating to post mortem official checks in—
(a) the Official Controls Regulation; and
(b) the Official Controls Implementing Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348272369/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sheep-carcase-classification-and-price-reporting-england-regulations-2025/regulation-6
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