Article 13 General rules

United Kingdom

Operators and organisations marketing beef in F1Great Britain shall label it in accordance with this Article.

The compulsory labelling system shall ensure a link between, on the one hand, the identification of the carcass, quarter or pieces of meat and, on the other hand, the individual animal or, where this is sufficient to enable the accuracy of the information on the label to be checked, the group of animals concerned.

The label shall contain the following indications:

(a)

a reference number or reference code ensuring the link between the meat and the animal or animals. This number may be the identification number of the individual animal from which the beef was derived or the identification number relating to a group of animals;

(b)

the approval number of the slaughterhouse at which the animal or group of animals was slaughtered and the F2... country in which the slaughterhouse is established. The indication shall read: ‘Slaughtered in (name of the ... country) (approval number)’;

(c)

the approval number of the cutting hall which performed the cutting operation on the carcass or group of carcases and the ... country in which the hall is established. The indication shall read: ‘Cutting in: (name of the ... country) (approval number)’.

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F4(a)

Operators and organisations shall also indicate on the labels:

(i)
F5... country of birth;
(ii)
all F6... countries where fattening took place;
(iii)
F7... country where slaughter took place;

(b)

However, where the beef is derived from animals born, raised and F8slaughtered in the same country, the indication may be given as ‘Origin: (name of country)’.

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For the purposes of paragraphs 2 and 5, ‘country’, in relation to the United Kingdom, means the United Kingdom as a whole and does not mean England, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales individually.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Art. 13(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/822, reg. 3(5) (as substituted by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1453), regs. 1(2)(b), 10(3)(a))
F2: Words in Art. 13(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 3(6); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3: Deleted by Regulation (EU) No 653/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 as regards electronic identification of bovine animals and labelling of beef.
F4: Substituted by Regulation (EU) No 653/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 as regards electronic identification of bovine animals and labelling of beef.
F5: Words in Art. 13(5)(a)(i) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 3(7)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6: Words in Art. 13(5)(a)(ii) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 3(7)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7: Words in Art. 13(5)(a)(iii) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 3(7)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F8: Words in Art. 13(5)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 3(7)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F9: Art. 13(6) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 3(8); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F10: Art. 13(7) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1453), regs. 1(2)(a), 2(2)

Notes on Section I

Textual amendments

F1: Word in Title 2 Section 1 heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 3(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)