# Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97, Article 13: General rules

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Operators and organisations marketing beef in Great 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.
2. 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 ... 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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(a) Operators and organisations shall also indicate on the labels:
(i)... country of birth;
(ii)all ... countries where fattening took place;
(iii)... country where slaughter took place;
(b) However, where the beef is derived from animals born, raised and slaughtered in the same country, the indication may be given as ‘Origin: (name of country)’.
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7. 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2000/1760/article/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2000-1760/article-13
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