{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2000-1825/article-5b",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2000-1825/article-5b.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2000/1825",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1825/2000 of 25 August 2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the labelling of beef and beef products",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2000-1825",
  "path": "article/5b",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5b",
  "heading": "Pre-packaged cut meat",
  "text": "By way of derogation from Article 13(2)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000, operators and organisations availing themselves of the possibility offered by Article 4(3) of this Regulation shall indicate the following on labels for pre-packaged cut meats in addition to that provided for in Article 13(5)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000:\n(a)the country of slaughter of the animals, followed by the approval number of the slaughterhouse or, where appropriate, the two or three slaughterhouses at which the animals constituting the group were slaughtered; the indication shall read: ‘Animals in the group slaughtered in (name of the ... country of slaughter) (approval number(s) of the slaughterhouse or the two or three slaughterhouses concerned)’;\n(b)the country in which the carcases were cut up, followed by the approval number of the cutting plant or, where appropriate, the two or three cutting plants at which the carcases were cut up; the indication shall read: ‘Cutting of meat in batch in: (name of the ... country in which meat was cut up) (approval number(s) of the plant or the two or three plants concerned)’.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 275/2007 of 15 March 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 1825/2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the labelling of beef and beef products."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 5b omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 4(10); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2000/1825/article/5b",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:57:16.776367+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}