Article 4 Compulsory information on the label

United Kingdom

Notwithstanding the provisions in F1point IV of Part I of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, immediately after slaughter, the category identification letter referred to in F2point II of Part I of Annex VII to that Regulation shall be indicated on the outside surface of the carcass by using labels or stamps.

The labels shall be of a size not less than 50 cm². The category identification letter shall be perfectly legible on the label and alterations shall only be permitted as provided for in the second subparagraph of Article 8(3) of this Regulation.

In case stamps are used, the letter shall be not less than two centimetres in height. The letter shall be stamped directly on the surface of the meat using an indelible ink.

The labels or stamps shall be applied on the hindquarters on the striploin at the level of the fourth lumbar vertebra and on the forequarters, on the brisket between 10 and 30 centimetres from the cut edge of the sternum.

F3However, nothing in this Regulation prevents the appropriate authorities from determining other positions on each quarter.

The indications of the age of the bovine animal on slaughter and the sales description referred to in F4point IV of Part I of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall be:

(a)

perfectly legible at each stage of production and marketing;

(b)

presented in the same visual field and on the same label at the moment of the release of the meat to the final consumer.

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Art. 4(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 5(5)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Words in Art. 4(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 5(5)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3: Words in Art. 4(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 5(5)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4: Words in Art. 4(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 5(6); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5: Art. 4(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 5(7); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)