# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1337/2013 of 13 December 2013 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the indication of the country of origin or place of provenance for fresh, chilled and frozen meat of swine, sheep, goats and poultry, Article 2: Definitions

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

1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the definition of ‘food business operator’ in point (3) of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the definition of ‘establishment’ in point (c) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as well as the definitions of ‘minced meat’, ‘slaughterhouse’ and ‘cutting plant’ laid down respectively in points 1.13, 1.16 and 1.17 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council shall apply.
2. The following definitions shall also apply:
(a) ‘trimmings’ means small pieces of meat, falling within the Combined Nomenclature codes listed in Annex XI to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, recognised as fit for human consumption and produced exclusively during trimming operations, when boning of carcases or when cutting up of meat;
(b) ‘batch’ means meat, falling within the Combined Nomenclature codes listed in Annex XI to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, obtained from a single species, with or without bone, whether or not cut or minced, that has been cut, minced or packed under practically identical conditions.
(c) ‘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/2013/1337/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1337/article-2
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