Regulation 6 Health marking

Where meat has been passed as fit for human consumption following ante-mortem and post-mortem health inspections in accordance with these Regulations, it shall be marked in accordance with Schedule 4.

No person other than an inspector acting in the course of his duties, or a person authorised on his behalf, shall in relation to any meat apply a health mark of the kind described in Schedule 4 to these Regulations.

No person shall make or make use of any implement to apply a mark resembling a health mark used by an inspector in accordance with these Regulations with intent to deceive.

The inspector shall be responsible for the security of any implement used for the purposes of applying a health mark.