# The Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013, Paragraph 1

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

The requirements are that —
(a) on 31st December 2005 the slaughterhouse was licensed as a low throughput slaughterhouse under the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995 ;
(b) the condition of meat derived from domestic ungulates slaughtered at the slaughterhouse is only rarely such that it is necessary to detain such meat after post-mortem inspection for further inspection by the official veterinarian;
(c) where such further inspection is considered necessary by the official veterinarian, the meat concerned is destroyed or is detained at an alternative detention facility in the locality of the slaughterhouse;
(d) when meat is transported from the slaughterhouse to the alternative detention facility referred to in paragraph (c), it shall be marked ‘detained meat’ and accompanied by a document that has been signed by the official veterinarian, declares that the meat is detained meat and contains the following information—
(i) name and address of slaughterhouse of origin;
(ii) name and address of alternative detention facility;
(iii) number of carcases or cuts; and
(iv) species of animal; and
(e) no processing for human consumption of bovine animals that, in accordance with point 2 of Part I of Chapter A of Annex III to the EU TSE Regulation, require BSE testing at slaughter or of swine (domestic and farmed game), solipeds and other species susceptible to Trichinosis that, under Article 18(2) of Regulation 2017/625 as read with Article 31 of Regulation 2019/627, require that examination for Trichinella takes place in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation 2015/1375.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2996/schedule/7/part/1/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-and-hygiene-england-regulations-2013/schedule-7/part-1/paragraph-1
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

