# Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, Regulation 3: Prohibition of sale of meat from older bovine animals


(1) Subject to paragraph (3), a person shall not sell for human consumption any meat derived from a bovine animal slaughtered on or after 29th March 1996 and which, at the time of slaughter, was more than 2½ years of age.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) the age of a bovine animal shall be ascertained—
(a) in the first instance by reference to records kept in relation to that animal by the Department (in whatever form); or
(b) where necessary, by dentition.
(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to meat derived from a bovine animal which—
(a) was accompanied, at the time of slaughter, by a certificate issued under regulation 5(1);
(b) was accompanied on admission to the slaughterhouse, by a veterinary certificate issued under regulation 5(2); or
(c) was born, reared and slaughtered in one of the countries specified in Schedule 2.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/404/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-beef-controls-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-3
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