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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-export-hygiene-and-inspection-amendment-regulations-1990/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/2493",
  "legislation_title": "The Fresh Meat Export (Hygiene and Inspection) (Amendment) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-export-hygiene-and-inspection-amendment-regulations-1990",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1987, thereby implementing in part the provisions of Council Directive 88/288/EEC No. L124, 8.5.88, p.28) further amending Council Directive 64/433/EEC (OJ No. L121, 29.7.64; OJ/SE 1963—64, p.185) on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat.\nThe changes of substances made to the 1987 Regulations are the inclusion of additional conditions which must be complied with before any slaughterhouse, cutting premises or cold store can be approved under those Regulations for intra-Community trade in fresh meat; in particular such conditions—\n(a) require fresh meat intended for freezing prior to export to be frozen without delay (which will not preclude an initial period of stabilization where appropriate) and to be marked so as to indicate clearly the month and year in which it was frozen (regulation 2(g), (i) and (j)(iii)),\n(b) require every room in a slaughterhouse, cutting premises or cold store in which any meat is produced, cut up, handled or stored to have a ceiling or roof covering which is kept clean and which is easy to clean (regulations 2(c), (d)(i)and (e)(ii)),and\nprohibit the use of arm operable taps in cutting premises and cold stores for supplying washing facilities for persons working there (regulations 2(d)(ii)and (e)(i)).\nThe Regulations also require food authorities to keep records of ante-and post-mortem inspections carried out at slaughterhouses in their areas which show that any specified conditions exist in any of the animals inspected (regulation 2(b)).",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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