Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–

• “analyst” means a person having the management or control of an approved laboratory;

• “animal” means–

  1. (a)

     a domestic animal of any of the following species–

     1. (i)

        bovine animals,

     2. (ii)

        swine,

     3. (iii)

        sheep,

     4. (iv)

        goats,

     5. (v)

        solipeds,

     6. (vi)

        poultry,

  2. (b)

     a wild animal of any of the species described in paragraph (a) above, or

  3. (c)

     a wild ruminant which has been raised on a holding;

• “approved laboratory” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 2(1) of the Animals and Fresh Meat (Examination for Residues) Regulations 1988^f1;

• “authorised officer” means a person who is authorised by a local authority to act in relation to the examination and seizure of meat;

• “authorised substance” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 3 of the Animals and Fresh Meat (Hormonal Substances) Regulations 1988^f2;

• “competent authority” means, in relation to England, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and, in relation to Wales, the Secretary of State;

• “curing”, in relation to the treatment of meat, means the distribution of curing salts throughout the product;

• “drying”, in relation to the treatment of meat, means the natural or artificial reduction of its water content;

• “the Food Act” means the Food Act 1984^f3;

• “fresh meat” means meat, including meat vacuum wrapped or wrapped in a controlled atmosphere, which has not undergone any preserving process other than chilling or freezing;

• “heating”, in relation to the treatment of meat, means the use of dry or damp heat;

• “hormonal substance” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 2 of the Animals and Fresh Meat (Hormonal Substances) Regulations 1988;

• “human consumption” has the meaning assigned to it by section 132 of the Food Act;

• “local authority” means–

  1. (a)

     as respects the City of London, the Common Council; and

  2. (b)

     as respects any district or London borough, the council of the district or borough;

• “meat”–

  1. (a)

     means the flesh or other edible part of an animal suitable for human consumption, and

  2. (b)

     in relation to the procuring of a sample for the purposes of these Regulations, also extends to all other parts of an animal,

  and for the purpose of this definition body fluids and excrement found within a dead animal shall be regarded as parts of that animal;

• “meat product” means a product prepared from or with meat which has undergone treatment such that the cut surface shows that the product no longer has the characteristics of fresh meat;

• “owner” shall include, in relation to any meat or meat product, the person in possession of such meat or meat product;

• “prescribed”, in relation to the maximum level for an authorised substance, means prescribed by or in implementation of Community law;

• “primary analysis” means an analysis of a sample of meat or meat product carried out by, or under the direction of, an analyst;

• “primary analysis certificate” means an analyst’s certificate specifying the finding of a primary analysis;

• “reference analysis” means an analysis carried out by, or under the direction of, an analyst to check the finding of a primary analysis;

• “reference analysis certificate” means an analyst’s certificate specifying the finding of a reference analysis;

• “salting”, in relation to the treatment of meat, means the use of salt;

• “sell” includes offer or expose for sale or have in possession for sale, and “sale” and “sold” shall be construed accordingly;

• “slaughterhouse” has the meaning assigned to it by section 132 of the Food Act;

• “treatment”, in relation to a meat product, means the treatment of meat, whether or not mixed with other food, by heating, salting, curing or drying, or a combination of two or more of these processes;

• “withdrawal period” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 2 of the Animals and Fresh Meat (Hormonal Substances) Regulations 1988.

For the purposes of these Regulations, the supply of any meat or meat product, otherwise than by sale, at, in, or from any place where any meat or meat product is supplied in the course of a business shall be deemed to be a sale of that meat or meat product.

Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations.