# The Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1994, Paragraph 1


(1) Subject to paragraph (3) below, meat which is to be used for the manufacture of meat products shall comply with the requirements of these Regulations and—
(a) must be fit for human consumption;
(b) must have come from an establishment approved in accordance with the meat Directives and must comply with those Directives and with any applicable Regulations;
(c) must have been transported in accordance with satisfactory hygiene conditions specified in the particular Directive applicable to that type of meat or in any applicable Regulations;
(d) must from the time of its arrival in the meat products premises until the time of its use, have been kept in accordance with the requirements of the meat Directives and any applicable Regulations; and
(e) must not include any of the prohibited parts.
(2) If meat which is to be used for the manufacture of meat products is of a description required to bear an EC health mark, it must bear that health mark.
(3) Until 31st December 1995—
(a) meat obtained from premises granted derogations under Directive 91/498/EEC —
(i) may be held in approved meat products premises only if it is stored separately from meat marked with an EC health mark; and
(ii) may be used in the same place or at the same time as meat bearing an EC health mark but only in accordance with a written authorisation under regulation 18; and
(b) meat products obtained from such meat shall not bear the British EC health mark.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3082/schedule/2/part/III/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/meat-products-hygiene-regulations-1994/schedule-2/part-III/paragraph-1
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