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Regulation 4 Approvals of premises other than ambient stores, rewrapping centres and cold storesI1

Northern Ireland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

A person shall not handle meat products in any premises to which this regulation applies unless those premises—

(a)

are approved under this regulation;

(b)

comply with the appropriate requirements of Schedules 1 and 2; and

(c)

comply with such further conditions relating to the hygiene of the premises as the Department may specify in the approval.

(2)

This regulation applies to any meat products premises other than ambient stores, rewrapping centres and cold stores.

(3)

The occupier of, or a person proposing to occupy, any premises to which this regulation applies may apply, in writing, to an approval authority for the approval of those premises under this regulation.

(4)

A person shall not—

(a)

despatch from any meat products premises approved under this regulation any meat products which do not comply with the provisions of these Regulations;

(b)

despatch any meat products to a relevant EEA State from meat products premises to which this regulation applies but which are not approved under this regulation.

(5)

Subject to paragraph (6), an approval authority to which an application has been made under paragraph (3) shall approve the meat products premises to which the application relates—

(a)

for the handling of meat products, other than those specified in sub-paragraphs (b) to (d), if the authority is satisfied that they comply with the requirements of Schedule 1 and Parts I, II, III, V and VII of Schedule 2;

(b)

for the handling of meat products which contain a small percentage of meat, if the authority is satisfied that they comply with the requirements of Schedule 1 and with Parts II, III, V and VII of Schedule 2;

(c)

for the pasteurisation or sterilisation of meat products in hermetically sealed containers, if the authority is satisfied that they comply with the requirements of Schedule 1 and with Part I (except in the case of meat products which contain a small percentage of meat) and Parts II, III, V and VII of Schedule 2, and in the case of products in hermetically sealed containers with the requirements of Part VIII of Schedule 2;

(d)

for the manufacture of meat-based prepared meals, if the authority is satisfied that they comply with the requirements of Schedule 1 and with Part I (except in the case of meat-based prepared meals which contain a small percentage of meat) and Parts II, III, V, VII, and IX of Schedule 2; but

otherwise shall refuse to approve those premises for any of those purposes.

(6)

An approval authority, to which an application has been made under paragraph (3), shall approve any non-industrial meat products premises to which the application relates if it is satisfied that the premises comply with the provisions of—

(a)

Schedule 1;

(b)

Parts II, III and V of Schedule 2;

(c)

if they are used to manufacture products in hermetically sealed containers, Part VIII of Schedule 2; and

(d)

if they are used to manufacture meat-based prepared meals, Part IX of Schedule 2.

(7)

An approval authority to which an application has been made under paragraph (3) shall notify the applicant in writing of its decision in relation to the application and of the reasons for any refusal to grant approval under this regulation.

Annotations

Commencement

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Reg. 4 in operation at 8.12.1997, see reg. 1