# Minced Meat and Meat Preparations (Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, Note: Explanatory note

Extent: N.I.

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations implement Council Directive 94/65/EC (O.J. No. L.368, 31.12.94, p.10) laying down the requirements for the production and placing on the market of minced meat and meat preparations.
The Regulations do not apply to premises producing or storing minced meat or meat preparations for direct sale from those premises to the final consumer, to mechanically recovered meat or to the production or sale of minced meat to be used to produce sausage meat which, in turn, will be used in a meat product (regulation 3).
The Regulations—
(a) require premises producing minced meat or meat preparations intended for consignment or sale for consignment to be approved under and comply with the Regulations (regulation 4);
(b) provide for the revocation of approvals (regulation 5);
(c) provide a right of appeal (regulation 6);
(d) specify one set of conditions for the consignment, or sale for consignment, of minced meat to an EEA State or to a third country and another set for its sale for consumption in the United Kingdom (regulation 7);
(e) specify one set of conditions for the consignment, or sale for consignment, of meat preparations to an EEA State or to a third country and another set for their sale for consumption in the United Kingdom (regulation 8);
(f) specify requirements regarding the transportation of minced meat and meat preparations (regulation 9);
(g) require the provision of information to the Department by district councils regarding the execution of their duties (regulation 10);
(h) specify duties of an occupier of premises (regulation 11);
(i) define “enforcement authority” and make enforcement authorities responsible for the supervision of premises and for the enforcement and execution of the Regulations (regulation 12);
(j) create offences and prescribe penalties (regulation 13);
(k) apply specified provisions of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (regulation 14);
(l) make provision for minced meat and meat preparations produced or stored in Great Britain, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands (regulation 15); and
(m) amend specified Regulations (regulation 16).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/495/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/minced-meat-and-meat-preparations-hygiene-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/note
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