Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997
S.R. 1997/493 · Made 13 November 1997 · Extends to Northern Ireland
FOOD
Made 13th November 1997
Coming into operation 8th December 1997
Whereas it appears to the Department of Agriculture that it is necessary or expedient—
for the purposes of securing that food complies with food safety requirements and in the interests of public health; and
for the purposes of protecting or promoting the interests of consumers,
to make the following Regulations;
Now, therefore, that Department, being the Department concerned, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 15(1) to (3), 16(1), 18(1), 25, 26(3), 47(2) and 48(2) of, and paragraphs 5, 6(1)(a) and 7(1) and (2) of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991f1 and of every power enabling it in that behalf, and being a Department designatedf2 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f3 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2) and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, and after consultation, in accordance with Article 47(3) of the said Order of 1991, with such organisations that appear to it to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Regulations (in so far as the Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by the said provisions of the said Order of 1991), hereby makes the following Regulations:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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S.I. 1991/762 (N.I. 7) as amended by S.I. 1996/1633 (N.I. 12). See Article 2(2) for the definitions of “the Department concerned” and “regulations”
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Contents
- Part I: Preliminary
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Interpretation
- 3Exemptions
- Part II: Licensing of Slaughterhouses, Cutting Premises, Cold Stores, Farmed Game Handling Facilities and Farmed Game Processing Facilities
- 4Issue of licences
- 5Revocation of licences
- 6Animals not intended for sale for human consumption
- Part III: Supervision and Control of Premises
- 7Supervision of premises
- 8Revocation and suspension of designation of OVSs
- 9Powers of OVSs and veterinary officers
- 10Inspection and health marking
- 11Notice of operation of licensed premises
- Part IV: Conditions for the Marketing of Fresh Meat
- 12General conditions
- 13Transport documentation
- Part V: Admission and Detention in Slaughterhouses and Farmed Game Processing Facilities of Animals and Carcases
- 14Alternative accommodation for certain animals
- 15Period of time for keeping an animal in a lairage and removal of an animal from a slaughterhouse
- 16Conditions on the admission of diseased or injured animals
- 17Conditions on the admission of dead or slaughtered animals
- Part VI: Administration, Penalties and Enforcement
- 18Records of inspections
- 19Duties of occupier
- 20Offences and penalties
- 21Application of various Articles of the Order
- 22Supervision and enforcement
- Part VII: Miscellaneous and Supplementary
- 23Fresh meat from Great Britain, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands
- 24Amendments
- 25Repeals and revocations
- Signature
- Schedule 1: Construction, Layout and Equipment of Slaughterhouses (except low throughput Slaughterhouses), Cutting Premises (except low throughput Cutting Premises) and Cold Stores — General Requirements
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Paragraph 4
- 5Paragraph 5
- Schedule 2: Construction, Layout and Equipment of Slaughterhouses (except low throughput Slaughterhouses) — Additional Requirements
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- Schedule 3: Construction, Layout and Equipment of Cutting Premises (except low throughput Cutting Premises) — Additional Requirements
- 1Paragraph 1
- Schedule 4: Construction, Layout and Equipment of Cold Stores — Additional Requirements
- 1Paragraph 1
- Schedule 5: Construction, Layout and Equipment of low throughput Slaughterhouses and low throughput Cutting Premises
- Part I: General Requirements
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- Part II: Additional Requirements
- 1Paragraph 1
- Schedule 6: Operation and Construction of Farmed Game Handling Facilities and Farmed Game Processing Facilities
- Part I: General Requirements Applicable to Farmed Game Handling Facilities
- 1Paragraph 1
- Part II: General Requirements applicable to Farmed Game Processing Facilities
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- Part III: General Requirements applicable to Low Throughput Farmed Game Processing Facilities
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Paragraph 4
- Schedule 7: Hygiene requirements in relation to Staff, Premises, Equipment and Implements
- Part I: Requirements Applicable in all Premises
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Paragraph 4
- 5Paragraph 5
- Part II: Additional Requirements applicable in all Slaughterhouses and Farmed Game Processing Facilities
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- Schedule 8: Ante-Mortem Health Inspection Requirements
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Paragraph 4
- 5Paragraph 5
- 6Paragraph 6
- 7Paragraph 7
- Schedule 9: Slaughter and Dressing Practices — Requirements Appplicable in Slaughterhouses and Farmed Game Processing Facilities
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- Schedule 10: Post-Mortem Health Inspection Requirements applicable in Slaughterhouses and Farmed Game Processing Facilities
- Part I: General Requirements
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- Part II: Specific Requirements for Bovine Animals not less than six weeks old
- 1Paragraph 1
- Part III: Specific Requirements for Bovine Animals less than six weeks old
- 1Paragraph 1
- Part IV: Specific Requirements for Swine
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- Part V: Specific Requirements for Sheep and Goats
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- Part VI: Specific Requirements for Solipeds
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- Part VII: Specific Requirements for Farmed Deer
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- VIIIAdditional Requirements where Tuberculosis is suspected
- Part IX: Indications of Unfitness for Human Consumption
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- 4Paragraph 4
- 5Paragraph 5
- 6Paragraph 6
- 7Paragraph 7
- 8Paragraph 8
- 9Paragraph 9
- 10Paragraph 10
- 11Paragraph 11
- 12Paragraph 12
- 13Paragraph 13
- 14Paragraph 14
- 15Paragraph 15
- Schedule 11: Requirements Applicable in Cutting Premises
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- Schedule 12: Health Marking
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Paragraph 4
- 5Paragraph 5
- 6Paragraph 6
- 7Paragraph 7
- Schedule 13: Wrapping and Packaging of Meat
- Part 1: Wrapping
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- Part II: Packaging
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- Schedule 14: Storage of Fresh Meat — Requirements applicable in Cold Stores or Re-packaging Centres
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- Schedule 15: Freezing of Fresh Meat
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- Schedule 16Health Certificate
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- Schedule 17: Transport of Fresh Meat — Requirements applicable to Occupiers or Persons responsible for the Control and Management of Transport
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Paragraph 4
- 5Paragraph 5
- 6Paragraph 6
- 7Paragraph 7
- 8Paragraph 8
- 9Paragraph 9
- Schedule 18Model Declaration to accompany an animal for slaughter known or suspected to be diseased or injured
- Schedule 19Certificate under Regulation 18(2)
- Schedule 20Certificate of Ante-Mortem Health Inspection and Slaughter of Farmed Game
- Schedule 21Repeals and revocations
- Explanatory note