Paragraph 1

United Kingdom

Restricted meat from animals must be marked with an identification mark which is—

(a)

a diagonal cross, superimposed on the health mark or identification mark applied under article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin^f1 F1..., or

(b)

a single oval stamp, 6.5 cm wide and 4.5 cm high, upon which the following information is legible:

(i)

on the upper part, the letters UK;

(ii)

in the centre, the approval number of the establishment;

F2(iii)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(iv)

two straight lines crossing at the centre of the stamp in such a way that the information is not obscured;

(v)

information which identifies the veterinarian who inspected the meat.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 3 para. 1(a) omitted (1.6.2018) by virtue of The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/575), regs. 1(2), 41(a)
F2: Sch. 3 para. 1(b)(iii) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Exotic Disease (Amendment) (England) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1406), regs. 1, 8(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: OJ No L 226, 25.6.2004, p 22.