Explanatory note

providing that the requirement in the 1977 Regulations for aslaughterhouse to contain suitable and sufficient covered accommodationand facilities apart from the slaughterhall and hanging space for theemptying and cleaning of stomachs and intestines shall not apply in thecase of a slaughterhouse in which such operations are carried out bymeans of closed-circuit mechanical equipment, the construction andoperation of which meets certain specified standards (regulations 2(a)and (b)); and

requiring the occupier of a slaughterhouse, other than aslaughterhouse approved under the Fresh Meat Export (Hygiene andInspection) Regulations 1987 for the purpose of producing fresh meat forexport to other Member States, to comply with certain specifiedpractices relating to the slaughter of animals and the dressing ofcarcases similar to those which already apply in the case of such anexport slaughterhouse by virtue of those Regulations (regulation 2(c)).