Regulation 5 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “Animal Health Law” means Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council on transmissible animal diseases^f1, as it had effect on the day before these Regulations were made;

• “appropriate authority” has the meaning given in Article 3(2A) to (2C) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products^f2;

• “establishment” means any unit of a food business;

• “implementing and delegated acts” means any implementing or delegated acts adopted in whole or in part under the Animal Health Law, as they had effect on the day before these Regulations were made;

• “poultry” has the meaning given in point 1.3 of Annex 1 to Regulation 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin^f3;

• “poultry meat” means meat which comes from the edible parts of poultry;

• “poultry meat products” means processed products resulting from the processing of poultry meat or from the further processing of such processed products, so that the cut surface shows that the product no longer has the characteristics of fresh meat.