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The Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) (Amendment) Regulations 1997

Type Statutory-Instrument

Publication 1997-08-27

State In force

Department Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament

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Made: 27th August 1997

Laid before Parliament: 28th August 1997

Coming into force: 21st September 1997

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in relation to England and Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1)(b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (3), 19(1)(b) and 48(1) of, and paragraphs 7(1) and (2) of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety Act 1990¹ and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) of the Food Safety Act 1990 with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Regulations, hereby make the following Regulations:—

Title and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 21st September 1997.

Amendment to the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995

2

(1) The Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995² shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2) below.

(2) In regulation 7—

(a) paragraphs (1)(b) and (3) shall be revoked; and

(b) in paragraphs (8) and (9), for the words “paragraph (1)(b) or (c)” there shall be substituted the words “paragraph (1)(c)”.

Signed

Jeff Rooker — Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food — 19th August 1997

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Tessa Jowell — Minister of State for Public Health, — Department of Health — 21st August 1997

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Scotland

Sewel — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 21st August 1997

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Win Griffiths — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office — 27th August 1997

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend regulation 7 of the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995. The effect of the amendment is that the meat of animals slaughtered in a licensed slaughterhouse or farmed game handling facility for consumption by the owners will be treated as if it were intended for sale for human consumption and subjected to the inspection and health marking requirements set out in the Regulations.

Footnotes

1990 c. 16; “the Ministers” is defined in section 4(1) of the Act; section 6(4)(a) of the Act was amended by the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40), section 31 and Schedule 9, paragraph 6.

S.I. 1995/539 amended by S.I. 1995/3189 and S.I. 1996/1148.

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