The Meat Products (England) Regulations 2003

Made: 11th August 2003

Laid before Parliament: 12th August 2003

Coming into force: 2nd September 2003

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Title, extent and commencement

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Interpretation

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Scope

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Restrictions on the use of certain names

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Name of the food for certain meat products

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Parts of the carcase in uncooked meat products

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Penalties and enforcement

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Application of sections 2, 3, 20, 21, 22, 30(8), 33, 35, 36 and 44 of the Food Safety Act 1990

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Amendment of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996

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Transitional provision and defence in relation to exports

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Revocations

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SCHEDULE 1 — FOODS WHICH ARE NOT MEAT PRODUCTS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THESE REGULATIONS

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SCHEDULE 2 — RESERVED DESCRIPTIONS

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Burger—whether or not forming part of another word, but excluding any name falling within items 2 or 3 of this Schedule.

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Where the name “hamburger” is used, the meat used in the preparation of the food must be beef, pork or a mixture of both.

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Where either of the names “burger” or “economy burger” is qualified by the name of a type of cured meat, the food must contain a percentage of meat of the type from which the named type of cured meat is prepared at least equal to the minimum required meat content for that food.

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Where any of the names “burger”, “economy burger” or “hamburger” is qualified by the name of a type of meat, the food must contain a percentage of that named meat at least equal to the minimum required meat content for that food.

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Where any of the names “burger”, “economy burger” or “hamburger” are used to refer to a compound ingredient consisting of a meat mixture and other ingredients, such as a bread roll, these requirements shall apply only to the meat mixture, as if the meat mixture were the meat product in the labelling or advertising of which the name was used as the name of the food.

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Economy Burger—whether or not “burger” forms part of another word.

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Hamburger—whether or not forming part of another word.

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Chopped X, there being inserted in place of “X” the name “meat” or “cured meat” or the name of a type of meat or cured meat, whether or not there is also included the name of a type of meat

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Corned X, there being inserted in place of “X” the name “meat” or the name of a type of meat, unless qualified by words which include the name of a food other than meat

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The food shall consist wholly of meat that has been corned.

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Where the name of the food includes the name of a type of meat, the meat used in the preparation of the food shall be wholly of the named type.

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The total fat content of the food shall not exceed 15%.

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Luncheon meat

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Meat pie

• Meat pudding

• The name “pie” or “pudding” qualified by the name of a type of meat or cured meat unless qualified also by the name of a food other than meat or cured meat

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Where the name “Melton Mowbray pie” is used, the meat used in the preparation of the food must be meat from pigs only.

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Scottish pie or Scotch pie

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The name “pie” or pudding qualified by the words “meat” or “cured meat” or by the name of a type of meat or cured meat and also qualified by the name of a food other than meat or cured meat—

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Pasty or Pastie

• Bridie

• Sausage roll

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Sausage (excluding the name “sausage” when qualified by the words “liver” or “tongue” or both), link, chipolata or sausage meat.

SCHEDULE 3 — ADDED INGREDIENTS WHICH ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE INDICATED IN THE NAME OF THE FOOD IN THE CASE OF A MEAT PRODUCT TO WHICH REGULATION 5 APPLIES

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SCHEDULE 4 — SCHEDULE TO BE INSERTED, INSOFAR AS THEY EXTEND TO ENGLAND, INTO THE FOOD LABELLING REGULATIONS 1996

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Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Warner — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, — Department of Health — 2003-08-11

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1990 c. 16.

[^f00002]: Functions formerly exercisable by “the Ministers” (being, in relation to England and Wales and acting jointly, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health in England and food and health in Wales) are now exercisable in relation to England by the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraphs 7 and 8 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28) and paragraph 21 of that Schedule amends section 48 of the 1990 Act. Functions of “the Ministers”, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), as read with section 40(3) of the 1999 Act. Those functions, so far as exercisable in relation to Scotland, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), as read with section 40(2) of the 1999 Act. Regulation 13(4) of the Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/656) expressly authorises the Secretary of State to amend or revoke existing Regulations made or having effect as if made by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (whether with others or not) under the 1990 Act.

[^f00003]: OJ No. L131, 1.2.2002, p. 1, laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1996/1499; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1998/1398, S.I. 1999/747, S.I. 1999/1136, S.I. 1999/1483 and S.I. 2003/474.

[^f00005]: OJ No. L109, 6.5.2000, p. 29.

[^f00006]: OJ No. L310, 28.11.2001, p. 19.

[^f00007]: 1984 c. 22.

[^f00008]: OJ No. L1, 3.1.94, p. 1.

[^f00009]: OJ No. L1, 3.1.94, p. 571.

[^f00011]: OJ No. L173, 6.7.90, p. 1.

[^f00012]: OJ No. L37, 13.2.93, p. 8.

[^f00013]: OJ No. L289, 24.11.93, p. 3.

[^f00014]: OJ No. L143, 7.6.91, p. 11.

[^f00015]: OJ No. L263, 22.10.93, p. 12.

[^f00016]: OJ No. L244, 12.10.95, p. 60.

[^f00017]: OJ No. L134, 5.6.96, p. 9.

Editorial notes

[^key-a0b610e543fff17153d1b2ea7d53302e]: Regulations revoked (13.12.2014) by The Products Containing Meat etc. (England) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3001), regs. 1(2), 8(1)(a) (with reg. 3)

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