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Enforced by: FSA, Food Standards Scotland, DEFRA
Status: Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling: Prosecution 1 of 12 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 11 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Operator11

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

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Operator — also bound by 746 other Acts

Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 (Air Operations) 203 duties

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 of 19 December 2018 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 (Text with EEA relevance) 121 duties

Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 of 21 June 2012 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed) 112 duties

Space Industry Regulations 2021 76 duties

Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (Text with EEA relevance) 66 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.i s.i Regulated

Apply identification marks and maintain traceability for animal-origin productsOperator

s.ii s.ii Regulated

Ensure slaughterhouse hygiene procedures meet hazard analysis and specific requirementsOperator

s.iii s.iii Regulated

Obtain food chain information before accepting animalsOperator

s.iv s.iv Regulated

Provide production and freezing dates on food productsOperator

s.003 General obligations Regulated

Use only water or approved substances to clean animal productsOperator

s.004 Registration and approval of establishments Regulated

Obtain approval or registration for food of animal origin establishmentsOperator

s.005 Health and identification marking Regulated

Apply health or identification marks to products of animal originOperator

s.006 Products of animal origin from outside Great Britain Prosecution

Ensure imported products of animal origin meet UK hygiene standardsOperator

Unlimited fine

s.007 Documents Regulated

Ensure products of animal origin are accompanied by proper documentsOperator

s.013 Consultation of the ... Food Safety Authority Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Government must consult food safety experts on public health changesCrown / Minister / Government department

s.annex ii REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING SEVERAL PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN Regulated

Apply identification marks to products of animal originOperator

s.annex iii SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS Regulated

Maintain hygiene and welfare standards in slaughterhouses and cutting plantsOperator

12 other provisions — procedural and definitional

s.001 Scope

s.002 Definitions

s.008 Special guarantees

s.009 FINAL PROVISIONS

s.010 Amendment and adaptation of Annexes II and III

s.011 Specific decisions

s.012 Regulations and devolved powers

s.014 Report to the European Parliament and to the Council

s.015 FINAL PROVISIONS

s.annex i para.1 For the purpose of this Regulation:

s.definitions DEFINITIONS

s.exercise of the delegation Exercise of the delegation

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