- Enforced by
- Food Standards Scotland
- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Prosecution 1 of 3 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 2 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Any Person3
Other Acts binding the same actors
If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.
Any Person — also bound by 2684 other Acts
Human Medicines Regulations 2012
184 duties
Merchant Shipping Act 1995
144 duties
Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016
104 duties
Communications Act 2003
92 duties
Road Traffic Act 1988
92 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.004
Restrictions on the use of certain names
Regulated
- Don't use protected meat product names unless the product meets Schedule standardsAny Person
s.005
Parts of the carcase in uncooked regulated products
Regulated
- Do not sell uncooked meat products containing banned mammalian carcase partsAny Person
s.006
Penalties and enforcement
Prosecution
- Breach meat product naming or uncooked carcase rulesAny Person
Unlimited fine
7 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001
Citation, extent and commencement
s.002
Interpretation
s.003
Scope
s.007
Application and modification of other provisions of the Act
s.008
Revocations
s.009
Transitional provisions
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.