(a) Staff handling exposed or wrapped fresh meat or working...
- Maintain hygiene of staff, premises, equipment and crates
UK Statutory Instrument
1994
United Kingdom
The Poultry Meat, Farmed Game Bird Meat and Rabbit Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1994
At a glance
What's here
5 compliance obligations
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Schedules
In the case of producers who annually fatten or rear...
- Provide declaration of annual production for small-scale producers
The producer shall retain the records referred to in paragraph...
- Retain inspection records for at least two years
The immersion chilling process shall meet the following requirements—
- Operate immersion chilling process in compliance with hygiene requirements
Browse 80 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
In addition to the general requirements contained in Schedule 1,...
In addition to the general requirements contained in Schedule 1,...
In addition to the general requirements contained in Schedule 1,...
In addition to the general requirements contained in Schedule 1,...
(a) In addition to the general requirements contained in Part...
Requirements applicable to all premises
Rooms, instruments and working equipment shall not be used for...
Meat and containers thereof shall not come into direct contact...
Potable water shall be used for all purposes; however, non-potable...
Sawdust or any other similar substance shall not be spread...
Detergents, disinfectants and similar substances shall be used in such...
Persons likely to contaminate meat shall not work on or...
On being recruited, any person working on or handling unpackaged...
Subject to paragraph 2 below, the official veterinary surgeon shall...
Where any birds or rabbits have not been slaughtered within...
Without prejudice to the requirements of Directive 91/494/EEC, no bird...
The official veterinary surgeon may, at the request of the...
The official veterinary surgeon shall— (a) prohibit slaughter where he...
The official veterinary surgeon shall immediately notify the food authority...
Sick or suspect birds or rabbits shall not be slaughtered...
No rabbit shall be slaughtered for human consumption if it...
Any rabbit referred to in paragraph 15 above shall be...
The official veterinary surgeon shall assess the information referred to...
Where the conditions specified in paragraph 1 above are not...
The pre-slaughter health inspection shall be carried out in adequate...
The pre-slaughter health inspection of birds and rabbits on their...
At the slaughterhouse, the official veterinary surgeon shall take all...
In the case of there being any doubt concerning the...
(a) Only live birds or rabbits may be brought into...
(a) Carcases of birds to be subjected to an immersion...
Adequate arrangements shall be made so as to ensure that...
Adequate arrangements shall be made so as to ensure that...
The drawing and trussing, handling, further treatment and transport of...
Bleeding shall be completed and carried out in such a...
Slaughtered birds shall be plucked completely before skinning or cutting...
Evisceration shall be carried out immediately in the case of...
After inspection, the viscera which has been removed shall be...
Meat shall not be cleaned by wiping with a cloth...
The carcase shall not be cut into portions and the...
Detained meat, on the one hand, and meat declared unfit...
After inspection and evisceration, fresh meat shall immediately be cleaned...
In the case of birds subjected to delayed evisceration:
The taking of samples to examine for residues shall be...
The obligation to examine for residues of substances with pharmacological...
Where a disease is suspected on the basis of the...
The carcase shall be cut up into parts and boned...
The occupier shall facilitate operations for the supervision of the...
Meat which does not fulfil the requirements of these Regulations...
Fresh meat intended for cutting shall, as soon as it...
Meat shall be brought into the rooms referred to in...
Except in the case of meat cut while warm in...
Fresh meat shall not be cleaned by wiping with a...
Cutting shall be carried out in such a way so...
Subject to paragraph 4 below, the health mark shall include:...
The health marking may, in addition, include an indication enabling...
The material used for marking shall meet all hygiene requirements...
In the case of fresh meat produced in low throughput...
(a) The health marking referred to in paragraphs 1(a) and...
Subject to paragraph 7 below, in cases where the poultry...
(a) In the event of an outbreak of Newcastle disease,...
The health marking of carcases, parts of carcases or offal...
After the chilling provided for in paragraph 9 of Schedule...
Frozen meat shall be kept at a temperature which may...
Unpackaged fresh meat shall be stored separately from packaged fresh...
(a) Packaging (for example packing cases, cardboard boxes) shall fulfil...
(a) Where cut fresh meat or offal is wrapped, that...
Wrapped meat shall be packaged.
However, when wrapping fulfils all the protective conditions of packaging...
Cutting, boning, wrapping and packaging operations shall not take place...
The packaging referred to in this Schedule may contain only...
In relation to the fresh meat of birds—
Rabbit meat shall be dispatched in such a way that...
Each Tribunal shall consist of a Chairman or a Deputy...
(1) The Chairman or Deputy Chairman shall be an independent...
Each Tribunal may be serviced by a Secretary and such...
The terms of appointment and the remuneration of the members,...
Registered Medical Practitioner.
Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
The holder of any of the qualifications specified in paragraph...
The holder of a valid— (a) Certificate in Poultry Meat...
Duties of producer
- Assist meat inspectors and handle disease notifications
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Title and commencement
The birds and rabbits shall be inspected immediately after slaughter...
Interpretation
In the case of birds, the official veterinary surgeon shall...
Exemptions
In the case of partly eviscerated birds (“effilé”) whose intestines...
Issue of licences
Revocation of licences
Appeals Tribunal
Prohibition on the slaughter at a slaughterhouse of a bird or rabbit not intended for sale for human consumption
Supervision of premises
Designation of official veterinary surgeons
Powers of official veterinary surgeons and veterinary officers
Authorisation of plant inspection assistants
Inspection and health marking
Notice of slaughter
General conditions
Transport documentation
Prohibition and conditions of slaughter
Records of inspections
Duties of occupier
Offences and penalties
Recovery of costs
Information to be provided by the food authorities
Defences in relation to exports
Enforcement
Application of various sections of
Revocations
Amendments
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