UK Offence Report

Meat Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (revoked)

Northern Ireland Statutory Rule 2004 No. 13 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
16 January 2004
In force from
29 February 2004
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Food, consumer protection, trading standards, product safety and age-restricted sales
Made under
(EC) No. 178/2002

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Regulations, which revoke, and replace in part, the Meat Products and Spreadable Fish Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984, as amended – a define various expressions used in the Regulations (regulation 2); b specify the scope of the Regulations (regulation 3); c prohibit the use of specified names in the labelling or advertising of meat products if the products do not satisfy specific compositional requirements and the sale of food labelled in contravention of that prohibition (regulation 4 and Schedule 2); d prescribe that, save in specified cases, where meat products of a specified appearance are sold the name used as the name of the food in the labelling of the products must include an indication of any added ingredients of animal origin and of any other added ingredients not falling into specified categories (regulation 5 and Schedule 3); e subject to an exception, prohibit the sale of uncooked meat products which include amongst their ingredients specified parts of the carcase of any mammalian species of animal (regulation 6); f prescribe penalties for breach of the Regulations and allocate responsibility for their enforcement and execution (regulation 7); g apply specified provisions of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 for the purposes of the Regulations (regulation 8); h amend the Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, as amended, by – i adding to regulation 2(1) (interpretation) a definition of “meat product”, and ii in regulation 23 (food which is not prepacked and similar food, and fancy confectionery products) adding, as an exception to that regulation, a new paragraph (2)(c) providing that, in the case of meat products other than specified ones, which are not prepacked or which are prepacked for direct sale, a declaration is required in accordance with regulation 5(bA) of the 1996 Regulations as to the quantity of certain ingredients or categories of ingredients (regulation 9); and i include a transitional provision relating to offences under the Regulations committed before 1st August 2004 and a defence in relation to food intended for export (regulation 10).

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