Consultation document on meat hygiene controls

Citation

(1999), "Consultation document on meat hygiene controls", British Food Journal, Vol. 101 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/bfj.1999.070101bab.003

Consultation document on meat hygiene controls

Consultation document on meat hygiene controls

The Ministry is seeking comments on a consultation relating to proposed amendments to meat hygiene legislation which would provide:

1. 1.

   enhanced enforcement powers; and

2. 2.

   amended controls on meat from disease restricted areas.

The following regulations would be amended:

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  The Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995

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  The Poultry Meat, Farmed Game Bird Meat and Rabbit Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995

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  The Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1994, and

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  The Minced Meat and Meat Preparations (Hygiene) Regulations 1995

The introduction to the consultation document states the following:

The Agriculture Departments are consulting on proposed changes to the GB meat hygiene legislation to make it more effective, more specific and less bureaucratic. It is the Government's declared intention to drive up hygiene standards wherever possible. This paper, in addressing the licensing/approval of meat premises and the powers available to the enforcement authorities seeks to carry out this intention. It also covers aspects of the control of meat from disease restricted areas. These additional powers and controls are needed now to deal with operators who disregard existing hygiene legislation and to reassure our Community partners that effective animal disease controls are in place.