Statutory Instruments
FOOD
Made
27th August 1997
Laid before Parliament
28th August 1997
Coming into force
21st September 1997
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in relation to England and Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1)(b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (3), 19(1)(b) and 48(1) of, and paragraphs 7(1) and (2) of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety Act 1990(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) of the Food Safety Act 1990 with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Regulations, hereby make the following Regulations:-
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 21st September 1997.
2.-(1) The Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995(2) shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2) below.
(2) In regulation 7-
(a)paragraphs (1)(b) and (3) shall be revoked; and
(b)in paragraphs (8) and (9), for the words "paragraph (1)(b) or (c)" there shall be substituted the words "paragraph (1)(c)".
Jeff Rooker
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
19th August 1997
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Tessa Jowell
Minister of State for Public Health,
Department of Health
21st August 1997
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Scotland
Sewel
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
21st August 1997
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Win Griffiths
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
27th August 1997
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend regulation 7 of the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995. The effect of the amendment is that the meat of animals slaughtered in a licensed slaughterhouse or farmed game handling facility for consumption by the owners will be treated as if it were intended for sale for human consumption and subjected to the inspection and health marking requirements set out in the Regulations.
1990 c. 16; "the Ministers" is defined in section 4(1) of the Act; section 6(4)(a) of the Act was amended by the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40), section 31 and Schedule 9, paragraph 6.