Act implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 of 21 April 1997 regarding the labelling of beef and beef products. Country/Territory Germany Document type Legislation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 57, 27 December 1999, pp. 2489 and 2490. Subject Livestock, Food & nutrition Keyword Meat Cattle Packaging/labelling Registration Data collection/reporting Access-to-information Ownership Marking/identification Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract Part 1 of the present Act contains an Act implementing the Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and criteria for the labelling of beef and beef products, particularly in regard of electronic available data. Article 2 deals with processing and use of data on behalf of the competent authorities and article 3 specifies the rights of animal owners. The Ordinance consists of 6 articles. Full text German References - Legislation Implements Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products. Legislation | European Union | 1997 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Meat, Packaging/labelling, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information, Cattle, Animal reproduction Source: FAO, FAOLEX