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Beef Bones (Scotland) Regulations 1999 (S.S.I. No. 186 of 1999).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Scotland
Document type
Regulation
Date
1999
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Meat Food quality control/food safety Hygiene/sanitary procedures Transport/storage
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
These Regulations will come into force on 17 December 1999.
Abstract

These Regulations revoke the Beef Bones Regulations 1997in so far as they apply to Scotland. Those Regulations principally prohibited the sale of bone-in beef or its use in the preparation of food. These Regulations: (a) prohibit the use of bone-in beef in the commercial preparation of food or ingredients unless in the production of food sold at the premises, where the preparation took place, direct to the ultimate consumer (reg. 3); (b) prohibit the sale or use of any bone removed from bone-in beef deboned in Great Britain for the production of a food or ingredient unless sold at the premises where the production took place, direct to the ultimate consumer (reg. 4); (c) prohibit the sale or use of any ingredient in food made from such a bone or any substance derived from such a bone unless sold direct to the ultimate consumer at the premises where the ingredient or substance was produced (reg. 5); (d) make provision for the storage of such bones or substances derived from them in food (reg. 6); (e) make provision for records of consignments of bones (reg. 7); (f) create offences and penalties (reg. 8); (g) apply certain provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 (reg. 9); (h) make provisions for enforcement by the Scottish Ministers or a food authority (reg. 10).

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Food Safety Act 1990.

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1990 (2021)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Food quality control/food safety, Fraud, Inspection, Institution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repeals

Beef Bones Regulations (S.I. No. 2959 of 1997).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1997

Keyword: Meat, Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Transport/storage

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. No. 166 of 2008).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2008

Keyword: Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Meat, Food quality control/food safety, Animal health, Pests/diseases, Slaughtering, Inspection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX