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Carcase Classification and Price Reporting Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. No. 216 of 2018).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Northern Ireland
Document type
Regulation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock, Food & nutrition
Keyword
Meat Inspection Food quality control/food safety Cattle Slaughtering Swine Classification/declassification
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations enforce for Northern Ireland EU legislation on the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals or pigs. Specifically they enforce- Article 10 of, and Annex IV to, Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, which relate to European Union scales for the classification of carcases; and — Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1182; and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1184 which sets out further details regarding the implementation of those scales. The Regulations provide for a licensing system for anybody who visually classifies bovine carcases and for the licensing of slaughterhouses using automated grading equipment for classifying such carcases. Certain records must be kept and notifications must be made to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, and grading and classification must be carried out using an authorised grading method and grading techniques operated by qualified personnel.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Regulation (EU) No. 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No. 922/72, (EEC) No. 234/79, (EC) No. 1037/2001 and (EC) No. 1234/2007.

Legislation | European Union | 2013

Keyword: Agricultural commodities, Internal trade, Agricultural development, Vegetables/legumes, Cereals/grains/rice, Fruits/edible nuts, Oils/oilseeds/fats, Beverages, Fraud, Food waste, Standards, Food security, Animal production, Cattle, Sheep/goats, Swine, Apiculture/sericulture, Plant production, Planting material/seeds, Viticulture/oenological practices, Crops/grasses

Source: FAO, FAOLEX