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.

Subject

Food & nutrition, Livestock

Keyword

Food quality control/food safety Meat Packaging/labelling Data collection/reporting Access-to-information Cattle Animal reproduction

Geographical area

European Union Countries

Entry into force notes

The Regulation shall apply from 1 July 1997.

Abstract

The Regulation aims at ensuring stability in the market of beef and beef products by improving the transparency of the conditions for the production and marketing of the products concerned particularly as regards traceability. It establishes the rules to be followed by operators or organizations, as defined in article 13, for the labelling of beef at the point of sale in such a way as to provide information concerning the origin or certain characteristics or production conditions of the labelled meat or of the animal from which it derives. Each operator or organization shall submit a specification indicating (a) the information to be included on the label; (b) the measures to be taken to ensure the accuracy of the information; (c) the control system to be applied at all stages of production and sale; (d) in the case of an organization, the measures to be taken in relation to any member which failed to comply with the specifications. The approval of any specification shall be subject to the assurance of the competent authority, obtained on the basis of a thorough examination of its components. Article 15 establishes the conditions for the validity of any approval granted by a third country. Moreover, the label shall contain the following information: (a) Member State, third country or holding of birth; (b) Member States, third countries or holdings where all or any part of fattening took place, with partial fattening having to be specified; (c) Member State, third country or slaughterhouse where slaughter took place; (d) identification number and sex of the animal; (e) method of fattening or other information relating to feeding; (f) information on slaughtering, such as the age at slaughter and the date of slaughter or the period during which the beef was matured (f) any other information which the operator or the organization wishes to indicate and to which the competent authority concerned has agreed. A compulsory beef-labelling system shall be introduced which shall be obligatory in all Member States from 1 January 2000 onwards. However, this compulsory system shall not exclude the possibility for a Member State to decide to apply the system merely on an optional basis to beef sold in that same Member State. The labelling system provided for in this Regulation shall apply until 31 December 1999 (art. 19.1).

Full text

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Website

europa.eu

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Beef Labelling Act.

Legislation | Austria | 1998

Keyword: Meat, Cattle, Packaging/labelling, Non-governmental entity

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Beef Labelling Act.

Legislation | Austria | 1998 (2015)

Keyword: Meat, Cattle, Packaging/labelling, Non-governmental entity

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Ministerial Decree establishing additional provisions for the implementation of Regulation No. 820/97/EC regarding the labelling of beef and beef products.

Legislation | Italy | 1997

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Packaging/labelling, Meat

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Règlement grand-ducal portant mesures d'application du règlement (CE) nº 820/97 du Conseil du 21 avril 1997 en ce qui concerne l'étiquetage de la viande bovine.

Legislation | Luxembourg | 1998

Keyword: Meat, Cattle, Packaging/labelling, Standards, Inspection, Food quality control/food safety

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Beef Labelling (Enforcement) Regulations 1998 (No. 616 of 1998).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1998

Keyword: Packaging/labelling, Food quality control/food safety, Meat, Registration

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Décret nº 98-764 relatif à l'identification du cheptel bovin.

Legislation | France | 1998

Keyword: Animal production, Marking/identification, Access-to-information, Cattle

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1141/97 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97 as regards the labelling of beef and beef products.

Legislation | European Union | 1997

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Packaging/labelling, Meat, Registration, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Décret nº 98-940 portant application du Code de la consommation en ce qui concerne l'étiquetage des viandes bovines.

Legislation | France | 1998

Keyword: Meat, Packaging/labelling

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

European Communities (Identification and Registration of Bovine Animals) Regulations, 1999 (S.I. No. 276 of 1999).

Legislation | Ireland | 1999

Keyword: Animal health, Animal production, Cattle, Registration, Pests/diseases, Marking/identification, Traceability/product tracing

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Bovine Tuberculosis (Attestation of the State and General Provisions) Order, 1989 (S.I. 308 of 1989).

Legislation | Ireland | 1989

Keyword: Animal production, Animal health, Pests/diseases, Marking/identification, Traceability/product tracing

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Presidential Decree No. 437 laying down the modalities for the registration and the identification of bovine animals.

Legislation | Italy | 2000

Keyword: Marking/identification, Registration, Cattle

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

European Communities (Labelling of Beef and Beef Products) Regulations, 1998.

Legislation | Ireland | 1998

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Meat, Packaging/labelling

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Décret nº 2000-523 relatif à la certification de l'ascendance et de la filiation des bovins.

Legislation | France | 2000

Keyword: Animal reproduction, Herd book, Marking/identification, Access-to-information, Cattle, Genetic resources

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Cattle Identification (Notification of Births, Deaths and Movements) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. No. 265 of 1999).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1999

Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Marking/identification, Animal production, Registration, Cattle

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Décret nº 99-260 relatif à l'étiquetage et à la traçabilité des viandes bovines.

Legislation | France | 1999

Keyword: Meat, Packaging/labelling, Cattle, Food quality control/food safety, Traceability/product tracing

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Bovine Tuberculosis (Attestation of the State and General Provisions) Order, 1999 (S.I. No. 276 of 1999).

Legislation | Ireland | 1999

Keyword: Animal production, Animal health, Pests/diseases, Marking/identification, Traceability/product tracing

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2629/97 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) 820/97 as regards eartags, holding registers and passports in the framework of the system for the identification and registration of bovine animals.

Legislation | European Union | 1997 (2000)

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Meat, Packaging/labelling, Access-to-information, Cattle, Marking/identification

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regional Regulation No. 5 implementing Regional Act No. 17 of 26 March 1993.

Legislation | Italy | 1998

Keyword: Cattle, Sheep/goats, Registration, Marking/identification

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 of 21 April 1997 regarding the labelling of beef and beef products.

Legislation | Germany | 1999

Keyword: Meat, Cattle, Packaging/labelling, Registration, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information, Ownership, Marking/identification

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97.

Legislation | European Union | 2000

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Meat, Packaging/labelling, Access-to-information, Cattle, Animal reproduction, Registration

Source: FAO, FAOLEX