Decree to amend the Decree relative to meat, minced meat and meat products made under the Commodities Act. Country/Territory Netherlands Document type Regulation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Staatsblad No. 385 of 1999, 5 pp. Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Hygiene/sanitary procedures Meat Geographical area Benelux, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Entry into force notes Entry into force on 17 September 1999. Abstract This Decree amends the principal Decree so as to implement in its final form Council Directive 94/65/EC laying down the requirements for the production and placing on the market of minced meat and meat products. Article 2, here renewed, prohibits the preparation of or placing on the market of specified meat and meat products that do not comply with requirements regarding their composition laid down by the present Decree. Added is a prohibition to trade unpacked meat other than in retailing. Full text Dutch Website www.overheid.nl References - Legislation Implements Council Directive 94/65/EC laying down the requirements for the production and placing on the market of minced meat and meat preparations. Legislation | European Union | 1994 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Meat, Internal trade Source: FAO, FAOLEX