Meat Hygiene Act Implementation Law. Country/Territory Germany Territorial subdivision Baden-Württemberg Document type Legislation Date 1994 (2004) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleLaw implementing the Meat Hygiene Act. Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Meat Food quality control/food safety Hygiene/sanitary procedures Data collection/reporting Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The present Law implements the Federal Meat Hygiene Act of 8 July 1993 (BGBl. I p. 1242). Article 1 names the Ministry for Food and Rural Space as responsible for the execution of legislation on meat hygiene. The text consists of 3 articles as follows: Competent authorities (1); Conferring tasks to meat industries (1a); Fees (2); Costs (2a); Data storage (2b); Data communication system (2c); Repeal of existing legislation (3). Full text German Website www.baden-wuerttemberg.de References - Legislation Implements Meat Hygiene Act. Legislation | Germany | 1993 (2003) Keyword: Basic legislation, Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Meat, Inspection, International trade Source: FAO, FAOLEX