Ordinance on quality classes for slaughtered pigs. Country/Territory Austria Document type Regulation Date 1997 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bundesgesetzblatt für die Republik Österreich, Part II, No. 419, 23 December 1997, pp. 3149-3151. Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Meat Swine Classification/declassification Inspection Slaughtering Food quality control/food safety Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Western Europe Entry into force notes This Ordinance comes into force on 1 January 1998. Abstract An Ordinance by the Federal Minister for Agriculture and Forestry consisting of 10 articles and 2 Annexes to replace the previous one of 1994 on the same subject. The Ordinance contains at the outset a definition clause relating to the various terms therein employed. Article 5 establishes the various quality classes. Having ascertained the quality class, a Protocol will have to ensue. Article 7 prescribes that every carcass has to bear a clearly impressed stamp. Full text German Website www.ris.bka.gv.at References - Legislation Repeals Ordinance on quality classes for slaughtered pigs. Legislation | Austria | 1994 Keyword: Meat, Swine, Classification/declassification, Slaughtering, Inspection, Food quality control/food safety Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Ordinance amending the Ordinance on quality classes for slaughtered animals (pigs). Legislation | Austria | 1998 Keyword: Swine, Classification/declassification, Slaughtering Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Ordinance on quality classes for slaughtered pigs. Legislation | Austria | 2002 Keyword: Classification/declassification, Swine, Meat, Slaughtering, Inspection, Food quality control/food safety Source: FAO, FAOLEX