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Pig Carcase (Grading) Regulations, 1988.

Country/Territory
Ireland
Document type
Regulation
Date
1988
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Packaging/labelling
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations implement EC Regulations on the grading and marking of pig carcases at slaughter plants by estimated percentage lean meat content. They also provide for (a) authorized officers to enforce the Regulations and (b) the prosecution of offences. Pig carcases shall be graded at the time of weighing by estimated percentage lean meat content as determined by one of the methods authorized in the Commission Decision 87/293/EEC. Regulation 6 specifies the methods that are authorized for grading pig carcases in Ireland.

Full text
English
Website
www.bailii.org

References - Legislation

Amended by

Pig Carcase (Grading) (Amendment) Regulations, 1988 (S.I. No. 413 of 2001).

Legislation | Ireland | 2001

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Meat, Classification/declassification

Source: FAO, FAOLEX