The Meat Products (Hygiene) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000

• Citation: S.I. 2000/790
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Title, extent and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Meat Products (Hygiene) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000; they extend to England only and come into force–

(a) in case of all provisions other than regulation 3, on 30th March 2000; and

(b) in the case of regulation 3, on 31st March 2000.

Section 2 Amendment to the Meat Products (Hygiene) (Amendment) Regulations 1999

In so far it extends to England, regulation 2(10)(k) of the Meat Products (Hygiene) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 is revoked.

Section 3 Amendment to the Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1994

(1) The Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1994 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2) below in so far as they extend to England.

(2) The following paragraph is substituted for paragraph 2(a) of Part IX of Schedule 2–

(2)

(a) The meat product to be used in the prepared meal shall as soon as it has been cooked–

(i) be mixed with the other ingredients as soon as practically possible; in that event the time during which the temperature of the meat product is between 10°C and 60°C shall not exceed two hours,

(ii) be refrigerated to 10°C or less before being mixed with the other ingredients, or

(iii) be cooled and mixed with the other ingredients in such a way (to be specified in the approval document for the establishment concerned) that the time during which the temperature of the meat product is between 10°C and 60°C is kept to a minimum;

Section 4 Consequential amendment

In so far as it extends to England, Schedule 2 to the Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations 1996 (Regulations relevant to intra-Community trade) is amended by the insertion of the following reference at the end of its paragraph 5–

The Meat Products (Hygiene) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000.