Food hygiene regulations: meat
From 1 January 2006 new food hygiene regulations came into force in all EU Member States. The hygiene regulations replaced 17 directives, including eight relating specifically to meat.
Contact details
Enquiries relating to aspects of the new food hygiene regulations which apply to the hygienic production and processing of meat should be addressed to:
Slaughterhouses and cutting plants – Hygiene standards and official controls, cattle, sheep and pig meat issues
Patricia Elliott
tel: 020 7276 8377
email: patricia.elliott@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Wild Game – Hygiene standards and official controls
Vanessa Charles
tel: 020 7276 8386
email: vanessa.charles@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Poultry – Hygiene standards and official controls
Vanessa Charles
tel: 020 7276 8386
email: vanessa.charles@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
On-farm poultry production – hygiene standards
Miss Wing-Man Chan
tel: 020 7276 8384
email: wing-man.chan@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Meat products, minced meat, meat preparations – hygiene standards and official controls
Miss Wing-Man Chan
tel: 020 7276 8384
email: wing-man.chan@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
or write to:
Meat Hygiene & Veterinary Division
Food Standards Agency
Aviation House
125 Kingsway
London
WC2B 6NH
Revocations
With the applications of the new food hygiene regulations, a number of meat related regulations have been revoked. Details of these regulations may be found on the OPSI website at the link below.
The regulations which have been revoked are:
- The Meat Hygiene Appeals Tribunal (procedure) Regulations 1992
- The Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1994
- The Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995
- The Poultry Meat, Farmed Game Bird Meat and Rabbit Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995
- The Wild Game Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995
- The Minced Meat and Meat Preparations (Hygiene) Regulations 1995