Meat (Disease Control) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. No. 287 of 2000).

These Regulations amend various regulations in force in Northern Ireland relative to meat hygiene. Regulation 2 provides that, where meat is obtained in circumstances where animal health restrictions in connection with certain specified diseases apply, the health mark must be overstamped. Meat which has been overstamped or which has not been produced separately from overstamped meat may not be traded with other EEA States.Regulation 3 provides that, where poultry meat is obtained in circumstances where animal health restrictions apply in connection with any disease to which poultry is susceptible the health mark must be overstamped. Meat which has been overstamped or which has not been produced separately from overstamped meat may not be traded with other EEA States. In addition, meat from a bird which has been vaccinated against Newcastle disease within 30 days of slaughter may not be traded with other EEA States. Regulation 4 prohibits the use of overstamped meat in meat products which are to be traded with other EEA States, unless the meat products undergo one of the forms of treatment prescribed at regulation 4(e). Such meat products must be prepared under veterinary supervision, must be stored separately from oval health marked meat and must be accompanied by a health certificate which confirms that they have been treated in accordance with the Regulations. All meat products are now required to be accompanied during transportation by commercial documentation, in addition to the requirement for a health certificate in specified circumstances. Regulation 5 restricts the use of overstamped meat in minced meat and meat preparations.