The Poultry Meat, Farmed Game Bird Meat and Rabbit Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1994

means a member State of the European Community other than the United Kingdom;

means a quantity of meat of the same species and type produced by or obtainedfrom the same production run and from the same flock of origin;

means poultry or farmed game birds;

means— (a) in relation to birds, the whole body of a bird after bleeding, plucking and evisceration, whether or not the heart, liver, lungs, the gizzard, crop and kidneys, the legs at the tarsus, the head, oesophagus or trachea have beenremoved;

means parts of a carcase;

means: (a) in relation to meat, premises used for the cold storage of meat intended for sale for human consumption but does not include any premises used wholly or mainly for sales of meat to the ultimate consumer;

means Council Directive 71/118/EEC on health problems affecting the production and placing on the market of fresh poultrymeat, as amended and updated by Council Directive 92/116/EEC;

means Council Directive 91/495/EEC concerning public health and animal health problems affecting the production and placing on the market of rabbit meat and farmed game meat as amended by Council Directive 92/65/EEC;

means a member State to which fresh meat is sent from any other member State;

means premises used for the purpose of cutting up fresh meat intended for sale for human consumption;

means cutting carcases into smaller cuts or removing bones from carcasesor parts of carcases;

means birds, other than poultry, which are not generally considered domestic but which are bred, reared and slaughtered in captivity;

means the meat of farmed game birds;

means a person who buys fresh meat— (a) for his own consumption;

includes the cutting up, storing, packaging, wrapping or re-wrapping of fresh meat and the preparation of fresh meat for any such purpose or for sale;

means an inspection or supervisory function carried out by a food authority under— (a) the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1992;

means a mark applied in accordance with regulation 12 and of a kind and in the manner set out in Schedule 11;

means an authorised officer who— (a) has a qualification specified in Schedule 16;

means a market held in the same locality as, or in a neighbouring locality to, that in which the premises in question are situated;

means the area comprised within the boundary of— (a) in relation to England: (a) a metropolitan county named in Part I or a non-metropolitan county named in Part II of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Act 1972, (ii) the Isles of Scilly, which shall be regarded as one locality, (iii) Greater London, as defined in section 2(1) of the London Government Act 1963, (b) in relation to Wales, a county named in Part I of Schedule 4 to the LocalGovernment Act 1972 save that the counties of Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan shall be regarded as one locality, and (c) in relation to Scotland, a region named in Part I or an island area named in Part II of Schedule 1 to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973;

means all parts of a bird or rabbit which are fit for human consumption;

means any person carrying on the business of a slaughterhouse, cutting premises, cold store or re-wrapping centre (either separately or together) or his duly authorised representative and, in relation to an application in respect of any such premises for a licence under regulation 4, includes the owner of those premises, the person proposing to occupy those premises and the duly authorised representative of any such person;

means fresh meat other than that of the carcase, whether or not naturally connected to the carcase, including the head and feet where these are presented separate from the carcase;

means a veterinary surgeon designated by the Minister under regulation 9;

means a preservative the use of which in foodstuffs is permitted under the Preservatives in Food Regulations 1989 and the Preservatives in Food (Scotland) Regulations 1989;

means a person who is authorised in accordance with regulation 11;

means the inspection of slaughtered birds or rabbits in a slaughterhouse in accordance with regulation 14(1)(d) and Schedule 9;

means domestic fowls, turkeys, guinea fowls, ducks and geese;

has the meaning given to it in regulation 2(1) of the Poultry Meat, Farmed Game Bird Meat and Rabbit Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1994;”

means the inspection of live birds or rabbits in accordance with regulation 14(1)(b) and Schedule 7;

means any slaughterhouse, cutting premises, cold store or re-wrapping centre or a combination of some or all such premises;

means the person who owns or is in charge of any birds or rabbits and the duly authorised representative of any such person;

means the report referred to in paragraph 1(b)(ii) of Schedule 7;

means a domestic rabbit and “rabbit meat” shall be construed accordingly;

has the meaning given to it in regulation 2(1) of the Poultry Meat, Farmed Game Bird Meat and Rabbit Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1994;”

means a sale of any fresh meat from any premises— (a) direct to the final consumer at those premises, other than by mail order or itinerant sale;

includes offer or expose for sale or have in possession for sale or supply, otherwise than on sale, in the course of a business;

means any building, premises or place for slaughtering birds or rabbits, the flesh of which is intended for sale for human consumption and includes any place available in connection therewith for the confinement of birds or rabbits awaiting slaughter there;

has the same meaning as in Article 2(1)(c) of Council Directive 92/45/EEC on public health and animal health problems relating to the killing of wildgame and the placing on the market of wild-game meat;

means— (a) in relation to birds, two or more birds from the same flock, farm or housing or in the same free range, and (b) in relation to rabbits, two or more rabbits from the same farm or housing or in the same free range;

means a veterinary inspector appointed by the Minister under the Animal Health Act 1981.

means, in relation to England and Wales, the Poultry Meat (Hygiene) Regulations 1976 and in relation to Scotland, the Poultry Meat (Hygiene) (Scotland) Regulations 1976;

means the Food Safety Act 1990;

means a country other than a member State of the European Community;

means a veterinary officer of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

means offal from the thoracic, abdominal and pelvic cavities including the trachea, oesophagus and, in relation to birds, the crop;