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

Transport documentation

15.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3) below, the occupier of premises licensed under these Regulations shall ensure that fresh meat is accompanied during transportation from those premises by—

(a)in the case of fresh meat intended for consignment to another member State—

(i)which will be transported through a third country in a sealed means of transport, or

(ii)which is obtained from a slaughterhouse situated in a region or area subject to a prohibition or restriction under the Animal Health Act 1981(1),

a health certificate in the form specified in Schedule 18 or Schedule 19, as appropriate;

(b)in the case of fresh meat intended for consignment to another member State, a region of another member State, or a region of the United Kingdom outside Great Britain, which is recognised in accordance with Article 12(2) of Council Directive 90/539/EEC(2) as amended(3), in relation to its Newcastle disease status, the health certificate in the form specified in Schedule 18;

(c)in any other case by an invoice or delivery note containing the following information:

(i)the name and address of the consignor and the consignee;

(ii)the approval number of the premises from which the meat is to be transported;

(iii)the date of issue of such invoice or delivery note and a number enabling it to be identified;

(iv)a description of the product transported;

(v)the total quantity despatched;

(vi)the particulars provided for in paragraphs 1 and 4 of Schedule 11.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3) below, any person who receives fresh meat direct from any licensed premises shall keep the invoice or delivery note referred to in paragraph (1)(c) above for a period of at least one year from the date of receipt.

(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) above shall not apply where the fresh meat is being transported from licensed premises direct to the final consumer or to a retailer in Great Britain.