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

5.  Cutting, boning, wrapping and packaging operations shall not take place in the same room unless the packaging is re-usable as described in paragraph 1(b) above or where the following conditions are satisfied:

(a)the room shall be sufficiently large and so arranged that the hygiene of the operations is assured;

(b)the packaging and wrapping shall be enclosed in a sealed protective covering immediately after manufacture; this covering shall be protected from damage during transport to the licensed premises and stored under hygienic conditions in a separate room in such premises;

(c)the rooms for storing packaging material shall be dust and vermin-free and have no air connection with rooms containing substances which might contaminate fresh meat.Packaging shall not be stored on the floor;

(d)packaging shall be assembled under hygienic conditions before being brought into the room;

(e)packaging shall be hygienically brought into the room and used without delay.It shall not be handled by staff handling fresh meat;

(f)immediately after packaging the meat shall be placed in the storage room provided.