S.I. No. 223/1991 - European Communities (Beef Carcase Classification) (Amendment) Regulations, 1991.

S.I. No. 223 of 1991.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (BEEF CARCASE CLASSIFICATION) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1991.

I, MICHAEL O'KENNEDY, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), and for the purpose of giving full effect to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1358/80⁽¹⁾, of 5 June 1980 Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1208/81 of 28 April 1981⁽²⁾, Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2930/81 of 12 October 1981⁽³⁾, Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 563/82 of 10 March 1982⁽⁴⁾, Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1202/82 of 18 May 1982⁽⁵⁾ and Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1557/82 of 17 June 1982⁽⁶⁾, hereby make the following Regulations.

⁽¹⁾O J. No. L140, 5. 6. 1980 p. 4.

⁽²⁾O J. No. L123, 7. 5. 1981 p. 3.

⁽³⁾O J. No. L293, 13. 10. 1981 p. 6.

⁽⁴⁾O J. No. L67, 11. 3. 1982 p. 23.

⁽⁵⁾O J. No. L140, 20. 5. 1982 p. 35.

⁽⁶⁾O J. No. L172, 18. 6. 1982 p. 19.

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Beef Carcase Classification) (Amendment) Regulations, 1991.

(2) The Principal Regulations and these Regulations may be cited together as the European Communities (Beef Carcase Classification) Regulations 1982 and 1991.

(3) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 19th day of August, 1991.

2. In these Regulations "the Principal Regulations" mean the European Communities (Beef Carcase Classification) Regulations, 1982 ( S.I. No. 320 of 1982 ).

3. The Principal Regulations are hereby amended by the substitution of the Schedule to these Regulations for the Fourth Schedule.

Regulation 3

SCHEDULE.

"SCHEDULE IV.

Carcase Dressing Specification.

A. The following parts shall be removed from the body before the carcase is weighed:—

(1) the head, separated at the atlanto-occipital joint;

(2) the hind feet, separated at the hock joint between the tarsal and the metatarsal bones;

(3) the fore feet, separated at the knee joint between the carpal and the metacarpal bones;

(4) the hide and the ears;

(5) the tail, at the junction between the first and the second coccygeal vertebrae;

(6) the alimentary canal, from the oesophagus to the anus, together with the fats adhering thereto;

(7) the genito-urinary organs, and in males, the codfat, and in females, the mammary tissue;

(8) the kidneys, the kidney fat and channel fat, and the large blood vessels attached to the vertebrae;

(9) the lungs, heart and trachea (the pluck); the liver, the thymus glands (the sweetbreads); the spleen; the pancreas; the pillars of the diaphragm (the thick skirt); the diaphragm (the thin skirt);

(10) the fat in the thoracic cavity on the internal surface of the sternum or brisket-bone;

(11) the jugular vein and the adjacent fat, with the sterno-cephalicus muscle remaining intact on the carcase;

(12) the hspinal cord;

(13) the tut fat, that is, the fat lying in the ischiorectal fossae;

(14) the fat on the inside of the topside;

(15) any parts or tissues removed at the direction of the veterinary examiner.

B. There shall be no trimming of external fat before the carcase is weighed."

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 13th day of August, 1991.

MICHAEL O'KENNEDY,

Minister for Agriculture and Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations amend Statutory Instrument No. 320 of 1982 by adding, in males the codfat and in females the mammary tissue and in all carcases the fat on the inside of the topside, to the list of parts to be removed from the body before the carcase is weighed, on the slaughter lines in beef export licenced premises.