Meat Products (Hygiene) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999
These Regulations amend the Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (S.R. 1997 No. 494) (“the principal Regulations”) which implement Council Directive 77/99/EEC on health problems affecting the production and marketing of meat products, and certain other products of animal origin, as amended by Council Directive 95/68/EC (O.J. No. L332, 30.12.95, p. 10). The consolidated text of Council Directive 77/99/EEC after amendments made to it by Council Directive 92/5/EEC is contained in O.J. No. L57, 2.3.92, p. 4. These Regulations, among other things, also give effect to Article 1(9) of Council Directive 97/76/EC (O.J. No. L10, 16.1.98, p. 25). The bulk of the Regulations comes into operation on 24th May 1999. Regulation 2(7)(c) will come into operation on 30th September 1999 and regulation 2(7)(e) and (h) on 31st March 2000.