S.I. No. 85/2007 - Health (Country of Origin of Beef) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
HEALTH (COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF BEEF) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2007 | ||
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in “Iris Oifigiúil” of 6th March, 2007. | ||
I, MARY HARNEY, Minister for Health and Children, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 54 (inserted by section 25 of the Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (No. 3 of 2006)) of the Health Act 1947 (No. 28 of 1947) (as adapted by the Health (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 1997 ( S.I. No. 308 of 1997 )), after consultation with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Minister for Agriculture and Food, hereby make the following regulations: | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health (Country of Origin of Beef) (Amendment) Regulations 2007. | ||
2. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Health (Country of Origin of Beef) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 307 of 2006 ). | ||
3. Regulation 2(1) of the Principal Regulations is amended— | ||
(a) by deleting the definition of “beef”, | ||
(b) by deleting footnotes 1 and 2, | ||
(c) by inserting after the definition of “authority” the following definition: | ||
“ ‘caterer’ means any food business operator involved in the catering trade, including hotels, restaurants, public houses providing food, sandwich bars, canteens, healthcare establishments, catering service providers and takeaway food service outlets, which provide prepared beef directly to the final consumer;”, | ||
(d) by substituting for the definition of “country of origin” the following definition: | ||
“ ‘country of origin’ shall include all those countries in which the animal was born, reared or slaughtered as referred to in Regulation (EC) No. 1760/20001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97;” | ||
and by adding the following footnote thereto: | ||
“1OJ L 204,11.8.2000, p.1.” | ||
(e) by deleting the definition of “food business operator”, | ||
(f) by deleting footnote 3, | ||
(g) by substituting for the definition of “prepared beef” the following definition: | ||
“ ‘prepared beef’ means beef, within the meaning assigned to it by Regulation (EC) No. 1760/20001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000, which has been cooked or otherwise prepared for human consumption in the caterer’s establishment and beef within that meaning which has been bought in cooked”. | ||
4. Regulations 3 and 4 of the Principal Regulations are amended by substituting “caterer” for “food business operator” in each place where it occurs. | ||
5. Regulations 9 and 10 of the Principal Regulations are amended by substituting “prepared beef” for “beef or prepared beef” in each place where it occurs. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal this | ||
28 February 2007 | ||
MARY HARNEY | ||
Minister for Health and Children | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation). | ||
These Regulations amend the Health (Country of Origin of Beef) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 307 of 2006 ). | ||
These Regulations may be cited as the Health (Country of Origin of Beef) (Amendment) Regulations 2007. | ||
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND CHILDREN. | ||
February, 2007 |
