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You must batch and label the beef and veal you sell or supply according to specific rules, which vary from product to product.
Marketing standards for veal and beef importers, exporters, producers, manufacturers, retailers and distributors.
Beef abattoirs must dress, categorise, classify, weigh and label carcases according to regulations, and communicate results to suppliers.
Guidance on the main diseases that affect cattle, disease prevention and legal controls in place to protect cattle health.
What you need standard operating procedures for, the role of animal welfare officers, livestock unit limits and record keeping in slaughterhouses.
Apply online for an export health certificate (EHC) to export fresh meat, such as beef, from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) to the EU or move it to Northern Ireland.
If your abattoir slaughters 150 or more bovines aged 8 months or over per week (on a rolling annual average) you must be registered with the Beef Carcase Classification (BCC) scheme.
Check the tariff classification for dried buffalo ears and dried beef meat scraped off from the throat, for use as animal feed.
You must label beef, veal, mince and trimmings according to compulsory rules; extra information must meet food labelling legislation.
This notice is to inform you of the GATT beef quota for the period 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.
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