Canned Meat Product Regulations 1967
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1967/861 |
| Year | 1967 |
1967 No. 861
FOOD AND DRUGS
COMPOSITION AND LABELLING
The Canned Meat Product Regulations 196731stMay 1967
13thJune 1967
31stMay 1969
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Minister of Health, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 4, 7 and 123 of the Food and Drugs Act 1955(a) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following regulations after consultation with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests substantially affected by the regulations and reference to the Food Hygiene Advisory Council under section 82 of the said Act (insofar as the regulations relate to the labelling, marking or description of food):—
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Citation and commencement
1. These regulations may be cited as the Canned Meat Product Regulations 1967; and shall come into operation on 31st May 1969.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
"the Act" means the Food and Drugs Act 1955;
"canned" in relation to any food means packed in a tin, jar or other hermetically sealed container, and either sterilised or pasteurised after sealing, and "canning" shall be construed accordingly;
"canned meat product" means any meat canned for human consumption and any product containing meat canned for human consumption and any reference to canned meat product includes any such product after removal from its container;
"canned meat with cereal" means any canned meat product which has a meat content of less than 95 per cent. and a vegetable content of less than 25 per cent. and of which the principal ingredient by weight, other than meat, is cereal, and includes luncheon meat, but does not include any faggot, rissole, croquette or meat ball described as such;
"canned meat with gravy" means any canned meat product which has a meat content of less than 95 per cent. and a vegetable content of less than 25 per cent. and of which the principal ingredient by weight, other than meat, is added gravy;
"canned meat with jelly" means any canned meat product which has a meat content of less than 95 per cent. and a vegetable content of less
(a) 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 16.
than 25 per cent. and of which the principal ingredient by weight, other than meat, is added jelly;
"canned meat with sauce" means any canned meat product which has a meat content of less than 95 per cent. and a vegetable content of less than 25 per cent. and of which the principal ingredient by weight, other than meat, is added sauce;
"canned sausage" means any sausage canned for human consumption and any reference to canned sausage includes any such sausage after removal from its container;
"cereal" includes potato flour, potato starch, rice flour, rice starch, ground rice and soya flour but does not include grain rice, pastry, dumplings or any form of pasta;
"complete meat product" means any meat product which is homogeneous and complete in itself and is capable of being removed from a container in a single piece when the contents of the container are not frozen or congealed;
"container" includes any form of packaging of food for sale as a single item, whether by way of wholly or partly enclosing the food or by way of attaching the food to some other article, and in particular includes a wrapper or confining band;
"food" means food intended for sale for human consumption and includes drink, chewing gum and other products of a like nature and use, and articles and substances used as ingredients in the preparation of food or drink or of such products, but does not include—
(a) water, live animals or birds,
(b) fodder or feeding stuffs for animals, birds or fish, or
(c) articles or substances used only as drugs;
"food and drugs authority" has the meaning assigned to it by section 83 of the Act;
"gravy" means the product usually known by that name, and consisting of a liquid, thickened or unthickened, frozen or otherwise, having a flavour essentially derived from meat and including gravy sauce and any other product having characteristics similar to gravy;
"human consumption" includes use in the preparation of food for human consumption;
"lean meat content" means the total weight of lean meat free of visible fat, when raw or after curing or any other similar processing, contained in any canned meat product expressed as a percentage of the total weight of that product;
"meat" means the flesh, including fat, and the skin, rind, gristle and sinew in amounts naturally associated with the flesh used, of any animal or bird which is normally used for human consumption and includes cured meat, permitted offal, tails, feet, sweetbreads and tripe, but does not include fish;
"meat content" means the total weight of meat when raw or after curing or any other similar processing contained in any canned meat product expressed as a percentage of the total weight of that product;
"meat paste" means any readily spreadable product of which meat is a major ingredient and includes potted meat, chopped meat, minced meat, flaked meat and pâté intended for a use similar to any normal use of meat paste;
"meat pie" means any product containing meat which is wholly or partly encased in pastry and is intended for sale for human consumption and includes pasty and meat pudding but does not include sausage roll or vol-au-vent;
"permitted offal" means any offal other than offal prohibited to be used in any uncooked open meat product by the Offals in Meat Products Order 1953(a);
"sauce" means a liquid, thickened or unthickened, frozen or otherwise, used as a garnish with food and having a colour and flavour derived essentially from ingredients other than meat, but does not include gravy sauce or any other product having characteristics similar to gravy;
"sausage" means a product of a shape usually known as sausage shape or part of that such product made of comminuted meat with or without the addition of cereal and other minor ingredients, whether contained in an edible or inedible casing or not, and includes any chipolata, frankfurter, salame, saveloy and polony;
"sausage meat" means a product made of meat, with or without the addition of cereal and other minor ingredients, commonly used for or intended for the making of sausages or sold under any description which states or implies that the product is sausage meat;
"sell" includes offer or expose for sale or have in possession for sale, and "sale" and "sold" shall be construed accordingly;
"vegetable" means any product usually regarded as a vegetable for culinary purposes and includes mushroom and other edible fungus, tomato and grain rice as normally consumed;
AND other expressions have the same meaning as in the Act.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889(b) shall apply to the interpretation of these regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
(3) All percentages mentioned in these regulations are percentages calculated by weight and, unless a contrary intention is expressed, are calculated on the weight of the product as sold.
(4) Any reference in these regulations to a label borne on a container shall be construed as including a reference to any legible marking on the container however effected.
(5) For the purpose of theses regulations, the supply of food, otherwise than by sale, at, in or from any place where food is supplied in the course of a business shall be deemed to be a sale of that food, and references to purchasing and purchasers shall be construed accordingly.
(6) Any reference in these regulations to any order or other regulations shall be construed as a reference to such order or regulations as amended by any subsequent order or regulations.
Exemptions
3.—(1) The provisions of these regulations shall not apply in relation to—
(a) any meat paste;
(b) any canned meat pie, canned sausage roll, canned sausage or canned sausage meat other than any such meat pie, sausage roll, sausage or sausage meat which is sold, consigned or delivered as a part of any canned meat product;
(a) S.I. 1953/246 (1953 I, p. 686).
(b) 1889 c. 63.
(c) any canned meat product bearing on a label on its container a clear statement that such canned meat product is intended for consumption exclusively by invalids, babies or young children and no statement to the effect that such canned meat product is intended for consumption by any other class of person;
(d) any canned product containing the fat, but no other meat, of any animal or bird normally used for human consumption;
(e) any canned cured ham, canned cured gammon or canned cured pork shoulder—
(i) to which nothing has been added except solid gelatine, and
(ii) which bears the description "X in natural juices" or "X in natural juices, gelatine added" whichever is appropriate and such description has been completed by inserting at "X" the word "ham", "gammon" or "pork shoulder", as the case may be;
(f) any canned gravy or canned sauce in each case described as such;
(g) any canned haggis, canned black pudding or canned white pudding in each case described as such;
(h) any canned sandwich or canned vol-au-vent in each case described as such;
(i) any canned soup (whether dehydrated or frozen or not)...
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