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time for the Minister to approve suitable stunning devices and for
owners of poultry slaughterhouses to install them.
Local authorities will also be empowered under the Act to carry
out inspections to check that any regulations made by the Minister
are being observed in premises where poultry are being slaughtered,
and to institute proceedings where the provisions of the Act or
regulations under it have been contravened.
At present there are no premises in the Borough to which this
Act applies.
The Merchandise Marks (Imported Goods) No. 7 Order, 1934
Amendment Order, 1967.
The Merchandise Marks (Imported Goods) No. 7 Order, 1934,
as amended (hereinafter referred to as the Principal Order), prohibits the importation into, or the sale or exposure for sale in, the
United Kingdom of certain kinds of imported meat and edible
offals unless they bear an indication of origin applied in the manner
specified in the Order.
This Order, which becomes operative on 20th March, 1968,
amends the Principal Order to permit a reduction in the size of
lettering required when applying the indication of origin to those
kinds of meat and edible offals when sold or exposed for sale in
pre-packed form, whether wholesale or by retail, in a container or
package whose net weight does not exceed 4 lb.
The Order also extends to chilled beef, frozen mutton, frozen
lamb and frozen pork in pre-packed form a provision in the Principal Order permitting the application of the indication of origin
to each container or package of meat.
The Importation of Carcases and Animal Products (Amendment)
Order, 1967.
This Order came into operation on 21st April, 1967. Schedule
3 to the Importation of Carcases and Animal Products Order, 1954,
as amended, is further amended by the deletion of Italy from the
respective lists of countries of origin from which dry sausage
(salami), fully cured bacon and ham. and sausage casings (cleaned
and scraped) may be landed in Great Britain without a licence.
Other Food Legislation
In addition to the foregoing legislation, the undermentioned food
Regulations were enacted during the current year:—
The Meat Pie and Sausage Roll Regulations, 1967, operative from
31st May, 1968.