Meat Burgers Standards Regulations

MEAT BURGERS STANDARDS [S.L.231.24 1 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 231.24 MEAT BURGERS STANDARDS REGULATIONS 13th November, 1984 Legal Notice 53 of 1984 Title.1. The title of these Regulations is Meat Burgers Standards Regulations. Interpretation.2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires "cereal" includes rice flour and starch; "meat" means the lean flesh together with fat; "meat burger" means any kind of meat cake, whether cooked or uncooked, and includes beefburger and hamburger. Meat burgers to conform to standards. 3. No meat burgers may be imported, manufactured, prepared, kept for sale, exposed or otherwise displayed for sale, served in any to catering establishment, sold as take away food or in any other way sold (whether by wholesale or retail) unless the said meat burgers comply with the standards laid down in the second column of the Schedule in respect of the item listed in the first column of that Schedule. Labelling.4. (1) No person may import, keep for sale, expose or otherwise display for sale, or sell (whether by wholesale or retail) any meat burgers in a package or container unless there is attached or affixed to or printed on or included in the container a proper label showing (a) the brand or trade name, if any, and a description of the product; (b) the name and address of the manufacturer or person responsible for the product; (c) the type or types of meat used; (d) a correct declaration of the net contents in terms of weight and number of units; (e) the name or number, if any, of the colouring matter or preservative used; (f) the fact that it contains seasoning or cereal, if any is used. (2) A label which cannot be easily read without opening the package or container (if these are unopened) or otherwise without handling their contents shall not be deemed to be a proper label for the purpose of sub-regulation (1). 2 [S.L.231.24 MEAT BURGERS STANDARDS SCHEDULE (Regulation 3) First Column Second Column Description of Product Minimum Meat Content Beefburgers 80% meat derived from bovine s p e c i e s o n l y , o f w h i c h 8 0 % should be lean M e a t b u r g e r s o t h e r t h a n beefburgers 8 0 % m e a t d e r i v e d f r o m mixtures of pork and beef , of which 80% should be lean.