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Section A – General Information What is the Beef Carcase Classification scheme? 1. The Beef Carcase Classification scheme is a European Community (EC) wide scheme which requires EC approved slaughterhouses to classify adult beef carcases on the basis of a combination of their fat and conformation. Purpose of the scheme 2. The purpose of the scheme is to ensure the uniform classification of adult beef carcases to guarantee producers fair payment based on the EC Community Grading scale for adult bovine animals delivered to slaughterhouses. This classification also improves the transparency of the market in carcases, to the benefit of all sectors of the industry. Purpose of these notes 3. These notes provide guidance to operators and staff of slaughterhouses on the classification of beef carcases. The notes set out the main provisions of the Community requirements and explain how they will apply in England & Wales. As separate legislative arrangements have been made in Scotland and Northern Ireland, slaughterhouses based there should contact their appropriate office for further guidance. 3.1 You should also make yourself familiar with the Industry’s own Code of Practice. Definition of an adult bovine animal 4. Under the Beef Carcase Classification Scheme the definition of an adult bovine carcase is a bovine animal with a live weight exceeding 300 kilograms. BCC Guidance Notes 4 version 7 – January 2012 PDF created with pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com
Section B – Registration Requirements under BCC Registration - general 5. Statutory Instruments, The Beef and Pig Carcase Classification (England) Regulations 2010 No. 1090 and The Beef and Pig Carcase Classification (Wales) Regulations 2011 No 1826 (W.198), require that an occupier of an EC approved slaughterhouse killing adult bovine animals must notify this fact in writing to the relevant agriculture department. In England and Wales the relevant agriculture department is the Rural Payments Agency (RPA). The details to be notified are set out in Regulation 5 of SI 1090 (England) and Regulation 5 of SI 1826 (Wales). The Regulations also explain what slaughterhouse occupiers are required to do if changes occur in the notified details or if they cease to occupy a slaughterhouse. 5.1 To ensure that the required information is provided an RPA ‘Registration Details’ form should be completed and returned to this office. A copy of the form can be obtained from the Meat Technical Schemes section at Carlisle RPA or downloaded from our web site at rpa.defra.gov.uk then following the links ‘Full list of RPA schemes, Livestock schemes, Beef Carcase Classification 5.2 Where any changes occur the operator must notify the RPA of the particulars within 28 days of the change. 5.3 Where an operator ceases to be the operator of an approved slaughterhouse they must notify the RPA of the cessation date and the person(s) succeeding as operators of the slaughterhouse where applicable. This notification should be supplied within 10 days of the cessation. Exempt slaughterhouses 6. Slaughterhouses with an annual average throughput of not more than 75 adult bovine animals per week (calculated on a rolling yearly basis) do not have to classify. However, such slaughterhouses will still be required to: • Register the slaughterhouse; • Keep records; • Permit entry and provide assistance to authorised officers. BCC Guidance Notes 5 version 7 – January 2012 PDF created with pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com
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