Meat products: sell them legally in England
Find out what information you need to show on products made of or containing meat that you sell to the public.
This guide tells you the information you must provide with products made of or containing meat to follow the:
- European Food Information to Consumers Regulation No 1169/2011 (FIC)
- Food Information Regulations 2014 (FIR)
- Products Containing Meat etc. (England) Regulations 2014 (PMR)
Types of meat products
바카라 사이트楳eat바카라 사이트� and similar specific terms like 바카라 사이트榖eef바카라 사이트�, 바카라 사이트榣amb바카라 사이트� and 바카라 사이트榗hicken바카라 사이트� is mammal or bird skeletal muscle with natural tissue that바카라 사이트檚 fit for human consumption.
The maximum total fat and connective tissue content you바카라 사이트檙e allowed is explained in this table:
| Species | Fat content | Collagen to meat protein ratio |
|---|---|---|
| Mammals (other than rabbits and porcines) and mixtures of species with a majority of mammal meat | 25% | 25% |
| Porcines | 30% | 25% |
| Birds and rabbits | 15% | 10% |
You must express the collagen to meat protein ratio as the percentage of collagen in meat protein. The collagen content means the hydroxyproline content multiplied by a factor of 8.
You must state on the ingredients list any parts of the carcase that don바카라 사이트檛 meet this criteria. For example, liver or blood serum.
If you exceed the maximum limits for fat or connective tissue but satisfy all other criteria for the definition of 바카라 사이트榤eat바카라 사이트� you must:
- lower the 바카라 사이트榤eat바카라 사이트� content accordingly
- state the presence of any fat and connective tissue in the list of ingredients in addition to the term 바카라 사이트榤eat바카라 사이트�
For example, ingredients for breaded chicken nuggets might include, chicken, water, chicken connective tissue, chicken fat, breadcrumbs, egg.
Fresh meat
This is meat that hasn바카라 사이트檛 had any preserving process other than chilling or freezing. It includes meat that is vacuum packed or packed in a controlled atmosphere.
Meat preparations
These are foods made from fresh meat without changing the structure of the muscle fibre that characterises fresh meat. Other foods, seasonings and additives may have been added to them.
Products containing meat
These are foods where meat is an ingredient, even if the other ingredient is 5% water.
A product containing meat also includes foods containing multiple ingredients, for example a chicken and mushroom pie or a roast chicken ready meal.
Types of meat you can바카라 사이트檛 sell
You can바카라 사이트檛 sell products that contain certain ingredients if the product is 바카라 사이트榰ncooked바카라 사이트�, meaning it바카라 사이트檚 sold on the basis that it needs further cooking before consumption.
You must not use any of these ingredients in uncooked products made and sold in England:
- feet
- intestine (except as sausage skin)
- lungs
- oesophagus
- rectum
- spinal cord
- spleen
- stomach
- udder
Products with added water
You must tell the consumer if you add water to a meat product or preparation that makes up more than 5% of its weight.
You only need to do this if the meat product or preparation looks like a cut, joint, slice, portion or carcase.
This doesn바카라 사이트檛 apply to products like sausages because they don바카라 사이트檛 look like cuts or joints.
Include the information in the name of the food. For example 바카라 사이트榟am with added water바카라 사이트�.
Formed foods
You must tell the consumer if a food product looks like a whole piece of meat but is made up of 2 or more separate pieces.
Put the words 바카라 사이트榝ormed meat바카라 사이트� next to the name of the product.
This applies to products that:
- look like a whole piece of meat, like a chicken breast
- products that appear to be taken from a whole single piece of meat, like sliced ham
Added proteins
You must tell the consumer if you add protein to products containing meat or meat preparations from a different species to the main product.
Include the name and origin of the protein in the name of the food.
You need to do this wherever the protein is used as an ingredient. This includes hydrolysed proteins such as:
- albumin
- collagen
- casein
- milk protein
- egg protein.
For example, a product name could be 바카라 사이트榗hicken breast with added pork protein바카라 사이트� or 바카라 사이트榖eef escalopes with chicken egg protein바카라 사이트�.
You should include any other added ingredient from a different species in the list of ingredients. For example, the ingredients for a chicken pie might include, flour, water, chicken (10%), pork fat and suet.
Minced meat
Minced meat should meet certain standards, based on a daily average:
| fat content must be less than | collagen to meat protein ratio must be less than | |
|---|---|---|
| Lean minced meat | 7% | 12% |
| Minced pure beef | 20% | 15% |
| Minced meat containing pork | 30% | 18% |
| Other minced meats | 25% | 15% |
You can sell minced meat that doesn바카라 사이트檛 meet these criteria if the label has the words 바카라 사이트楩or UK market only바카라 사이트� followed by the national mark.
The national mark is a printed square (鈻�) followed by the words 바카라 사이트渇or UK market only바카라 사이트�.
The label must always show the maximum percentage of fat and the collagen to meat protein ratio. Use the words 바카라 사이트榩ercentage of fat content under 바카라 사이트�바카라 사이트� and 바카라 사이트榗ollagen/meat protein ratio under 바카라 사이트�바카라 사이트�
Date of freezing
You must show the date of freezing or first freezing on:
- frozen meat
- frozen meat preparations
Use the words 바카라 사이트渇rozen on바카라 사이트� and give the date on which the food, in the form it바카라 사이트檚 being sold, was first frozen.
You can give the oldest date of freezing where a product or preparation contains food from batches frozen on different dates. For example, a beef stir fry containing red peppers.
You don바카라 사이트檛 need to give the date of first freezing if the meat content of a food is included as an ingredient (such as frozen chicken pie).
Reserved descriptions
Your products must have a if they바카라 사이트檙e made and sold in England and use one of the following reserved descriptions:
- hamburger
- chopped
- corned
- luncheon
- pie
- pudding
- game pie
- Scottish or Scotch pie
- pie or pudding
- pastie or pasty
- bridie
- sausage roll
- sausage, link, chipolata, sausage meat
Penalties
You바카라 사이트檙e breaking the law if you don바카라 사이트檛 follow the rules for selling products containing meat. You may get an improvement notice from your local council.
You바카라 사이트檒l have a right to appeal any improvement notice.
Meat labels
Read the Food Standards Agency바카라 사이트檚 guidance on to find out what other parts of the carcase you can바카라 사이트檛 sell under EU hygiene laws.
If you바카라 사이트檙e a business and want advice on labelling, contact your local trading standards office.