Change description : 2025-03-14 12:09:00: Updated the document ‘Rules on meat produced from poultry and farmed game birds originating in disease control zones’. [Guidance and regulation]
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This document sets out the rules food businesses should follow for any meat produced from poultry or farmed game birds originating within a disease control zone.
The rules relate to the marking, separation and movement of meat intended for human consumption.
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Published 4 November 2022
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10 March 2025
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18 December 2023
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5 December 2023
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29 November 2023
Updated the document 'Rules on meat produced from poultry and farmed game birds originating in disease control zones'. Added a new infected premises and updated the table of HPAI H5N1 outbreaks from October 2021 onwards.
17 November 2023
Updated data for several entries in the table of HPAI H5N1 outbreaks from October 2021 onwards. Added 2 new infected premises.
16 October 2023
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29 September 2023
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12 July 2023
Updated Rules on meat produced from poultry and farmed game birds originating in disease control zones with new infected premises.
27 June 2023
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5 June 2023
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21 February 2023
Updated the table of key dates and the list of designated slaughterhouses to add Springfield Poultry Ltd.
10 February 2023
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1 February 2023
Updated the table of key dates and the list of designated slaughterhouses to add IHP Ltd.
17 January 2023
Updated the table of key dates and the list of designated slaughterhouses to add Medina pure halal UK Ltd.
30 December 2022
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19 December 2022
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