Comed Beef Regul'ations, 1981

L.N. 100 of 1981

FOOD, DRUGS AND DRINKING WATER ACT, 1972

(ACT NO. XL OF 1972)

Comed Beef Regul'ations, 1981

IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 12 of the Food,

Drugs and Drinking Water A ct , 1972, the Minister of Health and

Environment, on the advice of the Food Standards Board, has made

the following r egulations : -

I. These regulations may be c i t e d as the Cor n e d Beef ReguJa­

tion5, 1981.

1-1981 dwar il-Corned Beef.

(Regulation 4(4»

FOOD ADDITIVES

Maximum level calculated on the total net

Additive

content of the fina) product

50 rng/kg total nitrite expressed as sodium

Nitrite, potassiurn and/or sodi urn

nitrite

salts

500 rng/kg expressed as ascorbic acid

Ascorbic acid and its sodium salt

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In thes e regulations, unless the c o n t e xt otherwise requlres

"hermetically sealed container" means a container which IS com­

p letely sealed, rigid and impermeable and which is made of any

a p p r o pr iat e material which is suitable for corned beef.

(1) These regulations shall a p p ly to products designated as

"corned beef".

(2) Corned beef shall consist of chopped, cured, boneless

carcase meat which has been derived from animals of the bovine

species and may include head meat, heart meat and skirt m eat .

(3) Corned beef shall be prepared from coarsely cut beef

which has been precooked, or of precooked beef to which a m a x im um

of 5 'XI raw beef has been added, provided that in either case the

meat shall be cured, before 01' after filling into the container.

(1) Corned beef shall contain uncured beef and curing

ingredients consisting of salt (sodium c hl o ri d e ) and sodium or

potassium nitrite.

(2) Corned beef may also contain sucrose, invert sugar,

de:xtrose (glucose), lactose, maltose, gJucose syrup (including corn

syrup).

(3) The total protein content in the fina] product shall not

be le s s t han 21 % m/m.

(4) Corned beef shall conform with the standards la id

down in the First Schedule to these reguJations as r ega r d s addrtives.

(l) The raw meat from which the product is prepared shall

be free from objectionable odours and flavours.

(2) No meat or meat products shall be accepted by all

establishment where corned beef is prepared or manufactured unless

the animals from which the meat Of meat products have been derived

have been subjected to ante mortem and post mortem inspection and

found free from disease at the time of slaughter and fit for human

consumption. Such animals sha11 not after such inspection or inspec­

tions be or have been exposed to contamination or processed or

handIed 01' subjected to the addition of any ha1'mful substance which

renders them unfit for human consumption.

The meat and meat products referred to in paragraph

(3)

(2) of this regulation shal be handIed, stored o-r transported in wch

establishment in such a manner that wi1l protect the meat and �eat

products from contamination and deterioration.

(4) The fina] product shaH be clean and substantially free

from staining and contamination from the container. The meat shaH

be uniformly and thoroughly cured, and the product shall be capable

of being sIiced when cooled.

(1) Corned beef shall be packaged in hermetically sealed

containers which do not permit contamination and which sha1l be

c1ean and show characteristics of sound containers and shall show

evidence of vacuum. The containers shall be heat treated after seal-

ing to such an extent as to render the product shelf-stable, and ID

such a manner that it presents no public health hazard.

(2) When processed containers are cooled in water, the

water shaH be of potable quality or suitably tre2ted so as not to

constitute a public health hazard. After processing, the containers

shaH be handled in such a manner as to avoid contamination of the

product.

(1) The label on the container shaH designate the nature

of the product as "Corned Beef". Such labe1 sha11 a1so show a decla-

ration as to the compJetelist of ingr,edients, in descending order of

proportion and a specific name shall be used for all of the ingredients.

(2) The net contents shall be dec1ared by weight in mctric

units. The name of the manufacturer, packer, dist1'ibutor, importer,

exporter 01' vendor of the p1'oduct shall be declared, as well as the

country of origin of the product. The country in which processing is

perfo1'med shal1 be considered to be the country of origin. Each COD­

tainer shaH be embossed 01' otherwise permanently marked to

identify the estabIishment producing the corned beef as well as to

identify the batch number of the lot.

(1) No person !Hay import, manufacture, export 0," sell any Corned beef to

corned beef which does not comply with the requirements of these compl y with

reguIations or which has not been produced in accordance with the

provisions of these regulations or of the Food, Drugs and Drinking

Water Act, 1972, or of any regulations made thereunder.

(2) Any corned beef which is allowed to be imported in

accordance with the provision of paragraph (1) of this regulation

shall, on importation, be accompanied by the document or documents

as referred to in regulation 9 of the Canned Food Reguations, 1977.

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