Generally speaking, the Public Abattoir operates under two broad categories of legislation: the EU (and National) food safety including the hygiene package, and the EU legislation regulating agricultural markets.
European and national legislation define the food safety objectives to be achieved, leaving the food operators responsible for adopting the safety measures to be implemented.
Key pieces of the food safety and hygiene legislation are:
For further information and other applicable legislation, one may visit the Food Safety webpage on the Eurlex website
Key pieces of legislation regulating animal welfare are:
Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 of 24 September 2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing (Text with EEA relevance).
ey pieces of the EU legislation regulating agricultural markets are:
Council Regulation (EC) No 1308/2013 of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of markets in agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) – [EN ] [MT ]
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1249/2008 of 10 December 2008 laying down detailed rules on the implementation of the Community scales for the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcases and the reporting of prices thereof – [EN ] [MT ]