GROUND, MINCED AND CHOPPED MEAT STANDARDS ġ S.L.231.25 1
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 231.25
GROUND, MINCED AND CHOPPED MEAT 
STANDARDS REGULATIONS
23rd November, 1984
Legal Notice 59 of 1984
Title.
Chopped Meat Standards Regulations.
Interpretation.
"meat" means the lean flesh together with fat.
Standards for 
ground minced and 
chopped meat.
3. No ground, minced or chopped meat may be imported,
manufactured, prepared, kept for sale, exposed or otherwise
displayed for sale, served in any catering establishment, sold as
take-away food or  in any other way sold (whether by wholesale or
retail) unless the said meat complies with the standards laid down
in the Second Column of the Schedule in respect of the item listed
in the First Column of the said Schedule.
Labelling.
prepacked food, the said meat shall be wrapped in a transparent
wrapper and heatsealed or machine clipped, and shall have attached
or affixed to, or printed on, the said wrapper a proper label
showing-
( a ) the brand or trade name, if any, and a description of the
product;
( b ) the name and address of the manufacturer or person
responsible for the product;
( c ) the type or types of meat used; and
( d ) a correct declaration of the net weight.
SCHEDULE
(Regulation 3)
First Column Second Column
Description of product Minimum meat content
l. Ground, minced or
chopped beef
100% meat derived from
bovine species only, of which
not less than 75% shall be lean
2. Ground, minced or
chopped pork
100% meat derived from pork
only, of which not less than
75% shall be lean
2 ġ S.L.231.25 GROUND, MINCED AND CHOPPED MEAT STANDARDS
3. Ground, minced or
chopped beef and pork
100% meat derived, as to 50%
from bovine species and 50%
from pork and of which not
less than 75% derived from
each species shall be lean
