2024/0031/IE
EC/EFTA
IE Irland
  • C50A - Lebensmittel
2024-04-22
2024-01-22

Direct supply to the final consumer or to local retail establishments directly supplying the final consumer of:a) small quantities of primary product, b) meat of poultry and lagomorphs slaughtered on the farm, c) wildgame meat supplied by hunters

European Union (Food and Feed Hygiene) Regulations 2020

Regulation No 852/2004 and Regulation No 853/2004 do not apply to a primary producer engaged in –

(a) direct supply of a primary product of fishing or aquaculture, not exceeding 30 kilogrammes per week, to thefinal consumer or to a local retail establishment supplying directly to the final consumer, (with respect to livebivalve molluscs this exemption applies only to live bivalve molluscs harvested from class A areas (classifiedby the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority in accordance with Article 53 of Commission ImplementingRegulation (EU) 2019/627 of 15 March 2019) and where the area has not been closed due to excessive levelsof toxin (in accordance with Article 62 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627 of 15 March2019)),

(b) direct supply of eggs from a flock of hens (gallus gallus domesticus) or quail not exceeding 50 birds, or aflock of ducks or geese not exceeding 20 birds, to the final consumer or to retail establishments supplyingdirectly to the final consumer, located no more than 100 kilometres from the production site,
(c) direct supply of raw milk, not exceeding 30 litres per week, to the final consumer or to retail establishmentssupplying directly to the final consumer, located no more than 20 kilometres from the holding,
(d) hunting, where the primary producer is engaged solely in the supply of wild game that he or she has huntedif –
(i) no more than one large wild game or no more than three small wild game are supplied in a week, with amaximum of three large wild game or thirty small wild game supplied in a year, and
(ii) the wild game is supplied only to final consumers, or to retail establishments that supply the final consumer,located no more than 100 kilometres from where the wild game was hunted,
to the extent that the food or feed business engages in any of these activities.
Regulation No 853/2004 does not apply to-
(a) a primary producer engaged in direct supply of poultry and lagomorphs, slaughtered on the holding, to thefinal consumer or to retail establishments supplying the meat directly to the final consumer, located no morethan 100 kilometres from the holding, if
(i) no more than 1,000 birds are slaughtered in a week, with a maximum of 10,000 birds being slaughtered in acalendar year, or
(ii) no more than 1,000 animals are slaughtered in a week, with a maximum of 10,000 animals beingslaughtered in a calendar year, or
(b) the supply, by a hunter, of wild game or wild game meat to the final consumer, or to retail establishmentsthat supply the final consumer, located no more than 100 kilometres from where the wild game was hunted, if –
(i) the meat of no more than one large wild game or no more than three small wild game is supplied in a week,and
(ii) the meat of no more than three large wild game or thirty small wild game is supplied in a year,
to the extent that the food or feed business engages in any of these activities.