Hong Kong Regulations

FOOD BUSINESS REGULATION,FOOD BUSINESS REGULATION - SCHEDULE 6

[section 30E]

1.	Name or designation

Pre-packaged chilled beef, mutton or pork shall be legibly marked or 
labelled with the name or designation of the food.

2.	Indication of “slaughtering” and “use by” dates

(1)	Pre-packaged chilled beef, mutton or pork shall be legibly 
marked or labelled with the “slaughtering date” and the “use by” date.
(2)	The “slaughtering date” shall be indicated by the words 
“slaughtering date” in English lettering and by Chinese characters “屠宰日期” 
followed by the date on which the animal was slaughtered.
(3)	The “use by” date shall be indicated by—
(a)	the words “use by” in English lettering and by Chinese 
characters “此日期或之前食用” followed by the date up to and including which the 
pre-packaged chilled beef, mutton or pork, if properly stored, is 
recommended for use; and
(b)	a statement of conditions for storage which need to be observed 
if the pre-packaged chilled beef, mutton or pork is to retain its quality 
attributes until that date.
(4)	The “slaughtering date” and the “use by” date shall be shown 
either in Arabic numerals or in both the English and Chinese languages 
and, subject to subsection (6), shall be expressed in terms of a day, a 
month and a year.
(5)	The “slaughtering date” and the “use by” date may appear on the 
labelling of the pre-packaged chilled beef, mutton or pork separately from 
the words immediately preceding the date, if those words are followed by a 
reference to the place where the date appears.
(6)	Where the “slaughtering date” and the “use by” date are shown 
in Arabic numerals—
(a)	the day shall be indicated by the words “DD”, “dd”, “D” or “d” 
in English lettering and by Chinese character “日”;
(b)	the month shall be indicated by the words “MM”, “mm”, “M” or 
“m” in English lettering and by Chinese character “月”; and
(c)	the year shall be indicated by the words “YY”, “yy”, “Y” or “y” 
in English lettering and by Chinese character “年”, 
and the day, month and year can appear in any order.

3.	Name and address of slaughtering plant

Pre-packaged chilled beef, mutton or pork shall be legibly marked or 
labelled with the business name and the full address of the slaughtering 
plant.

4.	Net weight

(1)	Pre-packaged chilled beef, mutton or pork shall be legibly 
marked or labelled with its net weight.
(2)	The net weight shall, so far as is practicable, be indicated in 
accordance with the Weights and Measures Ordinance (Cap 68) or with the 
International System of Units set out in the First Schedule to the 
Metrication Ordinance (Cap 214).

5.	Appropriate language

The marking and labelling for the purposes of sections 1, 2(1), 3 and 4 
shall be in the English language or Chinese language or in both languages, 
but if both languages are used for any such marking or labelling, the name 
or designation of the food under section 1 shall be shown in both 
languages.
(Schedule 6 added L.N. 169 of 2006)