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Licence - butchers' shop

Guidance notes

Butchers shopThe Butchers' Shop Licensing Scheme was repealed on 1 January 2006.  Butchers' premises do not now require a licence to sell unpackaged raw meat and ready to eat foods.

The updated Food Hygiene Regulations in force 1 January 2006 contain similar documented food safety requirements as the Butchers' Licensing Scheme.


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