§ Lord Stanley of Alderleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether it is within the law to serve beef on the bone from a home-killed beast to the general public; and if so, whether such beef must be free of charge; and, if a charge makes it illegal, whether a voluntary entrance charge in aid of charity makes beef on the bone within the law to consume. [HL738]
§ The Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Lord Donoughue)No. Meat is not required to be deboned if it is derived from a bovine animal slaughtered on the owner's holding for his own consumption. Supply to the general public, irrespective of whether charged for or not, would not be regarded as "for his own consumption". If the bovine animal is sent for slaughter off the farm, then meat must be deboned before it is returned to the owner for his own consumption.