1. Food business operators shall not place on the market a product of animal origin handled in an establishment subject to approval in accordance with Article 4(2) unless it has either:
(a)
a health mark applied in accordance with Regulation (EC) No /2004 (27); or
(b)
when that Regulation does not provide for the application of a health mark, an identification mark applied in accordance with Annex II, Section I, of this Regulation.
2. Food business operators may apply an identification mark to a product of animal origin only if the product has been manufactured in accordance with this Regulation in establishments meeting the requirements of Article 4.
3. Food business operators may not remove a health mark applied in accordance with Regulation (EC) No /2004 (27) from meat unless they cut or process it or work upon it in another manner.