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EUROPEAN COMMISSION 
HEALTH AND CONSUMERS DIRECTORATE-GENERAL 
 
Directorate G - Veterinary and International Affairs 
Unit G4 - Food, Alert system and training 
 

 
SANCO/2179/2005 Revision 2018 

 

 

# Technical Specifications In Relation To The Master List And The Lists Of Eu Approved Food Establishments And Certain Other Specified Food Establishments

 
Presented at the meeting of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on 1 February 2018. 

 

## Technical Specifications In Relation To The Master List Of Lists And The Lists Of Approved Food Establishments

In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 852/20041, establishments preparing foodstuffs must be registered in each Member State. Furthermore, a number of establishments, mainly handling products of animal origin for which hygiene conditions are laid down in Regulation (EC) No 853/20042, must be approved by the competent authority of each Member State. According to Regulation (EC) No 882/20043, Member States must make up-to-date lists of approved establishments available to other Member States and to the public. The Commission created a web page with the objective of providing an easy and central access to the different lists of approved food establishments in Member States and certain other countries. It also presented in 2005 to the Standing Committee on Food Safety and Animal Health technical specifications to harmonize and codify the presentation of such lists. The presentation of such lists took full account of data protection legislation. The objective of this working paper is to set down and update the above mentioned specifications. Annex I to this document sets down the food establishment sections, requiring approval, in the sequence of the sections in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004. Secondly, other establishments requiring approval were added. Finally, certain establishments, not subject to approval according to EU requirements, but for which intra-EU trade may benefit from the publication of a list, were added for voluntary listing. Annex II lists the categories of establishments in each section. Annex III lists activities performed in the main food sectors. Annex IV provides a model layout for the listing of establishments. Annex V sets down codes and legends to be used when completing a list of establishments. 

down specific rules for food of animal origin (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55) 
3 Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official 
controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1) 

## Annex I Format Of The Master List1 'Eu Approved Food Establishments And Certain Other Specified Food Establishments

Establishments handling, preparing or producing products of animal origin for which requirements are laid down in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, must be approved by the competent authority in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 854/20044. In addition, approval may be required for certain other establishments in accordance with Article 6(3)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004. This legal basis was used to impose approval of establishments producing sprouts in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 
210/20135. 

For ease of reference, the lists of approved food establishments are published in the order of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004. A Section 0 has been added to cover establishments with general activity and which cannot be placed under one of the other specific Sections mentioned below. 

## Part A: Food Of Animal Origin

SECTION 0 
General activity establishment 
SECTION I 
Meat of domestic ungulates 
SECTION II 
Meat from poultry and lagomorphs 
SECTION III 
Meat of farmed game 
SECTION IV 
Wild game meat 
SECTION V 
Minced meat, meat preparations and mechanically separated meat 
SECTION VI 
Meat products 
SECTION VII 
Live bivalve molluscs 
SECTION VIII 
Fishery products 
SECTION IX 
Raw milk and dairy products 
SECTION X 
Eggs and egg products 
SECTION XI 
Frogs' legs and snails 
SECTION XII 
Rendered animal fats and greaves 
SECTION XIII 
Treated stomachs, bladders and intestines 
SECTION XIV 
Gelatine 
SECTION XV 
Collagen 
SECTION XVI 
Highly refined products 

## Part B: Food Of Non-Animal Origin

SECTION I 
Sprouts 

## Part C: Non-Mandatory Listing

SECTION I 
Honey 

## Categories Of Food Establishments Part A Section 0: General Activity Establishments

 Cold store (Independent, stand-alone) 
 Re-wrapping and re-packaging establishment (Independent, stand-alone)  Wholesale market  Reefer vessel 

## Section I: Meat Of Domestic Ungulates

 Slaughterhouse 
 Cutting plant 

## Section Ii: Meat From Poultry And Lagomorphs

 Slaughterhouse 
 Cutting plant  

## Section Iii: Meat Of Farmed Game

 Slaughterhouse  Cutting plant  

## Section Iv: Wild Game Meat

 Collection centre (voluntarily)  Game-handling establishment  Cutting plant 

## Section V: Minced Meat, Meat Preparations And Mechanically Separated Meat

 Minced meat establishment  Meat preparation establishment  Mechanically separated meat establishment 

## Section Vi: Meat Products

 Processing plant  

## Section Vii: Live Bivalve Molluscs

 Dispatch centre  Purification centre 

## Section Viii: Fishery Products

 Factory vessel  Freezing vessel  Fresh fishery products plant 
 Processing plant  Wholesale market  Auction hall 
 Mechanically separated fishery products plant 

## Section Ix: Colostrum, Raw Milk, Colostrum-Based And Dairy Products

 Collection centre 
 Processing plant 

## Section X: Egg And Egg Products

 Packing centre 
 Liquid egg plant  Processing plant 

## Section Xi: Frogs' Legs And Snails

 Processing plant 

## Section Xii: Rendered Animal Fats And Greaves

 Collection centre  Processing plant 

## Section Xiii: Treated Stomach, Bladders And Intestines

 Processing plants 

## Section Xiv: Gelatine

 Collection centres and tanneries authorized for supply of raw materials for the production of gelatin for human consumption (voluntarily) 
 Processing plant  

## Section Xv: Collagen

 Collection centres and tanneries authorized for supply of raw materials for the production of collagen for human consumption (voluntarily) 
 Processing plant 

## Section Xvi: Highly Refined Products

 Processing plants 

## Part B Section I: Sprouts

 Producing plants 
 

## Part C. Non-Mandatory Listing Section I: Honey

 Producing plants6 

## Annex Iii Activities In The Main Food Sectors

| MAIN SECTORS                             | ACTIVITY CODES           |
|------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| MEAT                                     |                          |
| CC, CP, CS, GHE, MM, MP, MSM, PP, RW, SH |                          |
| MILK                                     | CC, CS, PP, RW           |
| EGGS                                     | CC, CS, EPC, LEP, PP, RW |
| FISHERY PRODUCTS/LBM                     |                          |
| AH, CS, DC, FFPP, FV, PC, MSFP, PP, RW,  |                          |
| WM, ZV, RV                               |                          |

## Annex Iv Layout For Individual Lists Of Approved Establishments 'Section Xxx

Title 
Approval 
Name 
Town/Region 
Category8 
Associated 
Species9 
Remarks10 
TSE feed ban 
number7 
registration 
activities9 
authorizations11 

                                                 
7 Registration number for relevant cold stores in section 0 and plants in section XVI, authorisation number for collections centres and tanneries in sections XIV and XV 8 Use codes defined in Annex V for each category/activity. Categories of food establishments are mentioned in Annex II 9 Where appropriate, use codes defined in Annex V for each species 10 Where appropriate, use codes defined in Annex V 11 This column should be included only if the Member State has chosen "Option 2" of the Technical specifications for harmonised format for the listing of establishments in accordance with Annex IV 
to Regulation 
(EC) 
No 
999/2001, using codes laid down in https://ec.europa.eu/food/sites/food/files/safety/docs/biosafety_food-bornedisease_tse_list_establishments.pdf  

## Annex V Codes And Legends

| CATEGORY/ACTIVITY          | SPECIES        | REMARKS             |
|----------------------------|----------------|---------------------|
| AH = auction hall          | A = poultry    | bl = blood products |
| CC = collection centre     | B = bovine     | mp = meat products  |
| CP = cutting plant         | C = caprine    |                     |
| CS = cold store            | F = frogs      |                     |
| DC = dispatch centre       | L = lagomorphs |                     |
| pap = meat extracts        |                |                     |
| and any powdered           |                |                     |
| products derived           |                |                     |
| from meat                  |                |                     |
| EPC = egg packing centre   | O = ovine      |                     |
| P = porcine                |                |                     |
| st = treated               |                |                     |
| stomachs, bladders         |                |                     |
| and intestines             |                |                     |
| FFPP = Fresh fishery       |                |                     |
| products plant             |                |                     |
| S = solipeds               |                |                     |
| FV = factory vessel        |                |                     |
| SN = snails                |                |                     |
|                            |                |                     |
| co = colostrum and         |                |                     |
| colostrum-based            |                |                     |
| products                   |                |                     |
| GHE = game handling        |                |                     |
| establishment              |                |                     |
|                            |                |                     |
| HO = honey                 |                |                     |
| fG = farmed land           |                |                     |
| mammals other than         |                |                     |
| domestic ungulates         |                |                     |
| LEP = Liquid egg plant     |                |                     |
| R = ratite                 |                |                     |
| wA = wild birds            |                |                     |
| MM = minced meat           |                |                     |
| establishment              |                |                     |
| wL = wild                  |                |                     |
| lagomorphs                 |                |                     |
| MP = meat preparation      |                |                     |
| establishment              |                |                     |
| wU = wild ungulates        |                |                     |
| MSFP = mechanically        |                |                     |
| separated fishery products |                |                     |
| plant                      |                |                     |
| wG = wild land             |                |                     |
| mammals other than         |                |                     |
| wild ungulates and         |                |                     |
| wild lagomorphs            |                |                     |
|                            |                |                     |
| MSM = mechanically         |                |                     |
| separated meat             |                |                     |
| establishment              |                |                     |
|                            |                |                     |
| TA = tannery               |                |                     |
|                            |                |                     |
| PC = purification centre   |                |                     |
| PdP = producing plant      |                |                     |
| PP = processing plant      |                |                     |
| RV = reefer vessel         |                |                     |
| RW = re-wrapping and       |                |                     |
| repackaging establishment  |                |                     |
| SH = slaughterhouse        |                |                     |
| WM = wholesale market      |                |                     |
| ZV = freezer vessel        |                |                     |
|                            |                |                     |