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Brussels, XXX   
SANTE/10764/2021 ANNEX 
(POOL/E2/2021/10764/10764 -EN 
ANNEX.docx)  
[…](2022) XXX  draft  
ANNEXES 1 to 2  
 
ANNEXES  
to the  
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/...  
supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council by laying down rules for the performance of official controls as regards 
contaminants in food      
   
EN 1  EN ANNEX I 
Rules for the selection of s pecific combination of contaminants or contaminant groups 
and commodity groups  
(1) Member States shall control the following c ombinations of contaminants or 
contaminant groups in the following commodity groups :  
Commodity groups  Halogenated 
persistent organic 
pollutants  Metals 
 Mycotoxins  Other 
contaminants  
Unprocessed bovine, ovine and 
caprine meat (including edible offal)  x x  x 
Unprocessed porcine meat (including 
edible offal)  x x  x 
Unprocessed equine meat (including 
edible offal)   x  x 
Unprocessed poultry meat (including 
edible offal)  x x  x 
Unprocessed meat from other farmed 
terrestrial animals* (including edible 
offal)   x   
Raw bovine, ovine and caprine milk  x x x x 
Fresh hen eggs and other eggs  x x  x 
Honey   x  x 
Unprocessed f ishery products** 
(excluding  crustaceans)  x x  x 
Crustaceans and bivalve molluscs  x x  x 
Animal and marine fats and oils  x x  x 
Processed products  of animal 
origin*** x x  x 
* Other farmed terrestrial animals as d efined in entry 1017000 of Annex I, Part A, to Regulation (EC) 
No 396 /2005. 
** Fishery products as defined in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European  Parliament and of the 
Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (OJ L 139 
30.4.2004, p. 55).  
*** Processed products as defined in Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 29 A pril 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 1).  
 
(2) Member States shall consider  all combinations of contaminant s or contaminant 
group s and commodity groups  of food of non -animal origin for which maximum 
levels or other regulatory levels a re set under Union legislation .  
EN 2  EN (3) Each Member State shall consider the following c riteria for selecting specific 
combinations of contaminants  or contaminant groups  and commodit y groups  to be 
controlled : 
(a) frequency of the detection of non -compliance in the Member State ’s samples, 
in other Member States ’ samples or in third countr ies’ samples, especially 
when reported under the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed or the 
Administrative Assistance  and Cooperation System ; 
(b) availability of suitable laboratory met hods and analytical standards ; 
(c) possible risk for consumers or certain population groups arising from 
consumption of contaminants present in food, taking into account the relevant 
information available from the European Food Safety Authority , or in absence 
of such information, other sources of information such as scientific 
publications or national risk assessments ; 
(d) consumption data (dietary exposure patterns) ; 
(e) as regards food falling within  the scope of the control plan for food of animal 
origin entering the Union as described in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) C(2022) 
740, the following criteria shall also be considered, where  available:  
(i) the outcome of Commission controls  in third countries ;  
(ii) any infor mation casting doubt on the reliability of guarantees on the 
compliance of imported food with U nion rules ; 
(iii) information on increased vigilance.   
EN 3  EN ANNEX II 
Criteria for sampling strategy   
(1) For each food business operator to be controlled, the Member State shall consider the 
following c riteria for the selection of the type of food to be controlled : 
(a) history of non -compliance ; 
(b) shortcomings in the application of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point 
and related auto controls ; 
(c) shortcomings in record keeping addressing requirements as defined in Section 
III, Part A, of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 ; 
(d) representative sampling regardless of the size  of the food business operator ; 
(e) emerging situations (changes in consumption patterns , natural disasters or 
economic problems that cause changes in food trade chains etc.).  
(2) Each Member State shall consider the following c riteria for the selection of 
slaughterhouses, cutting plants, establishm ents for the milk production , 
establishments for  the produc tion and placing on the market  of fishery products and 
aquaculture products, establishments for honey and egg and egg packing centres : 
(a) the criteria listed under point (3) of Annex I  and under point (1) of this Annex ; 
(b) the respective establishments’ share of the Member State’ s total production 
volume  of the slaughterhouses, cutting plants, establishments for milk 
production , establishments for  produc tion and placing on the market of fishery  
products and aquaculture products , establishments for honey and egg and egg 
packing centres ; 
(c) relevant  origins of the slaughtered animals, milk, aquaculture products, honey 
and eggs.  
(3) When taking the samples, efforts shall be made to avoid multiple sampling  from one 
food business operator , unless the operator has been identified on the basis of the 
criteria included in point (1) or an appropriate justification has been provided in the 
control plan.  The compliance with the planned frequency of checks shall be ensured . 
(4) As regards food within the scope of the control plan for food placed on the Union 
market as set out in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) C(2022) 740 , sampling shall be 
performed on food placed on the market and on food intended for placing on the 
mark et (primary stage, free -range, slaughterhouses, during food processing, storage 
or sale, etc.).