# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 483/2014Show full title

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 483/2014 of 8 May 2014 on protection measures in relation to porcine diarrhoea            caused by a deltacoronavirus as regards the animal health requirements for the introduction into the Union of spray dried            blood and blood plasma of porcine origin intended for the production of feed for farmed porcine animals (Text with EEA relevance)         

        - Previous
        - Next

U.K.

# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 483/2014                     

# of 8 May 2014

# on protection measures in relation to porcine diarrhoea caused by a deltacoronavirus as regards the animal health requirements                        for the introduction into the Union of spray dried blood and blood plasma of porcine origin intended for the production of                        feed for farmed porcine animals                     

# (Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary                           checks on products entering the Community from third countries, and in particular Article 22(3)(1) thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)Article 22(1) of Directive 97/78/EC provides that if in the territory of a third country a disease or any other phenomenon                              or circumstance liable to present a serious threat to animal health manifests itself or spreads, or if any other serious animal                              health reason so warrants, the Commission acting on its own initiative or at the request of a Member State, is to adopt measures                              without delay, including special conditions in respect of products coming from all or part of the third country concerned.

(2)Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2) lays down public and animal health rules for animal by-products and derived products, in order to prevent and minimise risks                              to public and animal health arising from those products, and in particular to protect the safety of the feed chain. It also                              categorises those products into specific categories which reflect the level of risk to public and animal health.

(3)Article 41(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, lays down requirements for the import of animal by-products and derived products                              of Category 3 material.

(4)Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011(3), lays down implementing rules for Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, including specific requirements for the treatment or processing                              of animal by-products and derived products destined for feeding to farmed animals, excluding fur animals.

(5)Blood products intended for the production of feed for farmed animals, including spray dried blood and plasma of porcine animals,                              must have been produced in accordance with Section 2 of Chapter II of Annex X to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011. With reference                              to point B of that Section blood products are to be submitted to any of the processing methods 1 to 5 or processing method                              7 as set out in Chapter III of Annex IV to that Regulation, or another method which ensures that the blood products comply                              with the microbiological standards for derived products set out in Chapter I of Annex X to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011. Regulation                              (EU) No 142/2011 also provides, in particular in column 6 of row 2 in Table 1 of Section 1 of Chapter I of Annex XIV, that                              blood products not intended for human consumption that could be used as feed intended for dispatch to or for transit through                              the Union are to be accompanied by health certificate in accordance with the model health certificate set out in Chapter 4(B)                              of Annex XV.

(6)Porcine diarrhoea caused by a deltacoronavirus occurs in Asia and North America. This virus has never been detected in the                              Union. Spray dried blood and blood plasma of porcine animals is a traditional ingredient for feed for piglets. Inappropriate                              heat treatment or contamination after heat treatment may lead to the spread of the virus with such products.

(7)Therefore it is necessary to review the requirements for the import of spray dried blood and blood plasma of porcine animals                              intended for the production of feed for farmed porcine animals.

(8)Scientific observation indicates that porcine coronaviruses are inactivated in swine faeces if heated to and held at a temperature                              of 71 °C for 10 minutes or left at room temperature of 20 °C for 7 days. The virus did not survive in experimentally infected                              dry feed stored at a temperature of 24 °C for more than 2 weeks. In third countries the commonly applied temperature for spray                              drying of blood and blood plasma is 80 °C throughout the substance.

(9)Based on this information available, it appears opportune to require that spray dried blood and blood plasma of porcine origin                              introduced from third countries and intended for feeding of porcine animals has been subjected to a high temperature treatment                              followed by subsequent storage for a certain time at room temperature in order to mitigate the risk of contamination after                              the treatment.

(10)Due to the need to protect animal health in the Union and the serious threat posed by the blood products concerned, the Commission                              should adopt provisional safeguard measures. Accordingly, the introduction of those products into Union should be accompanied                              by a health certificate in accordance with the model set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

(11)The provisional safeguard measures should apply from the day following the publication of this Regulation and last for a period                              of 12 months. They may be amended in the light of a risk assessment based on new scientific information.

(12)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain                              and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

# Article 1U.K.

By way of derogation from column 6 of row 2 in Table 1 of Section 1 of Chapter I of Annex XIV and of Chapter 4(B) of Annex                     XV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011, blood products not intended for human consumption that could be used as feed material,                     intended for dispatch to or for transit through the Union, shall be accompanied by a health certificate in accordance with                     the model set out in the Annex to this Regulation.                  

# Article 2U.K.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union*.                  

It shall apply for consignments certified as from the day following that of its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union.*                   

It shall apply until 31 May 2015.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 8 May 2014.

*For the Commission*                            

*The President*                            

José Manuel Barroso                            

## ANNEXU.K.Health certificate

1

OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9.                           

2

Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 laying down health rules as                              regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002                              (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 1).                           

3

Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 of 25 February 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament                              and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption                              and implementing Council Directive 97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exempt from veterinary checks at the border                              under that Directive (OJ L 54, 26.2.2011, p. 1).