62022CJ0591_SUM
Case C‑591/22
L. VOF
v
Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit
(Request for a preliminary rulingfrom the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven)
Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 19 October 2023
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Hygiene of foodstuffs – Reduction of salmonella in breeding flocks of Gallus gallus – Regulation (EU) No 200/2010 – Annex – Point 2.2.2.2(c) – Routine sampling – Positive result – Confirmatory sampling – Exceptional cases – Doubt as to the results – Scope)
Public health – Hygiene of foodstuffs – Reduction of salmonella in breeding flocks of Gallus gallus – Taking of samples as part of official controls – Suspicion of false results – Exceptional cases where the competent authority has reason to question the results of the tests – Concept – Finding that events or incidents have occurred which compromise the proper performance of the processes of sampling and analysis of the samples, or that there is a serious risk that such events or incidents have occurred – Included – Relevant circumstances
(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 2160/2003, Annex II, Part C; Commission Regulation No 200/2010, Annex, points 2.2.2.2(c) and 4, 2nd para.)
(see paragraphs 35-44, 46, 55, 56, operative part)
See the text of the decision.