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►B COMMISSION DECISION
of 30 April 1999
amending Decision 87/257/EEC on the list of establishments in the United States of America
approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Communiy and amending CouncilDecision 79/542/EEC drawing up a list of third countries from which the Member States authorise
imports of bovine animals, swine, fresh meat and meat products
(notified under document number C(1999) 1165)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(1999/301/EC)
(OJ L 117, 5.5.1999, p. 52)
Amended by:
Official Journal
Nopage date
►M1Commission Decision 1999/417/EC of 16 June 1999 L 159 56 25.6.1999
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 30 April 1999
amending Decision 87/257/EEC on the list of establishments in the
United States of America approved for the purpose of importingfresh meat into the Communiy and amending Council Decision79/542/EEC drawing up a list of third countries from which theMember States authorise imports of bovine animals, swine, fresh
meat and meat products
(notified under document number C(1999) 1165)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(1999/301/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972
on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation ofbovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meatproducts from third countries(
1), as last amended by Directive 97/
79/EC (2), and in particular Article 3(1), Article 4(1) and Article 18(1)
thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 96/22/EC of 29 April 1996
concerning the prohibition on the use in stock farming of certainsubstances having a hormonal or thyrostatic action and of beta-agonists,and repealing Directives 81/602/EEC, 88/146/EEC and 88/299/EEC (
3),
and in particular Article 11 thereof,
(1)Whereas a list of establishments in the United States of America,approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into theCommunity, was drawn up initially by Commission Decision87/257/EEC (
4), as last amended by Decision 1999/220/EC (5);
whereas that list may be amended at any time in the light of theresults of Community inspections carried out in the United Statesof America;
(2)Whereas routine inspections made in application of Article 5 ofDirective 72/462/EEC have revealed that the level of hygiene ofcertain establishments may be considered to be satisfactory;whereas these establishments may therefore be maintained orentered on the said list;
(3)Whereas the list of establishments must be amended accordingly;
(4)Whereas Member States can only import fresh meat includingoffal from third countries or parts of third countries appearing ona list established by the Council upon a proposal from theCommission;
(5)Whereas the list of these third countries or parts thereof iscontained in Council Decision 79/542/EEC (
6), as last amended
by Commission Decision 1999/236/EC (7);
(6)Whereas the United States of America appears on this list as athird country from which the Member States are authorised toimport fresh meat and meat products;
(7)Whereas Directive 96/22/EC prohibits the use of certainsubstances having a hormonal action for growth promotion;
(1) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28.
(2) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 121, 9.5.1987, p. 55.
(5) OJ L 80, 25.3.1999, p. 29.
(6) OJ L 146, 14.6.1979, p. 15.
(7) OJ L 87, 31.3.1999, p. 13.
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(8)Whereas the import of fresh meat from third countries in which
the use of certain substances having a hormonal action for growthpromotion is not prohibited is subject to the presentation ofguarantees at least equivalent to the rules laid down forCommunity production;
(9)Whereas several inspection missions carried out in the UnitedStates of America have revealed deficiencies in the implementa-tion of the conditions agreed between the United States ofAmerica and the European Community for control of residues;
(10)Whereas sampling and analyses, for detection of residues ofhormones in fresh bovine meat and liver imported from theUnited States of America intended for human consumption, haveshown the presence of xenobiotic growth promoting hormones;
(11)Whereas the situation requires an immediate intensification ofimport checks for residues of growth-promoting hormones to becarried out on fresh bovine meat including offal imported fromthe United States of America; whereas the intensity and organ-isation of these checks have been set down in Decision 1999/302/EC (
1);
(12)Whereas in circumstances like those described above, the rele-vant Community legislation and international agreements applic-able in this case enable the European Community to suspendimports from the United States of America; whereas a limitedperiod of time should be provided for the United States ofAmerica totake the necessary measures and actio n required tosatisfy objectively that the level of sanitary protection applied inthe European Community is respected;
(13)Whereas the United States of America should therefore besuspended from the list of third countries from which theMember States are authorised to import fresh bovine meat forhuman consumption with effect from 15 June 1999; whereas,suspension of imports, in the circumstances of the present case, isthe only type of measure that is reasonably available to theEuropean Community;
(14)Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are inaccordance with the opinion of the Standing VeterinaryCommittee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Annex toDecisio n 87/257/EEC is hereby replaced by the Annex
hereto.
Article 2
Part I of the Annex to Decision 79/542/EEC is amended as follows:
1. the line
‘USUnited States of America ×××××××××× XR(b)'
is replaced by:
‘USUnited States of America s××××××××× XR(b);'
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2. The following footnote is added after ‘o = unauthorised':
‘s =suspended for export of bovine meat including offals, other
than bison meat including offal, product for human consumption'.
(1) See page 58 of this Official Journal.
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Article 3
The Member States shall alter the measures they apply in trade in order
to bring them into line with Article 2 of this Decision and Decision1999/302/EC. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
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Article 4
The provisions of Article 2 shall be reviewed before 15 December 1999,
in particular in the light of the outcome of verification by the EuropeanCommission of the effectiveness of the measures applied by the UnitedStates of America, or any changes in the measures applied by theUnited States of America.
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Article 5
1. Article 1 shall apply from the date of notification of this Decision.2. Article 2 shall apply from ►
M115 December 1999 ◄.
Article 6
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
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ApprovalCategory (*)
NumberEstablishment/address
SLCPCSBS/GPSPSRANNEX
List of establishments in the United States of America approved for the purpose of importing
fresh meat into the Community
3W Swift & Company, Worthington, MN ×× ×10(a), T
53 American Freezer Services, Norfolk, NE × 1
I-113 US Cold Storage, Philadelphia, PA × 1
I-149 C W Storage, Albany, NY × 1
I-182 Garden State Cold Storage Inc., Mullica Hill,
NJ× 1, TF
I-183 Blue Grass Inspection Service, Philadelphia,PA × 1
I-195 Rosenberger’s Cold Storage Inc., Hatfield, PA × 1
244 P Transcontinental Cold Storage, Perry, IA × 1, TF
244 W IBP, Waterloo, IA ×× ×5, 16, TF
245 L IBP, Lexington, NE ××× 14
I-305 Georgia Ports Authority, Savannah, GA × 1
320M Premium Standard Foods, Milan, MO ×× × T
I-335 Service Cold Storage, Miami, FL × 1
382G Smithfield Packing Co., Norfolk, VA × 1
410 Green Bay Dressed Beef Inc., Green Bay, WI × × 10
E-713 Central Nebraska Packing Inc., North Platte,NE ×× ×15
889 A J.F. O’Neill Packing Co., Omaha, NE ××× 14
1 620 Quality Pork Processors Inc., Austin, MN × × 7, 13
E-2018 Dallas Crow Inc., Kaufman, TX ×× ×15
2 508 The Bruss Company, Chicago, IL ×××
3 056 Termicol Inc., Wallula, WA × 1
3 131 Minnesota Freezer Warehouse Company,Worthington, MN × 1, TF
3 136 Cloverleaf Cold Storage of Fairmont, Fair-mont, MN × 1, TF
3 149 Milliard Refrigerated Services, Des Moines,IA × 1, TF
3 157 Des Moines Cold Storage Co. Inc., DesMoines, IA × 1, TF
3 158 Freezer Services Inc., Amarillo, TX × 1
3 161 Monument Distribution Warehouse Inc., Indi-anapolis, IN × 1
3 170 Logansport Refrig Services, Logansport, IN × 1
3 190 American Freezer Services Inc., Fremont, NE × 1
3 198 Milliard Refrigerated Services, Denison, IA × 1
3 215 Napoleon Warehouse Inc., Napoleon, OH × 1
3 216 Freezer Services Inc. of Texas, Garden City,KS × 1
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ApprovalCategory (*)
NumberEstablishment/address
SLCPCSBS/GPSPSR
3 229 Iowa Beef Processors Inc., Emporia, KS × 1
3 241 AMC Warehouses, Grand Prairie, TX × 1
3 245 United Refrigerated Services, Marshall, MO × 1
3 261 Rosenberger’s Cold Storage Inc., Hatfield, PA × 1
3 283 Industrial Cold Storage, 2625 West 5th St.,
Jacksonville, FL× 1
3 338 Millard Refrigerated Services, Iowa City, IA × 1
3 363 Millard Refrigerated Services, Friona, TX × 1
3 396 Americold, Bettendorf, IA × 1
3 397 Alford Refrigerated Warehouse, Richardson,TX × 1
3 398 Millard Refrigerated Services, Grand Island,NE × 1
3 407 Bell Cold Storage, St Paul, MN × 1
3 431 Texas Cold Storage, Fort Worth, TX × 1
3 447 Mohawk Cold Storage Division, Wauwatosa,WI × 1
3 475 Atlas Cold Storage, Green Bay, WI × 1
3 505 Dakota Cold Storage, Huron, SD × 1
3 535 Ashland Cold Storage Co., Chicago, IL × 1
3 552 Cloverleaf Cold Storage Co. (No 2), SiouxCity, IA × 1
3 554 Cloverleaf Cold Storage Co., Sioux City, IA × 1
3 555 Cloverleaf Cold Storage Co. (No 5), SiouxCity, IA × 1, TF
3 573 Albert Lea Freezer Warehouse Co., AlbertLea, MN × 1, TF
3 610 Millard Refrigerated Services, Dodge City,KS × 1
3 688 Newport St Paul Cold Storage, Newport, MN × 1
3 707 United States Cold Storage Inc., Omaha, NE × 1
3 738 Artesian Ice and Cold Storage Co., St Joseph,MO × 1, TF
3 748 Cloverleaf Cold Storage Co., Sioux City, IA × 1
3 854 Merchants Refrigerating Co., Vinita Park,MO × 1
3 860 Central Storage and Warehouse Inc., EauClaire, WI × 1
3 871 York Cold Storage Co., York, NE × 1
3 910 United States Cold Storage, East Peoria, IL × 1
3 942 Wilkerson Cold Storage, Lubbock, TX × 1
4 104 Goldberg & Solovy Foods, 5925 Alcor, CA90058 ××
4 816 Frontier Game Company, Whiteface, TX ×××
E-7041 Beltex Corporation, Fort Worth, TX ×× ×15, 18
7 271 Custom Meat Corp., Dallas, TX ××××
8 904 Bell Cold Storage, St Paul, MN × 1
8 984 Provimi Veal Corp., Seymour, WI ××× 3
9 400 Taylor Packing Inc., Wyalusing, PA ××× 9
13 182 Millard Refrigerated Services, Omaha, NE × 1, TF
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ApprovalCategory (*)
NumberEstablishment/address
SLCPCSBS/GPSPSR
13 225 Quality Refrigerated Services, Omaha, NE × 1
13 331 Millard Processing Services, Omaha, NE
(West)× 1, TF
13 531 Beef America Operating Co., York, NE ××××
E-15849 Cavel International, De Kalb, IL ×× ×15
17 054 RCS/Smithfield Inc., Smithfield, VA × 1
17 068 US Coldstorage, Cumberton, NC × 1
17 354 CSW Central Storage & Warehouse Co. Inc.,Madison, WI × 1
17 461 Millard Refrigerated Services, Greeley, CO × 1
17 624 Wiscold Inc. Rochelle, Rochelle, IL × 1, TF
17 756 Millard Refrigerated Services, Sioux City, IA × 1, TF
17 993 Richmond Cold Storage, 5501 CorrugatedRoad, Sandston, VA × 1, TF
18 163 Quality Refrigerated Services, Spencer, IA × 1, TF
18 265 Alford Refrigerated Warehouses, Houston,TX × 1
18 294 Marshall Cold Store, Marshalltown, IA × TF, 1
18 435 Carolina Cold Storage, Tar Heel, NC × TF, 1
18 674 Millard Refrigerated Services, Edwardsville,KS × 1, TF
18 793 Cloverleaf Cold Storage, Austin, MN × TF, 1
18 859 North American Bison Cooperative, NewRockford, ND ×××
18 930 Jacintoport Corp., 16203 Peninsula Blvd,Houston, TX × 1
18 986 Alford Refrigerated Warehouse, Laporte, TX × 1, TF
19 086 Gress Refrigerated Services, Scranton, PA × 1
19 087 Inter Cities Cold Storage, Inc., Pittston, PA × 1
19 246 Cloverleaf Cold Storage, Sioux City, IO × 1, TF
19 288 United States Cold Storage, PO Box 242,Milford, DE × 1
19 470 Nordic Warehouse Inc., 403 Commerce Ct.,Goldsboro, NC × 1, TF
19 593 Ball Packing Inc., IdahoFalls, ID × 1
19 690 T&T Freezers, 2192 NV Blvd, Vineland, NJ × 1
19 797 Burris Refrigerated Svcs, Gilbert Rd, Benson,NC × 1, TF
19 870 United States Cold Storage, PO Box 627,Warszaw, NC × 1
20 012 Lakeway International Food Group LLC,Omaha, NE ××
20 190 Interstate Warehousing, Newport News, VA × 1
20 374 Quality Refrigerated Services, Omaha, NE × 1
(*) SL: Slaughterhouse
CP: Cutting premisesCS: ColdstoreB: Bovine meat
S/G: Sheepmeat/GoatmeatP: PigmeatSP: Meat from solipeds
SR: Special remarks
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1 = Only storage of meat already finally packaged in approved slaughtering or cutting establishments.
2 = Offal only.3 = Also for sliced bovine livers.4 = Only sliced bovine livers.5 = Tongues, hearts and carcase meat only.6 = Tongues, hearts and kidneys only.7 = Tongues, hearts, kidneys and livers only.8 = Tongues, hearts, kidneys, livers and brains only.9 = Tongues, hearts, stomachs and carcase meat only.10 = Tongues, hearts, kidneys, livers and stomachs only.10(a) = Tongues, hearts, kidneys, livers, stomachs and carcase meat only.11 = Carcase meat, tongues, hearts, kidneys, livers and brains only.12 = Hearts and stomachs only.13 = Only packaged offal which has undergone the freezing treatment provided for in Article 3 of Directive
77/96/EEC.
14 = Offal excluded.15 = Livers and kidneys excluded.16 = Only carcase meat and packaged offal which has undergone the freezing treatment provided for in Article 3
of Directive 77/96/EEC.
17 = Tongues, hearts, kidneys, livers, brains and tails.18 = Bison included.TF = The establishments with the indication ‘TF' are authorised, within the meaning of Article 4 of Directive
77/96/EEC, to perform the freezing treatment provided for in Article 3 of the same Directive.
T = This establishment is authorised, within the meaning of Article 4 of Directive 77/96/EEC, to perform the
examination for detection of trichinae provided for in Article 2 of the abovementioned Directive.