1999/301/EC: 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 Council Decision 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)
Date: 1999-04-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United States, cattle, fresh meat, import, swine, third country

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 30 April 1999

amending Decision 87/257/EEC on the list of establishments in the United States
into the
of America approved for the purpose of
Communiy and amending Council Decision 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

importing fresh meat

(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 of bovine, ovine and caprine
animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products 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 certain substances having a hormonal or thyro-
static 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 the Community, was
drawn up initially by Commission Decision 87/
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 the results of Community
inspections carried out
in the United States of
America;

(2) Whereas routine inspections made in application
of Article 5 of Directive 72/462/EEC have revealed
that the level of hygiene of certain establishments
may be considered to be satisfactory; whereas these
establishments may therefore be maintained or
entered on the said list;

(3) Whereas

list of
the
amended accordingly;

establishments must be

(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.

(4) Whereas Member States can only import

fresh
meat including offal from third countries or parts
of third countries appearing on a list established by
the Council upon a proposal from the Commis-
sion;

(5) Whereas the list of these third countries or parts
is contained in Council Decision 79/
last amended by Commission

thereof
542/EEC (6), as
Decision 1999/236/EC (7);

(6) Whereas the United States of America appears on
this list as a third country from which the Member
States are authorised to import fresh meat and meat
products;

(7) Whereas Directive 96/22/EC prohibits the use of
certain substances having a hormonal action for
growth promotion;

(8) Whereas the import of fresh meat from third coun-
tries in which the use of certain substances having
a hormonal action for growth promotion is not
prohibited is subject to the presentation of guaran-
tees at least equivalent to the rules laid down for
Community production;

(9) Whereas several inspection missions carried out in
the United States of America have revealed defi-
ciencies in the implementation of the conditions
agreed between the United States of America and
the European Community for control of residues;

(10) Whereas sampling and analyses, for detection of
residues of hormones in fresh bovine meat and
liver imported from the United States of America
intended for human consumption, have shown the
presence
promoting
hormones;

xenobiotic

growth

of

(6) OJ L 146, 14.6.1979, p. 15.
(7) OJ L 87, 31.3.1999, p. 13.

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(11) Whereas the situation requires an immediate inten-
sification of import checks for residues of growth-
promoting hormones to be carried out on fresh
bovine meat
imported from the
United States of America; whereas the intensity and
organisation of these checks have been set down in
Decision 1999/302/EC (1);

including offal

(12) Whereas in circumstances like those described
above,
the relevant Community legislation and
international agreements applicable in this case
enable the European Community to suspend
imports
from the United States of America;
time should be
whereas a limited period of
provided for the United States of America to take

the necessary measures and action required to
satisfy objectively that the level of sanitary protec-
tion applied in the European Community is
respected;

(13) Whereas the United States of America should
therefore be suspended from the list of third coun-
tries from which the Member States are authorised
to import fresh bovine meat for human consump-
from 15 June 1999; whereas,
tion with effect
suspension of imports, in the circumstances of the
present case, is the only type of measure that is
reasonably available to the European Community;

(14) Whereas

in this
the measures provided for
Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the
Standing Veterinary Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 87/257/EEC is hereby replaced by the Annex hereto.

Part I of the Annex to Decision 79/542/EEC is amended as follows:

1. the line

Article 2

‘US United States of America · · · · · · · · · · # # # XR(b)'

is replaced by:

‘US United States of America

s · · · · · · · · · # # # XR(b)';

2. the following footnote is added after ‘o = unauthorised';

‘s = suspended for export of product for human consumption'.

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 Decision 1999/302/EC. They shall immediately inform the
Commission thereof.

The provisions of Article 2 shall be reviewed following information on the evolution of the
situation and guarantees supplied by the competent authorities of the United States of America.

Article 4

1.

2.

Article 1 shall apply from the date of notification of this Decision.

Article 2 shall apply from 15 June 1999.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 6

Done at Brussels, 30 April 1999.

For the Commission

Karel VAN MIERT

Member of the Commission

(1) See page 58 of this Official Journal.

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List of establishments in the United States of America approved for the purpose of importing
fresh meat into the Community

ANNEX

Approval
Number

Establishment/address

Category (*)

SL

CP

CS

B

S/G

3 W

Swift & Company, Worthington, MN

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53

American Freezer Services, Norfolk, NE

I-113

US Cold Storage, Philadelphia, PA

I-149

C W Storage, Albany, NY

I-182

Garden State Cold Storage Inc., Mullica Hill, NJ

I-183

Blue Grass Inspection Service, Philadelphia, PA

I-195

Rosenberger’s Cold Storage Inc., Hatfield, PA

244 P

Transcontinental Cold Storage, Perry, IA

244 W

IBP, Waterloo, IA

245 L

IBP, Lexington, NE

I-305

Georgia Ports Authority, Savannah, GA

320M

Premium Standard Foods, Milan, MO

I-335

Service Cold Storage, Miami, FL

382G

Smithfield Packing Co., Norfolk, VA

410

Green Bay Dressed Beef Inc., Green Bay, WI

E-713

Central Nebraska Packing Inc., North Platte, NE

889 A

J.F. O’Neill Packing Co., Omaha, NE

1620

Quality Pork Processors Inc., Austin, MN

E-2018

Dallas Crow Inc., Kaufman, TX

2508

The Bruss Company, Chicago, IL

3056

3131

Termicol Inc., Wallula, WA

Minnesota Freezer Warehouse Company, Worthington, MN

3136

Cloverleaf Cold Storage of Fairmont, Fairmont, MN

3149

Milliard Refrigerated Services, Des Moines, IA

3157

Des Moines Cold Storage Co. Inc., Des Moines, IA

3158

Freezer Services Inc., Amarillo, TX

3161

Monument Distribution Warehouse Inc., Indianapolis, IN

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SR

SP

10(a), T

1

1

1

1, TF

1

1

1, TF

5, 16, TF

14

1

T

1

1

10

15

14

7, 13

15

1

1, TF

1, TF

1, TF

1, TF

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Approval
Number

Establishment/address

Category (*)

SR

SL

CP

CS

B

S/G

P

SP

3170

Logansport Refrig Services, Logansport, IN

3190

American Freezer Services Inc., Fremont, NE

3198

Milliard Refrigerated Services, Denison, IA

3215

Napoleon Warehouse Inc., Napoleon, OH

3216

Freezer Services Inc. of Texas, Garden City, KS

3229

Iowa Beef Processors Inc., Emporia, KS

3241

AMC Warehouses, Grand Prairie, TX

3245

United Refrigerated Services, Marshall, MO

3261

Rosenberger’s Cold Storage Inc., Hatfield, PA

3283

Industrial Cold Storage, 2625 West 5th St., Jacksonville, FL

3338

Millard Refrigerated Services, Iowa City, IA

3363

Millard Refrigerated Services, Friona, TX

3396

Americold, Bettendorf, IA

3397

Alford Refrigerated Warehouse, Richardson, TX

3398

Millard Refrigerated Services, Grand Island, NE

3407

Bell Cold Storage, St Paul, MN

3431

Texas Cold Storage, Fort Worth, TX

3447

Mohawk Cold Storage Division, Wauwatosa, WI

3475

3505

Atlas Cold Storage, Green Bay, WI

Dakota Cold Storage, Huron, SD

3535

Ashland Cold Storage Co., Chicago, IL

3552

Cloverleaf Cold Storage Co.

(No 2), Sioux City, IA

3554

Cloverleaf Cold Storage Co., Sioux City, IA

3555

Cloverleaf Cold Storage Co.

(No 5), Sioux City, IA

3573

Albert Lea Freezer Warehouse Co., Albert Lea, MN

3610

Millard Refrigerated Services, Dodge City, KS

3688

Newport St Paul Cold Storage, Newport, MN

3707

United States Cold Storage Inc., Omaha, NE

3738

Artesian Ice and Cold Storage Co., St Joseph, MO

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1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1, TF

1, TF

1

1

1

1, TF

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Approval
Number

Establishment/address

Category (*)

SL

CP

CS

B

S/G

P

SP

3748

Cloverleaf Cold Storage Co., Sioux City, IA

3854

Merchants Refrigerating Co., Vinita Park, MO

3860

Central Storage and Warehouse Inc., Eau Claire, WI

3871

York Cold Storage Co., York, NE

3910

United States Cold Storage, East Peoria, IL

3942

Wilkerson Cold Storage, Lubbock, TX

4104

Goldberg & Solovy Foods, 5925 Alcor, CA 90058

4816

Frontier Game Company, Whiteface, TX

E-7041

Beltex Corporation, Fort Worth, TX

7271

Custom Meat Corp., Dallas, TX

8904

Bell Cold Storage, St Paul, MN

8984

Provimi Veal Corp., Seymour, WI

9400

Taylor Packing Inc., Wyalusing, PA

13182

Millard Refrigerated Services, Omaha, NE

13225

Quality Refrigerated Services, Omaha, NE

13331

Millard Processing Services, Omaha, NE (West)

13531

Beef America Operating Co., York, NE

E-15849

Cavel International, De Kalb, IL

17054

RCS/Smithfield Inc., Smithfield, VA

17068

US Coldstorage, Cumberton, NC

17354

CSW Central Storage & Warehouse Co. Inc., Madison, WI

17461

Millard Refrigerated Services, Greeley, CO

17624

Wiscold Inc. Rochelle, Rochelle, IL

17756

Millard Refrigerated Services, Sioux City, IA

17993

Richmond Cold Storage, 5501 Corrugated Road, Sandston, VA

18163

Quality Refrigerated Services, Spencer, IA

18265

Alford Refrigerated Warehouses, Houston, TX

18294

Marshall Cold Store, Marshalltown, IA

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Approval
Number

Establishment/address

Category (*)

SL

CP

CS

B

S/G

P

SP

18435

Carolina Cold Storage, Tar Heel, NC

18674

Millard Refrigerated Services, Edwardsville, KS

18793

Cloverleaf Cold Storage, Austin, MN

18859

North American Bison Cooperative, New Rockford, ND

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18930

Jacintoport Corp., 16203 Peninsula Blvd, Houston, TX

18986

Alford Refrigerated Warehouse, Laporte, TX

19086

Gress Refrigerated Services, Scranton, PA

19087

Inter Cities Cold Storage, Inc., Pittston, PA

19246

Cloverleaf Cold Storage, Sioux City, IO

19288

United States Cold Storage, PO Box 242, Milford, DE

19470

Nordic Warehouse Inc., 403 Commerce Ct., Goldsboro, NC

19593

Ball Packing Inc., Idaho Falls, ID

19690

T&T Freezers, 2192 NV Blvd, Vineland, NJ

19797

Burris Refrigerated Svcs, Gilbert Rd, Benson, NC

19870

United States Cold Storage, PO Box 627, Warszaw, NC

20012

Lakeway International Food Group LLC, Omaha, NE

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20190

Interstate Warehousing, Newport News, VA

20374

Quality Refrigerated Services, Omaha, NE

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TF, 1

1, TF

TF, 1

1

1, TF

1

1

1, TF

1

1, TF

1

1

1, TF

1

1

1

(*)

SL: Slaughterhouse
CP: Cutting premises
CS: Coldstore

B:
S/G:
P:

Bovine meat
Sheepmeat/Goatmeat
Pigmeat

SP:
SR:

Meat from solipeds
Special remarks

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.