Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2004/379/EC of 26 April 2004 amending Decision 2001/471/EC as regards bacteriological tests in certain meat establishments (OJ C 144, 30.4.2004)
Date: 2004-06-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: approximation of laws, health control, health legislation, meat processing industry

7.6.2004

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CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2004/379/EC of 26 April 2004 amending Decision 2001/471/EC as
regards bacteriological tests in certain meat establishments

(Official Journal of the European Union L 144 of 30 April 2004)

Decision 2004/379/EC should read as follows:

COMMISSION DECISION

of 26 April 2004

amending Decision 2001/471/EC as regards bacteriological tests in certain meat establishments

(notified under document number C(2004) 1519)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2004/379/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity,

Having regard to Council Directive 64/433/EEC of 26 June
1964 on health conditions for the production and marketing
of fresh meat (1), and in particular Article 10(2) thereof,

(4)

(5)

(6)

Whereas:

The implementation of bacteriological testing should be
harmonised within the Community. The method of
calculation for the conversion of
the
in Decision
set out
bacteriological
2001/471/EC should therefore be clarified.

tests of meat

the results of

Decision 2001/471/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

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

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Decision 2001/471/EC (2) obliges operators
of meat establishments to conduct regular checks on the
general hygiene conditions of production in their estab-
lishments.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

That Decision lays down rules for the bacteriological
testing of carcasses of cattle, swine, sheep, goats and
horses. It provides that the results of the bacteriological
tests are to be converted into daily log mean values in
order to compare them to the limits it lays down.

Member States are currently implementing two different
methods of calculation to convert the test results into a
log mean value, which results in different numerical
values.

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2001/471/EC is amended in accordance
with the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

(1) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 2012/64. Directive as last amended by

Directive 95/23/EC (OJ L 243, 11.10.1995, p. 7).

(2) OJ L 165, 21.6.2001, p. 48.

This Decision shall apply from 20 May 2004

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 26 April 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Part 1 of the Annex to Decision 2001/471/EC is amended as follows:

1. In the Section entitled 'Applying microbiological criteria to excised-sample test results (Table 1)', the first sentence is

replaced by the following:

'The daily mean of the log results should be allocated into one of three categories for process control verification:
acceptable, marginal, and unacceptable.'

2. Table 1 is replaced by the following:

'Table 1

Daily mean of the log values 1 for marginal and unacceptable results for bacterial performance criteria for
cattle, pig, sheep, goat and horse units (cfu/cm2) for samples taken by the destructive method.

Acceptable range

Marginal range

Unacceptable range

Cattle/sheep/goat/
horse

Pig

Cattle/pig/sheep/
goat/horse

Cattle/pig/sheep/
goat/horse

Daily mean of the
log values for

Total
counts (TVC)

viable

< 3,5

Entero-bacteria-
cae

< 1,5

< 4,0

< 2,0

3,5 (pig: 4,0)
- 5,0

> 5,0

1,5 (pig: 2,0)
- 2,5 (pig: 3,0)

> 2,5
(pig: > 3,0)

(3) The daily mean of the log values is calculated by first taking a log (log10) value of each individual test result and then calculating

the arithmetical mean of these log values.'