Commission Regulation (EC) No 1665/2006 of 6 November 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 2075/2005 laying down specific rules on official controls for Trichinella in meat   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-11-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: food inspection, health certificate, meat processing industry, pigmeat, traceability

L 320/46

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

18.11.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1665/2006

of 6 November 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 2075/2005 laying down specific rules on official controls for Trichinella
in meat

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3) Regulation (EC) No 2075/2005 should,

therefore, be

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down
specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products
of animal origin intended for human consumption (1), and in
particular Article 16 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 lays down specific rules for
the organisation of official controls on products of animal
origin intended for human consumption, in particular as
regards health marking.

examination for Trichinella

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2075/2005 of 5 December
2005 laying down specific rules on official controls for
Trichinella in meat (2) generally does not allow meat of
domestic swine to leave slaughterhouses before the results
of
infestation have been
communicated to the official veterinarian. However,
Regulation (EC) No 2075/2005 permits under certain strict
conditions to apply the health mark and release the meat
for transport before the results are known. Under such
circumstances it is essential that the competent authority
verifies that full traceability of the released meat is in place
at all times.

amended accordingly

(4)

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 1

Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2075/2005 is replaced by the
following:

‘3. Where a procedure is in place in the slaughterhouse to
ensure that no part of carcases examined leaves the premises
until the result of the Trichinella examination is found to be
formally approved by the
negative and the procedure is
competent authority or where the derogation provided for in
Article 2(2)(b) applies, the health mark provided for in Article 5
(2) of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 may be applied before the
results of the Trichinella examination are available.’

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 6 November 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 206. Corrected by OJ L 226, 25.6.2004,
p. 83. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005
(OJ L 338, 22.12.2005, p. 83).
(2) OJ L 338, 22.12.2005, p. 60.