CELEX: 51991PC0351
Language: en
Date: 1991-09-20
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION amending Commission Decision 87/257/EEC as regards the list of establishments in the United States of America approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                           C0M(91) 351 final
                                           Brussels, 20 September 1991
                            Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL PEÇISIQN
     amending Commission Decision 87/257/EEC as regards the list
      of establishments in the United States of America approved
      for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community
                    (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
On 17 June 1991 the Commission adopted Decision 91/344/EEC establishing the
 list of establishments in the United States of America approved for the import
of fresh meat to the Community.       Imports of fresh meat could not begin, by
virtue of this Decision, until after receipt of guarantees by the American
authorities and after a new Community     inspection.
Following   a recent mission   to the United States during which changes were
found and in order to facilitate the discussions with the American authorities
on   veterinary matters,  the   Commission   proposed a decision  permitting the
import of fresh meat from the United States, from the establishments listed in
the Annex to the Decision.    This Decision was due to be reviewed by 31 January
1992 at the latest.
In the absence of a favourable opinion from the Standing Veterinary Committee
on 17 September 1991, the Commission is obliged to submit as soon as possible
to the Council a draft of the measures to be taken, in accordance with Arti-
cle 29 of Council Directive 72/462/EEC.
 ---pagebreak---                                      Proposal for a
                                    COUNCIL DECISION
            amending Commission Decision 87/257/EEC as regards the list
            of establishments in the United States of America approved
             for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 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 91/.../EEC^ 2 ), and        in particular
Articles 4(1) and 18(1) thereof,
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   of  28 April   1987< 3 ),  as   last
                                                          4
amended by Commission Decision of 17 June 1991^ ^ and that this list may be
amended    at   any  time   in the    light of   the results of    Community     inspections
carried out in the United States of America;
Whereas during the latest         inspection under Article 5 of Directive 72/462/EEC
and Article 2(1) of Commission           Decision 86/474/EEC of     11 September     1986 on
 the  implementation of the on-the-spot         inspections to be carried out        in res-
pect of the importation of bovine animals and swine and fresh meat from non-
member countries^5) some improvements were found in certain establishments;
Whereas it is appropriate to take a temporary decision authorizing the import
of fresh meat from these establishments;
 (1) OJ  No  L  302, 31.12.1972,    p.  28
 (2) OJ  No  L               1991 , p.  . .
 (3) OJ  No  L  121, 09.05.1987,    p.  46
 (4) OJ  No   L  187, 13.07.1991,   p.  50
 (5) 0J  No   L  279, 30.09.1991,   p.  55
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Whereas this decision does not establish a precedent for future decisions made
 in accordance with Article 4 of Council Directive 72/462/EEC;
Whereas the list of establishments should therefore be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are not in accordance with
the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
                                      Art icle 1
The Annex    to Decision  87/257/EEC    is hereby   replaced   by   the Annex  to   this
Decision.
                                      Art icle 2
1. The Member States shall authorise imports of fresh bovine and porcine meat
    from the slaughterhouses and cutting premises        listed   in the Annex   to the
    present Decision from 1 October 1991.
2. The   import  of  fresh  bovine   and   porcine   meat   from   establishments    3 S
    (Montfort Pork Inc., Marshal I town, IA), 244 C (IBP, Council Bluffs, IA) and
    562 (Packer land Packing Co., Green Bay, Wl) listed         in the Annex   to this
    Decision will start on a date to be fixed in the future and only after the
    Commission  has  received  the necessary     assurances   and   verified  that   the
    necessary improvements have been completed.
                                    . Art icle 3
The present Decision shall be reviewed before 31 January 1992 at the latest.
                                     Art icle 4
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels,                                   For the Council
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                                    List of establishments In the United States of America approved for
                                           the purpose of Importing fresh meat into the Community
i Appro-  I                                                   I                               CATEGORY (•)                      I
| vol       I                Establishment/Address             I                                                                  1
I   No     I                                                  I SL          I CP       I CS    II  B    I S/C   I    P    I SP  I
I 3 S      I Mont fort Pork Inc.. Marshal I town. IA            I    X        I          I      II        I       I   X    I        I
I 3 W      I Montfort Pork Inc.. Worthlngton. MN              I     X       I          I       II       I       I    X   I       I     6.9
I 7        I Berliner ft M a r x . South B e n d . IN         I    X        I          I       II  X    I       I         I     I
! 7 A       I Berliner ft Marx. Edgar. Wl                      I    X        I    X     I      II  X     I       I        I       I
I 1-30    I New Orleans Inspection Service Inc..              I             I          I       II       I       I         I     I
!           I N e w Or I e o n s . L A                          I             I          I  X   II         I       I        I        I
i 53      I American Freezer Services.                        I             I          I      II        I       I         I     I
I          I Norfolk. N E                                     I             I          I   X   ||       I       I         I     I
I E-113-W I M ft R Packing C o . W a l t e r b o r o . SC     I    X     l      X   l         II        I       I       |     X  |
i 1-113   I U S Cold S t o r a g e , Philadelphia. P A        I             I          I   X  II        !       !         |     I
I 1-149   | C W Storage. Albany, NY                           I             I          I   X  M         I       I        I      I
I 1-162    I Americold. Fogelsvllle. PA                       I             I          I   X  II        I       I         I     I
I 1-183    I Blue Grass Inspection Service.                   I             I          I      II        I       I         I     I
I          I Philadelphia. P A                                I             I          I   X  II        I       I        |      I
I 1-195    I Rosenberger's Cold Storage Inc.                  I             I          I      II        I       I        !      I
I          ! Hatfield. PA                                     I             I          I   X  II        I       i        |      |
                                                                                                                                       7.9
! 244       I IBP. Storm Loke. IA                              I    X        I          I      II        I       I   X    I      I
I 244 C   I IBP. Council Bluffs. IA                           I    X        I          I      II        I       I    X   I      I
                                                                                                                                       5.9
I 244 M   I IBP, M a d i s o n . N E                          I    X        I          I      j|        I       |    X   I      I
                                                                                                                                       5.9
I 244 P   I IBP. Perry. IA                                    !    X        i          I      II        I       I    X   I      I
                                                                                                                                       7.9
I 244 W    I IBP. Waterloo. IA                                I    X        I          I      II        I       I    X   I      I
I 253     I Long Prairie Packing Co Inc.                      I             I          I      II        I       I        I      I
!           I Long Prairie. M N                                I    X        I          I      II  X     I       I        I     I
I I-305   I Georgia Portsq Authority.                         I             I          I      II       I        I        I      I
i          I Savannah, GA                                     I            I           I   X  I I         |       j        |       |
I I-320    I South Carolina State Ports Authority,            I             I          I      II       I       I         I      I
I          I North Charleston. SC                             !             I          I   X  II       !       I         |      |
I I-333   I Diamond Distribution Center.                     !              I          I      II       I       I         I      I
!           I Newark, DE                                       I             I          I  X   11        I       |        |      |
•          1                       —                          1             i          i      ii        1       1        1        1
I I-335   I Service Cold Storage, M i a m i , FL             I              I          I   X  II       I       |         |      |
I 1-346   I Prlmliks. Miami. FL                              I              I          I   X  II       I       |         |      |
I 382C     I Smlthfleld Packing C o . Norfolk. VA            I             I           I   X  II       I       I         |      I
I 410      I Green Bay Dressed Beef Inc.                     I             I           !      II       I       I         I      I
!           I Green B a y . Wl                                 I    X        I          I      I!  X    I       I         |      |
I 511      I Rocco Further Processing.                       I             I           I      II       I       I         |      |
!           I Tlmberville. VA                                 I     X        I    X     I      II       I    X  I         I      I
I 532     I Northern States Beef. Omaha. NE                  I     X       I          I       II   X   I       I         |      |
I 562     I Packer land Packing Co.. Green Bay. Wl           I     X       I          I       II   X   I       I        I       I
I E-646   I Transcontinent Pocking C o .                     I             I          I       II       I       I        |       |
I         I P a l e s t i n e . TX                           I     X       I      X   I       II       I       !        I     X I
I E-713   i Central Nebraska Pocking Inc.                    I             I          I       II       !       I        |       |
I         I North P l a t t e . N E                          I     X       I      X   I       II       I       |        |     X I
i 1620    I Ouallty Pork Processors Inc..                    I             I          I       II       I       |        |       |
I         I Austin. M N                                      I     X       I          I       ||       |       I     X  I       I ! 6.9
|          1                                                  j             1          1      1|        1       1        1        1|
I 2003    I Cornbelt Meats I n c . , Albert Lea. M        N |     X    |              I       I!       I       | X |            I      6.9
|         |                                                  t             i          |       |j       |       t        i        i
I E-2018  I Dallas Crown Packing Co, Kaufman. TX             I     X       I      X   I       II       I       I        I     X I
I 2508    I The Bruss Company, Chicago, IL                   !             I      X   I       II       I     X |        |        ||
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                                                              LIST OF ESTABLISHMENTS
 I Appro-  I                                                       |                        CATEGORY (•)                      I
 I vol     I                Establishment/Address                   I                                                         1
                                                                                                                               Il SR   I
 I   No    I                                                        I SL    I CP    ! CS     II    B   I  S/C     I  P   I SP I
 I 3001    I Capitol Cold Storage. San Antonio. TX                  I       I       I   X    II        I          I      I    I
 I 3056   I Termicol Inc, Wallula, WA                               j       |       I   X    II        I          I      I    I
I 3131    I  Worthington Freezer Warehouse                          I       I       I        II        |          |      |     |
                                                                                                                               Il 1.TF |
I          I Company, Worthington, MN                              I        I       I   X    II        I         I       I    I
I 3136     I Fairmont Refrigerated Service C o .                   I        I       I        II        I         I       I    I
I          I Fairmont. MN                                                1      1    1    x       1     1     1      1      1 1II 1,TF I
I 3149    I Milliard Warehouse (LftBCorp).                         I        I      I         ||        |         |       |     |
I          I Des Moines. IA                                        I        |      I   X     I I        I          I      I     I
I 3150    I Beatrice Cold Storage Warehouse.                       I        I       I        ||        |         |       |     |
I          I Denver.CO                                             I        I      I   X     II         I          |      |     |
I 3157    I Des Moines Cold Storage Co Inc..                         I        I      I         II       I          |      |     |
I          I Des M o i n e s , IA                                  I        |      I   X     11        I         I       |     |
I 3158     I Freezer Services Inc.. Amarillo. TX                   I        I      I   X     II        I         I       I     |
I 3161    I Monument Distribution Warehouse Inc.,                  I        I      I         II       I          I      |      |
I          I Indianapolis. IN                                      I        I      I   X     II       I          I      |     |
I 3164    I Amer IcoId Corporation, Boston, MA                     |        I      I   X     II       I          I      I     I
j 3170    I  Logon«port Refrig Services.                           I        I      I         II       I          I      |     |
I          I Logansport. IN                                        I        I      I   X     II       I          I      |     |
I 3190    I  American Freezer Services Inc.,                       I        I      I         II       I          I      |     |
I          I Fremont. NE                                           I        I      I   X     II         I         I       |     |
I 3198    I  Milliard Warehouse (LftB C o r p ) ,                  I        I      I         ||       |          |      |     |
I          I Den i son. IA                                          I        I       I  X     II       I          j       j    j
I 3215    I Napoleon Warehouse Inc.. Napoleon, O H                 I       I       I   X     II       I          I      |     |
I 3216    I Freezer Services Inc. of Texas.                        I        I      I         II       I          I      |     |
I         I Garden City, K S                                      I        I       I   X     II        I          |      |     |
I 3219    I Merchants Refrigerating C o .                         I        I       I         II       I          I      |     |
I         I Denver.CO                                             I        I       I   X     II        I          I      |     |
I 3229    I lowo Beef Processors Inc, Emporia. K S                I        I       I   X     II       |         |       |     ||
i 3241    I A M C Warehouses. Grond Prairie. TX                   I        I      I    X    II        I         |       |     ||
I 3245    I United Refrigerated Services,                         I        I      I         II        I         I       |     ||
!          I Marshal I. M 0                                        I        I       I  X     I I        I          j      |    j|
I 3256    I Nobel Inc.. Denver. C O                               I        I      I    X    II       |          |       |     ||
I 3261    I Rosenberger's Cold Storage Inc.,                      I        I      i         II       !          |       |     ||
I         I Hatfield. PA                                          I        I      I    X    I I        I          I      |     ||
I 3273    I Central Nebraska Packing Inc..                        I        II               II       I          I       |     ||
I         I North Platte. NE                                      I        I      I    X    I I        I          |      |     ||
I 3338    I Millard Warehouse, Iowa City. IA                      I        I      I    X    II       !          I      j      ||
I 3363    I Mi I lard Warehouse (LftBCorp).                         I        I      I        II        I          I      I     ||
I         I Frlono. TX                                            I        I      I    X    II       |          |      |      ||
I 3396    I Amerlcold. Bettendorf. IA                             I        I      I    X    II       I          I      |      ||
I 3397    I DFW Cold Storoge Inc. Richardson. TX                  I        I      I    X    II       I          |      |      ||
I 3398    I Millard Warehouse. Grand Island. NE                   I        I      I    X    II       I          |      |      ||
•         i                                                       i        ;      i         i »      i          i      i       ,,
I 3407    I Bell Cold S t o r a g e . St P a u l . M N            I        I      I    X    II       |          I      j      ||
i         I                                             — — — - i          i      i         ii       I          I      |       11
I 3431    I Texas Cold S t o r a g e . Fort W o r t h . TX        I        I      I    X    II       I          I      |      ||
! 3447    I Mohawk Cold Storage Division                          I        I       I         II       I          I      j     jj
I         I W a u w a t o s a . Wl                                !        I      I    X    II       |          |      |      ||
I 3474    I Nordic Warehouses Inc.. Benson. NC                    I        I      I    X    II       I          I      j      ||
i 3475    I Atlos W a r e h o u s e Cold Storage,                 I        !      I         II       !          I      I      ||
I         | Green B a y . Wl                                      I        I      I    X    I I        I          |      |     jj
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                                                  LIST OF ESTABLISHMENTS
I Appro-  I                                          I                        CATECORY (•)                     II
I vol     I            Establishment/Address         I                                                         I   1 1
                                                                                                                             i
                                                                                                                       SR    I
I    No   I                                          I   SL   I CP    I CS    II   B   I    S/C I    P  I   SP I
I 3477    I Northland Cold Storage, Creenbay. Wl     I        I       I   X   II       I         I      I      I
I 3490    I Oneida Cold Storage, Salt Lake City.     I        I       I       II       I         I      I      I
t         I UT                                       I        I       I   X   II       I         I      I      I
! 3505    I Dakota Cold Storage, Huron, SD           I        I       I   X    II       I        I      I      I
I 3507    I Zollinger Cold Storage Corp.. Logan,     I        I       I       II       I         I      I      I
I         I UT                                       I        I       I   X   II       I         I      I      I
I 3512    I  Inland Storage Dist Center,             I        I       I       II       I         I      I      I
I         I Kansas City. KS                          I        I       I   X   II       I         I      I      I
I 3524    I  Trans Continental Cold Storoge,         I        I       I       II       I         I      I      I
i         I Storm L a k e , IA                       I        I       I   X   II        I         I      I      I
I 3535    I Ashland Cold Storage C o , Chicago, IL   I        I       I   X   II       I         I      I      I
i 3552    I Clover leaf Cold Storage Co (No 2 ) .    I        I       I       II       I         I      I      I
I         I Sioux C i t y . IA                       I        I       I   X   ||       I         I      I      I
I 3554    I Clover leaf Cold Storage C o ,           I        I       I        II      I         I      I      I
I         I Sioux City, IA                           I        I       I   X    I|      I         I      I      I
I 3555    I Clover leaf Cold Storage C o .           I        I       I       II       I         I      I      I
                                                                                                                  I     1,TF I
!          I Sioux City. IA                           I        I       I  X    11       I         I      I     I
I 3562    I L ft B Corporation. Lincoln, NE          I        I       I   X   II       I         I      I      I
i 3573    I Albert L e a Freezer Warehouse C o .     I        I       I       II       I         I      I      II       1.TF I
!          i Albert Lea. M N                          I        I       i  X    ||       |         I      I     I
I 3610    I Millard Cold Storage, Dodge City. K S    I        I       I   X   II       I         I      I      I
I 3688    I Newport St Paul Cold Storoge.            I        I       I        II      I         I      I      I
I         I Newpor t, MN                             I        I       I   X    II        I        |      |      I
I 3707    I United States Cold Storage Inc..         I        I       I        II      I         I      I      I
I         I Omaha. NE                                I        I       I   X    II      |         I      I      I
! 3722     I Des Moines Cold Storage Co Inc..         I        I       I       II       I         I      I      I
                                                                                                                  I     1.TF I
I         ! Des M o i n e s . IA                     I        I       I   X    II      |         I      I      I
I 3738    I Artesian Ice and Cold Storage C o .      I        I       I        II      I         I      I      I
I         I St Joseph. M O                           I        I       I   X    II      |         I      I      I
I 3748    I Clover leaf Cold Storage C o .           I        I       I        II      I         I      I      I
I         I Sioux City. IA                           I        I       I   X    II        |        I      |       |
I 3854    I Merchants Refrigerating C o .            I        I       I        II      I         I      I      I
I         I Vinlta Park, M O                         I        I       I   X    II      |         I      |      |
! 3860     I Central Storage a n d Warehouse Inc.,     I        I       I       II        |        I      |      |
I         I Eau Claire. Wl                           I        I       I   X    II        I        I      I      I
I 3871    I York Cold Storage C o , York, NE         I        I       I   X    ||      j         j      |      |
I 3910    I United States Cold Storage,              I        I       I        I!      I         I      I      I
I         I East Peoria. IL                                 1     1    1    X      1     1     1      1    1   1
I 3935    I Millard Warehouse, Omaha, NE             I        I       t   X    It       I        I      I      I
I 3942    I Wilkerson Cold Storoge. Lubbock, TX      I        I       I   X    ||      I         I      I      |
I 4215    I Mid America Refr. Serv.. Omaha. NE       I        I       I   X    II      I         I      |      j
I E-4816  I Great Western Meat C o . Morton. TX      I    X   I     X |        ||      |         |      I    X I
I E-6043  I Florence Packing C o . Stanwood. W A     I    X   I     X I        11      |         |      I    X II       1    I
I 6543    I Savannah Cold Storage. Savannah, GA      I        I       I   X    II      I         I      |      |
 I E-7041 I Beltex Corporation, Fort Worth. TX       I    X   I     X I        ||      |         |      I    X I
I 7164    I Cox Packing C o . Devine, TX             I    X   I     X |        ||      |     X   I      I      I
I 7271    I Custom Meat Corp.. Dallas. TX            I        |     X I        ||      |     X   I      |      I
 I 7298   I Mon fort of Colorado Inc.. Horper. K S   I    X   I     X I        ||      I     X   I      I      I
 I E-8861 I Amfran Packing C o . Plalnfield. C T     i    X   I     X |        ||      |         |      I    X I
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                                                                LIST OF ESTABLISHMENTS
I Appro-  I                                           '             \                    CATEGORY (•)
I vol     I               Establishment/Address                     I
I   No    I                                                         I SL    I CP   I CS  II   B   I S/C   I   P   I SP
I 8904    I Bell Cold Storage. St Paul. MN                          I       I      I   X II       I       I       I
I 8984    | Provlml Veal Corp.. Seymour. Wl                         I   X   I   X  I     II   X   I       I       I
i 8984-A  I Provlml L a m b , S e y m o u r , Wl                    I       I   X  I     II       I   X   I       I
I E-9294  | Cavel West Inc., Redmond. O R                           I   X   I   X  I     II       I       I         |  X
I 9400    I Taylor Packing C o Inc.. Wyalusing. P A                 I   X   I       I    II   X   I       I       I
I E-9910  I Cavalier Export C o , Evington. VA                      I   X   I   X  I     II       I       I        I   X
I 13182   I Mid-Continent C o l d S t o r a g e . O m a h a , N E   I       I      I   X II       I       I       I
I 13247   I G o l d Leaf of N e b r a s k a . York. N E             I       I   X  I     II   X   I       I       I
I E-13439 I Archway Packing C o . D e s l o g e . M O               I   X   I   X  I     II       I       I          I X
I E-15849 I Cavel International. De Kalb. IL                        I   X   I   X   I    I!       I       I        I   X
I 17054   I RCS/Smlthfleld Inc.. Smithfield. V A                    I       I       I  X II       I       I       I
I 17068   I U S C o l d s t o r o g e . Cumber ton. NC              I        I      I  X  II      I       I       I
I 17461   I Ml I lard Refrigerated Services.                          I       I      I     II      I       I       I
I         I Greeley, C O                                            I        I      I  X  II       I       I       I
I 17756   I Mi I lard Refrigerated Services.                          I       I      I     11      I       I       I
I          I Sioux C i t y . IA                                     I        I      I  X  I I      I       I       I
(•)  SL : Slaughterhouse                                     B    : Bovine Meat                    SR : Special Remarks
     CP : Cutting Premises                                   S/G  : Sheep Meot/Goot Meat
     CS : Cold Store                                         P     : Pig Meat
                                                             SP   : Meat from Solipeds
1 -  Only storage of meat already finally packaged in approved sloughtering or cutting establishments.
2 -  Offal only.
3 -  Also for sliced bovine livers.
4 -  Only sliced bovine livers.
5 -  Tongues a n d hearts only.
6 -  Tongues, hearts and kidneys only.
7 -  Tongues, h e a r t s , kidneys and livers only.
8 -  Tongues, h e a r t s , kidneys, livers and brains only.
9 -  Only packaged meat which has undergone the freezing treatment provided for In Article 3 of Directive 77/96/EEC.
TF - The establishments with the Indication "TF" ore authorized, within the m e a n i n g of Article 4 of Directive
     77/96/EEC, to perform the freezing treatment provided for In Article 3 of the some Directive.
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