Council Directive 85/323/EEC of 12 June 1985 amending Directive 64/433/EEC on health problems affecting intra- Community trade in fresh meat

COUNCIL  DIRECTIVE
of 12 June 1985
amending Directive 64/433/EEC on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat
(85/323/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and 100 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas Directive 64/433/EEC (4), as last amended by Directive 83/90/EEC (5), lays down the hygiene conditions under which fresh meat must be produced in slaughterhouses and cutting plants; whereas that Directive provided for health inspections to be carried out; whereas microbiological analyses covering inter alia equipment, utensils and carcases constitute a means for achieving an objective assessment of the standard of hygiene;
Whereas microbiological control provides the health inspection service with useful information and thus constitutes an effective means of checking and improving the standard of hygiene in establishments;
Whereas the execution of microbiological control in slaughterhouses and cutting plants must be based on the use of harmonized microbiological methods in order to obtain reliable results and to this end a code of good hygiene practices should be worked out,