POST MORTEM HEALTH INSPECTION

PRE-SLAUGHTER HEALTH INSPECTION

health inspection of fresh meat held in the establishment,

Post-mortem health inspection

inspection and assessment of slaughtered poultry,

inspection and assessment of slaughter poultry,

health inspection of fresh meat having entered the cutting room;

health inspection of meat prior to cutting and when it leaves the processing houses referred to in the second indent,

Inspection and supervision of wild game processing houses shall be carried out under the responsibility of the official veterinarian, who may be assisted by auxiliaries in accordance with Article 9 of Directive 64/433/EEC.

inspection of the trachea;

health inspection of fresh meat held in the establishment referred to in point 47,

health inspection of fresh meat prior to cutting and when it leaves the establishments referred to in point 47,

The health inspection for the issuing of the health certificate, including additional guarantees, for a consignment of animals may be carried out in the holding of origin or in an approved assembly centre or, in the case of animals for slaughter, on approved dealer's premises.

hygiene and health inspection,

examination by veterinarian,

Veterinary checks

Veterinary checks

veterinary checks,

knowledge of methods and procedure for the slaughter, inspection, preparation, wrapping, packaging and transport of fresh meat,

The health mark may, in addition, include an indication enabling the veterinarian who carried out the health inspection of the meat to be identified.

the post mortem health inspection in accordance with point 47 shall take place at the latest 15 days after slaughter, during which period it must be stored at a temperature not exceeding + 4 °C;

the post mortem health inspection in accordance with point 47 shall take place at the latest 15 days after slaughter, during which period it must be stored at a temperature not exceeding + 4 °C;

Procedure to be followed after completion of the veterinary checks

The Member States shall ensure that the fresh meat is subjected, without delay, immediately upon arrival in Community territory, to an animal health inspection carried out by the competent authority whatever the customs procedure under which it was declared.

it is subject to regular official veterinary checks,

Veterinary checks of certain plant products

results of any previous official health inspections of birds from the same flock,

Plant products subject to veterinary checks:

Whereas, in order to verify that the provisions of this Directive are complied with by the exporting third country and to prevent importation of meat dangerous to human health, the Member States must submit every consignment of fresh meat upon importation to health and veterinary inspection which must be carried out by an official veterinarian;

in addition to the particulars provided for in point 66 of Chapter XII of Annex I, bear code numbers by which the competent authority responsible for supervising the establishment of origin can be identified as well as the official veterinarian responsible for the health inspection on the day the meat was produced,

They shall be subject to veterinary checks in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 136/2004.

Procedures to be followed after veterinary checks have been completed

carrying out the health control of cut and stored meat;

facilities enabling the veterinary inspections provided for in this Directive to be carried out efficiently at any time;

Veterinary checks and laboratory analyses shall be carried out in accordance with Commission Decision 97/794/EC(5).

However, they shall not be eligible to the exemption from systematic veterinary checks laid down in Article 8(1) thereof.

Whereas the deadline for transposition of this Directive must not affect the abolition of veterinary checks at frontiers on 1 January 1993;

The Office for Veterinary and Plant-Health Inspection and Control shall have its seat in a town in Ireland to be determined by the Irish Government.

The certificate accompanying bovine animals and swine on importation must, following the animal health inspection (import inspection) state clearly whether the animals have been admitted or refused entry.

The Commission has presented the results of the inspections and the consequences it draws from them to the Member States convened in the Standing Veterinary Committee.

facilities enabling the veterinary inspection and supervision operations prescribed by the Directive to be carried out efficiently at any time;

Limited quantities of meat and meat products and milk and milk products from such countries should therefore be exempt from veterinary checks.

This Decision shall apply from 1 February 2002 after being reviewed at the Standing Veterinary Committee scheduled for 22 and 23 January 2002.

The procedures for the declaration of, and veterinary checks on, animals at the border must be harmonised with the procedures applicable to products of animal origin.

Having regard to the Decision of 18 December 1991 under which the Commission approved the establishment of the Office for Veterinary and Plant-Health Inspection and Control,

The fact that the deadline for transposition of this Directive is set at 1 January 1994 shall not prejudice the abolition of veterinary checks at frontiers provided for in Directive 89/662/EEC.

Article 8 establishes a weight limit of 1 kg for the exemption from systematic veterinary checks for products destined for human consumption from approved countries or parts thereof.

Whereas Directive 89/662/EEC (5) laid down rules on the checks to be applied with a view to the completion of the internal market, and in particular abolished veterinary checks at frontiers between Member States;

Before the expiry of the time limits referred to in Articles 104 and 105, a review of the situation in the Community as a whole and in its various parts will be carried out in the light of developments in the veterinary field.

Certain plant products posing a risk of spreading infectious or contagious diseases to animals should be subjected to veterinary checks.