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The European Commission has published Decision 2014/759/EU amending Annex III to Decision 2007/777/EC as regards animal health requirements for Trichinella in the model veterinary certificate for imports into the Union of certain meat products derived from domestic porcine animals.
Commission Regulation (EU) No 216/2014 (4) amending Regulation (EC) No 2075/2005 grants derogation from testing provisions at slaughter to holdings which are officially recognised as applying controlled housing conditions. In addition, the Regulation (EU) No 216/2014 lays down that a holding where domestic swine are kept, can only be recognised as applying controlled housing conditions if, inter alia, the food business operator introduces new domestic swine onto this holding only if they come from other holdings also officially recognised as applying controlled housing conditions.
The model animal and public health certificate set out in Annex III to Decision 2007/777/EC should be amended to reflect the requirements relating to imports of meat products laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2075/2005, as amended by Regulation (EU) No 216/2014.
For a transitional period until 31 March 2015, consignments of meat products accompanied by the relevant certificate issued no later than 1 March 2015 in accordance with the model animal and public health certificate set out in Annex III to Decision 2007/777/EC in its version before the entry into force of this Decision, may continue to be introduced into the Union.
Friday October 31, 2014/ OJEU/ European Union.
http://eur-lex.europa.eu
