Article 1
Open ↗Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375 is amended as follows: (1) Article 2 is amended as follows: (a) the first subparagraph of paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: ‘Carcasses of solipeds, wild boar and other farmed and wild animal species susceptible to Trichinella infestation shall be systematically sampled in slaughterhouses or game-handling establishments as part of the post-mortem examination.’; (b) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: ‘3. Pending the results of the Trichinella examination and provided full traceability is guaranteed by the food business operator, carcasses of domestic swine and of solipeds may be cut up into a maximum of six parts in a slaughterhouse or in a cutting plant on the same premises.’; (2) in Annex III, the introductory phrase and points (a) and (b) are replaced by the following: ‘Soliped meat, wild game meat and other meat that could contain Trichinella parasites must be examined in accordance with one of the digestion methods specified in Chapter I or II of Annex I, with the following changes: (a) specimens weighing at least 10 g are taken from the lingual or jaw muscle of solipeds and from the foreleg, tongue or diaphragm of wild boar; (b) in the case of solipeds, where those muscles are lacking, a larger-sized specimen is to be taken from a pillar of the diaphragm at the transition to the sinewy part. The muscle must be clean of connective tissue and fat;’; (3) in Annex IV, point (b) of Chapter II is replaced by the following: ‘(b) The number of tests and the results of testing for Trichinella in domestic swine, wild boar, solipeds, game and any other susceptible animals shall be submitted in accordance with Annex IV to Directive 2003/99/EC. Data on domestic swine shall, at least, provide specific information related to: (i) tests on animals raised under controlled housing conditions; (ii) tests on breeding sows, boars and fattening pigs.’; (4) Annex VII is replaced by the following: ‘ANNEX VII Third countries or regions thereof applying the derogations referred to in Article 13(2) Country ISO code Third country or regions thereof Remarks GB United Kingdom ( *1 ) Application of the derogations provided for in Article 3(2) and (3) ’