Special designation of slaughterhouses, cutting plants, cold stores, meat processing and game handling establishments
1. Subject to the authorised movement requirements laid down in Article 22, the competent authorities of the Member States concerned shall, following an application by a food business operator, designate establishments for the slaughtering, cutting, processing and storage of the fresh meat and meat products, including casings, from porcine animals kept in the restricted zones listed in Annex I and from wild porcine animals in those restricted zones.
2. The competent authorities of the Member States concerned may decide that the designation referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be required for establishments slaughtering, processing, cutting and storing fresh meat and meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in the restricted zones listed in Annex I and from wild porcine animals in those restricted zones provided that:
(a)
the meat and meat products, including casings, of porcine origin are marked with a special health mark referred to in Article 25;
(b)
the fresh meat and meat products, including casings, of porcine origin from those establishment are only intended for within the same Member State concerned;
(c)
animal by-products of porcine origin from those establishments are only processed or disposed of within the same Member State.
3. The competent authorities of the Member States concerned shall:
(a)
provide the Commission and the other Member States with a link to the website of their competent authority with a list of designated establishments and their activities referred to in paragraph 1;
(b)
keep the list provided for in point (a) updated.
Special conditions for the designation of establishments for slaughtering, cutting, processing and storing of the fresh meat and meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in the restricted zones listed in Annex I
The competent authorities of the Member States concerned shall only designate establishments for the slaughtering, cutting, processing and storing of the fresh meat and meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in the restricted zones listed in Annex I and from wild porcine animals in those restricted zones subject to the authorised movement requirements laid down in Article 22, provided that:
(a)
the cutting, processing and storing of the fresh meat and meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in the restricted zones listed in Annex I are carried out separately from fresh meat and meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in the restricted zones listed in Annex I that do not comply with:
(i)
the additional general conditions laid down in Articles 11, 12 and 13; and
(ii)
the specific conditions laid down in Article 22;
(b)
the operator of the establishment has in place documented instructions or procedures approved by the competent authorities of the Member States concerned to ensure that the conditions laid down in point (a) are met.
Special health marks
The competent authorities of the Member States concerned shall ensure that the following products of animal origin are marked with a special health mark or, where relevant, an identification mark that is not oval and cannot be confused with the health mark or identification mark provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004:
(a)
the fresh meat and meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in the restricted zones listed in Annex I, unless specific conditions apply for movements from those restricted zones of consignments of porcine animals kept in such restricted zones, as laid down in Article 22; and
(b)
the fresh meat and meat products from wild porcine animals obtained in the restricted zones listed in Annex I and moved from an establishment designated in accordance with Article 23(1).
