Directive 2003/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the… Article 6
Directive 2003/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the… Article 6
Article 6
Food business operators' duties
1. Member States shall ensure that, when food business operators carry out examinations for the presence of zoonoses and zoonotic agents subject to monitoring under Article 4(2), they:
(a) keep the results and arrange for the preservation of any relevant isolate for a period to be specified by the competent authority; and
(b) communicate results or provide isolates to the competent authority on request.
2. Detailed rules for the implementation of this Article may be laid down in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 12(2).
CHAPTER III ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
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