FOOD CHAIN INFORMATION
ANNEX ISupplementary provisions
ANNEX I FOOD CHAIN INFORMATION SECTION I OBLIGATIONS ON FOOD BUSINESS OPERATORS Food business operators raising animals dispatched for slaughter shall ensure that the food chain information referred to in to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 is included as appropriate in the documentation relating to the animals dispatched in such a way as to be accessible to the slaughterhouse operator concerned. SECTION II OBLIGATIONS ON COMPETENT AUTHORITIES CHAPTER I PROVISION OF FOOD CHAIN INFORMATION 1. The competent authority at the place of dispatch shall inform the dispatching food business operator of the minimum elements of food chain information to be supplied to the slaughterhouse in accordance with Section III of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004. 2. The competent authority at the place of slaughter shall verify that: (a) the food chain information is consistently and effectively communicated between the food business operator who raised or kept the animals before dispatch and the slaughterhouse operator; (b) the food chain information is valid and reliable; (c) feedback of relevant information to the holding, if applicable, is provided. 3. Where animals are dispatched for slaughter to another Member State, the competent authorities at the place of dispatch and the place of slaughter shall cooperate to ensure that the information provided by the dispatching food business operator is easily accessible to the slaughterhouse operator receiving it. CHAPTER II FEEDBACK TO HOLDING OF PROVENANCE 1. The official veterinarian may use the model document laid down in Appendix I for the relevant inspection results that must be communicated to the holding where the animals were raised before slaughter in the same Member State in accordance with Chapter I of Section II of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004. 2. The competent authority is responsible for communicating the relevant inspection results in cases where the animals are raised on a holding in another Member State and must use a version of the model document laid down in the Appendix in both the language of the dispatching country and the language of the recipient country.