Meat products subject to a risk-mitigating treatment
Article 149
1. Consignments of meat products that do not fulfil the requirements provided for in Article 148, shall only be permitted to enter the Union if they have undergone at least the risk-mitigating treatment set out in Annex XXVI specifically assigned by the Union in the list to the third country or territory or zone thereof of origin of the meat product in accordance with Article 121, where the fresh meat used for processing of the meat products originates from: (a) the third country or territory or zone thereof where the meat product has been processed; (b) a listed third country or territory or zone thereof authorised for entry into the Union of fresh meat of the relevant species; (c) a Member State. 2. Consignments of meat products shall only be permitted to enter the Union if they have undergone at least the risk-mitigating treatment ‘B’, in accordance with Annex XXVI, where the fresh meat used for the processing of the meat products originates from a third country or territory or zone thereof: (a) other than the third country or territory or zone thereof in which the meat product is obtained; (b) which is also listed for entry into the Union of meat products of the relevant species, subject to a risk-mitigating treatment specifically assigned by the Union in the list, to that third country or territory or zone thereof and to the relevant species, in accordance with Article 121. 3. Consignments of meat products processed from fresh meat of poultry shall only be permitted to enter the Union if they have undergone at least the risk-mitigating treatment ‘D’, in accordance with Annex XXVI, where the fresh meat used for the processing of the meat products originates from a third country or territory or zone thereof: (a) listed for entry into the Union of fresh meat of poultry; (b) in which there has been a case or an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza or infection with Newcastle disease virus. 4. Consignments of meat products which have been processed from fresh meat of more than one species of animal from the third country or territory or zone thereof where the meat product was processed, shall only be permitted to enter the Union if they comply with the following requirements: (a) the meat products must have undergone the most severe of the risk-mitigating treatments assigned in the list to the third country or territory or zone thereof, in accordance with Article 121, for the different species of animals of origin, where the fresh meat is mixed before the final processing of the meat product takes place; or (b) the meat products must have undergone the risk-mitigating treatment assigned in the list to the third country or territory or zone thereof, in accordance with Article 121, for each different species of animals of origin, where the mixing of the meat products have taken place after processing of each ingredient of the meat product. 5. Consignments of meat products which have been processed from fresh meat of more than one species of animal originating from a third country or territory or zone thereof other than the third country or territory or zone thereof where the meat product has been processed, shall only be permitted to enter the Union if they have undergone a risk-mitigating treatment in accordance with paragraphs 1 or 2.