Criteria for sampling strategy
ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
ANNEX II Criteria for sampling strategy (1) For each food business operator to be controlled, the Member State shall consider the following criteria for the selection of the type of food to be controlled: (a) history of non-compliance; (b) shortcomings in the application of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point and related auto controls; (c) shortcomings in record keeping addressing requirements as defined in Section III, Part A, of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004; (d) representative sampling regardless of the size of the food business operator; (e) emerging situations (changes in consumption patterns, natural disasters or economic problems that cause changes in food trade chains etc.). (2) Each Member State shall consider the following criteria for the selection of slaughterhouses, cutting plants, establishments for the milk production, establishments for the production and placing on the market of fishery products and aquaculture products, establishments for honey and egg and egg packing centres: (a) the criteria listed under point (3) of Annex I and under point (1) of this Annex; (b) the respective establishments’ share of the Member State’s total production volume of the slaughterhouses, cutting plants, establishments for milk production, establishments for production and placing on the market of fishery products and aquaculture products, establishments for honey and egg and egg packing centres; (c) relevant origins of the slaughtered animals, milk, aquaculture products, honey and eggs. (3) When taking the samples, efforts shall be made to avoid multiple sampling from one food business operator, unless the operator has been identified on the basis of the criteria included in point (1) or an appropriate justification has been provided in the control plan. The compliance with the planned frequency of checks shall be ensured. (4) As regards food within the scope of the control plan for food placed on the Union market as set out in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2022/932, sampling shall be performed on food placed on the market and on food intended for placing on the market (primary stage, free-range, slaughterhouses, during food processing, storage or sale, etc.).