Minimum control frequency per Member State in the control plan for food of animal origin entering the Union
ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
ANNEX II Minimum control frequency per Member State in the control plan for food of animal origin entering the Union The Member States shall comply with the minimum control frequency as set out in the table below. Controls carried out under Articles 47(1)(d) (reinforced checks) and 47(1)(e) (safeguard measures) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, shall not be counted towards achieving the minimum control frequencies of this Annex. Controls carried out under the established emergency measures and the intensified official controls, on the basis of Article 53 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and of Article 65(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, shall not be counted towards achieving the minimum control frequencies of this Annex. Controls of food products from certain third countries listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2019/2129, with which the Union has concluded agreements of equivalence for physical checks, shall not be counted towards achieving the minimum control frequencies of this Annex. For the controls of fishery products carried out in accordance with Article 68 of Regulation (EU) 2019/627, the Member States shall take into account the geographical aspects, landing/production volumes and specific contamination patterns in the areas from which they are harvested. Control frequency Bovine (includes meat, minced meat, mechanically separated meat, edible offal, meat preparations and meat products) Minimum 1 % of the imported consignments Ovine/caprine (includes meat, minced meat, mechanically separated meat, edible offal, meat preparations and meat products) Minimum 1 % of the imported consignments Porcine (includes meat, minced meat, mechanically separated meat, edible offal, meat preparations and meat products) Minimum 1 % of the imported consignments Equine (includes meat, minced meat, mechanically separated meat, edible offal, meat preparations and meat products) Minimum 1 % of the imported consignments Poultry (includes meat, minced meat, edible offal, meat preparations and meat products) Minimum 1 % of the imported consignments Meat from other farmed terrestrial animals ( *1 ) (includes meat, minced meat, edible offal, meat preparations and meat products) Minimum 1 % of the imported consignments Milk (includes raw milk, dairy products, colostrum and colostrum-based products of all species) Minimum 1 % of the imported consignments Eggs (includes eggs and egg products from all bird species) Minimum 1 % of the imported consignments Honey (includes honey and other apiculture products) Minimum 1 % of the imported consignments Unprocessed fishery products ( *2 ) excluding crustaceans Minimum 1 % of the imported consignments Crustaceans and bivalve molluscs (includes muscle meat and muscle meat products) Minimum 1 % of the imported consignments Unprocessed animal and marine fats and oils ( *3 ) Minimum 1 % of the imported consignments Additional provisions: 1. The control frequency for other processed products of food of animal origin, such as gelatine and collagen, shall be determined by each Member State taking into account the number of imported consignments and the problems identified. 2. For the calculation of the minimum control frequencies listed in this Annex, Member States shall use the most recent data of the number of consignments entering the Union through their border control posts, at least from previous or at maximum from penultimate year. 3. In case the number of consignments of food entering the Union and intended for placing on the Union market is lower than the number of consignments corresponding to one sample, Member States may perform the sampling once per two or three years. In case the number of consignments imported over a three years period is lower than the number of consignments corresponding to one sample, Member States shall take at least one sample once per three years. 4. Samples taken for the purposes of other control plans relevant for analysis on contaminants (e.g. on pharmacologically active substances and residues thereof, on pesticide residues, etc.) may also be used for controls on contaminants provided that the requirements concerning the controls on contaminants are complied with. ( *1 ) Other farmed terrestrial animals as defined in entry 1017000 of Annex I, part A, to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005. ( *2 ) Fishery products as defined in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004. ( *3 ) Processed products as defined in Regulation (EC) No 852/2004.