Control plan for food of animal origin entering the Union
Article 5
1. Member States shall prepare a control plan concerning the presence of the contaminants or contaminant groups in food of animal origin entering the Union and intended for placing on the Union market. This plan shall cover the official controls on food of animal origin entering the Union and intended to be placed on the Union market and on fishery products which are to be carried out on vessels when these call at a port in a Member State. 2. The control plan for food of animal origin entering the Union shall set out: (a) the list of combinations of contaminants or contaminant groups and commodity groups to be controlled as decided by the Member State in accordance with Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/931; (b) the sampling strategy as decided by the Member State in accordance with Annex II to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/931; and (c) the actual control frequencies as decided by the Member State taking into account the annual minimum frequencies laid down in Annex II. 3. Member States may include in the control plans information on the controls as regards the combinations of contaminants or contaminant groups and commodity groups for which national maximum levels or other regulatory levels are established by national legislation.