Definitions
Article 2
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: (1) ‘entering the Union’ or ‘entry into the Union’ means entering the Union or entry into the Union as defined in Article 3, point (40), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625; (2) ‘consignment’ means consignment as defined in Article 3, point (37), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625; (3) ‘animals’ means animals as defined in Article 3, point (9), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625; (4) ‘goods’ means goods as defined in Article 3, point (11), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625; (5) ‘equivalent’ means equivalent as defined in Article 2(1), point (e), of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004; (6) ‘establishment’ means an establishment as defined in Article 2(1), point (c), of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004; (7) ‘official certificate’ means official certificate as defined in Article 3, point (27), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625; (8) ‘official attestation’ means official attestation as defined in Article 3, point (28), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625; (9) ‘private attestation’ means an attestation signed by the food business operator entering goods into the Union; (10) ‘placing on the market’ means placing on the market as defined in Article 3, point (8), of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002; (11) ‘fresh meat’ means fresh meat as defined in point 1.10 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; (12) ‘minced meat’ means minced meat as defined in point 1.13 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; (13) ‘meat preparations’ means meat preparations as defined in point 1.15 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; (14) ‘meat products’ means meat products as defined in point 7.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; (15) ‘mechanically separated meat’ means mechanically separated meat as defined in point 1.14 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; (16) ‘gelatine’ means gelatine as defined in point 7.7 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; (17) ‘collagen’ means collagen as defined in point 7.8 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; (18) ‘highly refined products of animal origin’ means highly refined products referred to in Section XVI, point 1, of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; (19) ‘bivalve molluscs’ means bivalve molluscs as defined in point 2.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; (20) ‘fishery products’ means fishery products as defined in point 3.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; (21) ‘composite product’ means food containing both products of plant origin and processed products of animal origin; (22) ‘pharmacologically active substance’ means pharmacologically active substance as defined in Article 2, point (a), of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2090 ( 25 ) ; (23) ‘contaminant’ means contaminant as defined in Article 1(1), second subparagraph, of Council Regulation (EEC) No 315/93 ( 26 ) ; (24) ‘pesticide residues’ means pesticide residues as defined in Article 3(2), point (c), of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005; (25) ‘product of animal origin’ means product of animal origin as defined in point 8.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; (26) ‘control plan for pharmacologically active substances, pesticides and contaminants’ means a control plan on the use of pharmacologically active substances, the maximum residue limits of pharmacologically active substances, the maximum residue levels of pesticides and the maximum levels of contaminants in food-producing animals, products of animal origin, including those used in composite products; (27) ‘insects’ means food consisting of, isolated from or produced from insects or their parts including any life stadia of insects intended for human consumption which are, when applicable, authorised in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 27 ) and included in the Union list of novel foods established by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 ( 28 ) (‘the Union list of novel foods’); (28) ‘transit’ means transit as defined in Article 3, point (44), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625; (29) ‘reptile meat’ means the edible parts, either unprocessed or processed, derived from farmed reptiles, belonging to the species Alligator mississippiensis , Crocodylus johnstoni , Crocodylus niloticus , Crocodylus porosus , Timon lepidus , Python reticulatus , Python molurus bivittatus or Pelodiscus sinensis , which are, when applicable, authorised in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 and included in the Union list of novel foods; (30) ‘snails’ means snails as defined in point 6.2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and any other species of snails of the family of Helicidae , Hygromiidae or Sphincterochilidae , intended for human consumption; (31) ‘food’ means food as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002; (32) ‘feed’ or ‘feedingstuff’ means feed or feedingstuff as defined in Article 3, point (4), of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002; (33) ‘audit’ means audit as defined in Article 3, point (30), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625; (34) ‘competent authorities’ means competent authorities as defined in Article 3, point (3), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625; (35) ‘sprouts’ means sprouts as defined in Article 2, point (a), of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 208/2013 ( 29 ) ; (36) ‘primary production’ means primary production as defined in Article 3, point (17), of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002; (37) ‘slaughterhouse’ means slaughterhouse as defined in point 1.16 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; (38) ‘game-handling establishment’ means game-handling establishment as defined in point 1.18 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; (39) ‘cutting plant’ means cutting plant as defined in point 1.17 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; (40) ‘production area’ means production area as defined in point 2.5 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; (41) ‘factory vessel’ means factory vessel as defined in point 3.2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; (42) ‘freezer vessel’ means freezer vessel as defined in point 3.3 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; (43) ‘reefer vessel’ means a vessel equipped to store and transport palletised or loose cargo (bulk) goods in temperature-controlled holds or chambers; (44) ‘dairy products’ means dairy products as defined in point 7.2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; (45) ‘egg products’ means egg products as defined in point 7.3 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; (46) ‘food business operator’ means a food business operator as defined in Article 3, point (3), of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002. (47) ‘operator’ means operator as defined in Article 3, point (29), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625; (48) ‘border control post’ means border control post as defined in Article 3, point (38), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.