1. EU-Project: Trade and Private Sector Development (TPSD)
EU Food Safety Requirements: - Hygiene of Foodstuffs of Animal Origin -
Achim Seiler, Trade Consultant and Capacity Building Specialist, Kathmandu
EU-Project: Trade and Private Sector Development (TPSD)
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2. The legal and institutional context
Verification of Import Control Requirements
Food Safety and Quality Requirements in Target Countries
National Standards and Technical Regulations
Int. Standards (SPS and TBT): CAC, IPPC, OIE
WTO-SPS and TBT Rights and Obligations

3. Regulation (EC) No 853/2004
Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin

4. Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 (II)
Chapter 1: General Provisions
Chapter 2: Food Business Operators´ Obligations
Chapter 3: Trade
Chapter 4: Final Provisions
Annex 1: Definitions
Annex 2: Requirements Concerning Several Products of
Animal Origin
Annex 3: Specific Requirements

5. Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 (III)
Chapter 1: General Provisions
This Regulation lays down specific rules on the hygiene of food of animal origin for food business operators. These rules supplement those laid down by Regulation (EC) No 852/2004. They shall apply to unprocessed and processed products of animal origin (Art.1)

6. Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 (IV)
Chapter 2: Food Business Operators Obligations
Food business operators shall comply with the relevant provisions of Annexes II and III. (Art. 3.1)
Food business operators shall cooperate with the competent authorities in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 854/2004. (…) (Art. 4)

7. Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 (V)
Chapter 2: Food Business Operators Obligations
Art. 6.1: Products of animal origin from outside the Community
Food business operators importing products of animal origin from third countries shall ensure that importation takes place only if:
A) The third country of dispatch appears on a list, drawn up in accordance with Art. 11 of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of third countries from which imports of that product are permitted

8. Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 (VI)
Chapter 2: Food Business Operators Obligations
Art. 6.1: Products of animal origin from outside the Community
B1) The establishment from which that product was dispatched, and in which it was obtained or prepared, appears on a list, drawn up in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004, of establishments from which imports of that product are permitted, when applicable.
B2) In the case of fresh meat, minced meat, meat preparations, meat products and MSM, the product was manufactured from meat obtained in slaughterhouses and cutting plants appearing on lists drawn up and updated in accordance with Art. 12 of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 or in approved Community establishments, and

9. Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 (VII)
Chapter 2: Food Business Operators Obligations
Art. 6: Products of animal origin from outside the Community
B2) in the case of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods, the production area appears on a list drawn up in accordance with Art. 13 of that Regulation, when applicable

10. Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 (VIII)
Chapter 2: Food Business Operators Obligations
Art. 6: Products of animal origin from outside the Community
1.C) The product satisfies:
(i) The requirements of this Regulation, including the requirements of Art. 5 on health and identification marking,
(ii)The requirements of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004; and
(iii) Any import conditions laid down in accordance with Community legislation governing import controls for products of animal origin, and
D) the requirements of Art.14 of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 concerning certificates and documents are satisfied, when applicable

11. Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 (IX)
Chapter 2: Food Business Operators Obligations
Art. 6: Products of animal origin from outside the Community
6.3: Food business operators importing products of animal origin shall ensure that:
Products are made available for control upon importation in accordance with Directive 97/78/EC
b) Importation complies with the requirements of Directive 2002/99/EC; and
c) Operations under their control that take place after importation are carried out in accordance with the requirements of Annex III

12. Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 (X)
Chapter 3: Trade
Art. 7: Documents
7.1: When required in accordance with Annex II or III, food business operators shall ensure that certificates or other documents accompany consignments of products of animal origin

13. Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 (XI)
Annex 1: Definitions
Annex 2: Requirements Concerning Several Products of
Animal Origin
Section I: Identification Marking
Section II: Objectives of HACCP-Based Procedures
Section III: Food Chain Information
Annex 3: Specific Requirements
Section I: Meat of Domestic Ungulates
Section II: Meat from Poultry and Lagomorphs
Section III: Meat of Farmed Game
Section IV: Wild Game Meat
Section V: Minced Meat, Meat Preparations and
Mechanically Separated Meat (MSM)

14. Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 (XII)
Annex 3: Section VI: Meat Products
Section VII: Live Bivalve Molluscs
Section VIII: Fishery Products
Section IX: Raw Milk and Dairy Products
Section X: Eggs and Egg Products
Section XI: Frogs`Legs and Snails
Section XII: Rendered Animal Fats and Greaves
Section XIII: Treated Stomachs, Bladders and
Intestines
Section XIV: Gelatine

15. General Food Law (EC 178/2002), Art. 11:
Food and feed imported into the Community for placing on the market within the Community shall comply with the relevant requirements of food law or conditions recognized by the Community to be at least equivalent thereto or, where a specific agreement exists between the Community and the exporting country, with requirements contained therein.

16. Comparison of EU import controls for products of animal and non-animal origin
Control Measure
Non-animal Origin
Animal Origin
Exporting country must be on an EU list of approved countries NO
Yes
Exporting country must have EU approved competent authorities
No, but must provide evidence of competent authority for phytosanitary measures
No, but must provide evidence of competent authority for veterinary measures
Exporting country must submit a control plan prior to export No
No, but must provide information on certain zoonotic diseases, veterinary medicines and other pharmacologically active substances
Exporting food business (establishment) must be on an EU list of approved establishments

17. Cont.d (I)
Comparison of EU import controls for products of animal and non-animal origin
Control Measure
Non-animal Origin
Animal Origin
Exporting country must have EU approved reference laboratories No
No, but laboratories that verify compliance to EU standards must be accredited.
Exporting countries national food control systems are subject to inspection by EU inspectors from the food and and veterinary office (FVO)
New guidance was issued by the EU in 2006
Yes
HACCP required for primary production
No, but is mandatory for animal feed producers
HACCP required for post-harvest handling
Yes, for processing of fresh cut products

18. Cont.d (II)
Comparison of EU import controls for products of animal and non-animal origin
Control Measure
Non-animal Origin
Animal Origin
Prior notification of export must be given for each consignment No
Yes
Certific ates must be supplied with each consignment
Yes, plant health certificate required
Yes, animal health certificates and health and identification marks
Source: A. Graffham