Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/622 of 31 March 2017 amending the model certificate for imports of meat preparations in Annex II to Decision 2000/572/EC and the model certificate for imports of certain meat products, treated stomachs, bladders and intestines in Annex III to Decision 2007/777/EC in relation to the rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (Text with EEA relevance)
Regular notification
2017-05-04
G/SPS/N/EU/209
Description
Amendments of the model certificates for imports of meat preparations and the model certificate for imports of certain meat products, treated stomachs, bladders and intestines as regards the public health attestation for BSE:
- Clarification of the text concerning import of products of animal origin from bovine, ovine or caprine animals.
- Modification of the import requirements for the products coming from countries with a negligible BSE risk, to allow also for import when such products originate from raw material from countries with controlled or undetermined BSE risk, provided that SRM has been removed.
Keywords
Zoonoses;
Bovine
Spongiform
Encephalopathy
(BSE);
Transmissible
Spongiform
Encephalopathy
(TSE);
Animal
diseases;
Food
safety;
Human
health