Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375 of 10 August 2015 laying down specific rules on official controls for Trichinella in meat (Codification) (Text with EEA relevance)Text with EEA relevance

Carcasses of domestic swine shall be sampled in slaughterhouses as part of the post-mortem examination as follows:

1. all carcasses of breeding sows and boars or at least 10 % of carcasses of animals sent in for slaughter each year from each holding that is officially recognised as applying controlled housing conditions, shall be examined for Trichinella;

2. all carcasses from holdings that are not officially recognised as applying controlled housing conditions shall be systematically examined for Trichinella.

A sample shall be collected from each carcass and the sample shall be examined for Trichinella, in a laboratory designated by the competent authority, using one of the following methods of detection:

1. the reference method of detection set out in Chapter I of Annex I; or

2. an equivalent method of detection set out in Chapter II of Annex I.

Carcasses of horses, wild boar and other farmed and wild animal species susceptible to Trichinella infestation shall be systematically sampled in slaughterhouses or game-handling establishments as part of the post-mortem examination.

A sample shall be collected from each carcass and the sample shall be examined in accordance with Annexes I and III in a laboratory designated by the competent authority.

Pending the results of the Trichinella examination and provided full traceability is guaranteed by the food business operator, carcasses of domestic swine and of horses may be cut up into a maximum of six parts in a slaughterhouse or in a cutting plant on the same premises.

By way of derogation from Article 2(1), meat of domestic swine that has undergone a freezing treatment in accordance with Annex II under the supervision of the competent authority shall be exempt from Trichinella examination.

By way of derogation from Article 2(1), carcasses and meat of not weaned domestic swine less than five weeks of age shall be exempt from Trichinella examination.

By way of derogation from Article 2(1), carcasses and meat of domestic swine may be exempt from Trichinella examination where the animals come from a holding or a compartment officially recognised as applying controlled housing conditions in accordance with Annex IV, if:

1. no autochthonous Trichinella infestations in domestic swine kept in holdings officially recognised as applying controlled housing conditions have been detected in the Member State in the past three years, during which time continuous testing has been conducted in accordance with Article 2; or

2. historical data on continuous testing carried out on slaughtered swine population provide at least 95 % confidence that the prevalence of Trichinella does not exceed one per million in that population; or

3. the holdings applying controlled housing conditions are located in Belgium or Denmark.

Where a Member State implements the derogation provided for in paragraph 3, the Member State concerned shall inform the Commission and the other Member States at the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed and submit an annual report to the Commission containing the information referred to in Chapter II of Annex IV. The Commission shall publish the list of Member States implementing the derogation on its website.

Where a Member State fails to submit that annual report or the annual report is unsatisfactory for the purposes of this Article, the derogation shall cease to apply to that Member State.

By way of derogation from Article 2(3) and following approval by the competent authority:

1. carcasses may be cut up at a cutting plant attached to or separate from the slaughterhouse provided that:

   1. the procedure is approved by the competent authority;

   2. a carcass or the parts thereof have not more than one cutting plant as its destination;

   3. the cutting plant is situated within the territory of the Member State; and

   4. in the case of a positive result all the parts are declared unfit for human consumption;

2. carcasses derived from domestic swine may be cut up into more parts in a cutting plant on the same premises or attached to the slaughterhouse provided that:

   1. the procedure is approved by the competent authority;

   2. warm cutting is necessary for the production of specific products;

   3. in the case of a positive result all the parts are declared unfit for human consumption.