Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375Show full title

Article 12 U.K. Withdrawal of official recognition of holdings as applying controlled housing conditions

1. Where the results of the audits carried out in accordance with Article 10 show that the requirements of Annex IV are no longer fulfilled, the competent authority shall withdraw the holding's official recognition without delay.

2. Where domestic swine from a holding officially recognised as applying controlled housing conditions test positive to Trichinella, the competent authority shall without delay:

(a) withdraw the holding's official recognition;

(b) examine all domestic swine of that holding at the time of slaughter;

(c) trace and test all breeding animals that arrived on the holding and, as far as possible, all those that left the holding in at least the six months preceding the positive finding; to that end, meat samples shall be collected and examined for presence of Trichinella parasites using the detection methods laid down in Chapters I and II of Annex I;

(d) when relevant, as far as is feasible, investigate the spread of parasite infestation due to the distribution of meat from domestic swine slaughtered in the period preceding the positive finding;

F1 (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(f) when relevant, initiate an epidemiological investigation to elucidate the cause of infestation;

(g) take appropriate measures where any infested carcass cannot be identified at the slaughterhouse, including:

(i)

increasing the size of each meat sample collected for testing of the suspect carcasses; or

(ii)

declaring the carcasses unfit for human consumption;

(iii)

taking appropriate measures for the disposal of suspect carcasses or parts thereof and those testing positive.

3. Following withdrawal of the recognition, holdings may be officially recognised again once the problems identified have been solved and the requirements laid down in Annex IV are fulfilled to the satisfaction of the competent authority.

4. If the inspection identified a lack of compliance with Article 9 or positive testing in a holding of a compartment, the holding concerned shall be removed from the compartment until compliance is re-established.

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 12(2)(e) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2019/640, reg. 51I (as inserted by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1504), regs. 1(2), 9(14))