Risk Based Sampling
5.—(1) The Department may on the basis of a veterinary risk assessment require samples to be taken in addition to those required under paragraph 4.
(2) The Department shall notify in writing the keeper of each selected holding or, in the case of a slaughterhouse, a nominated veterinary surgeon or the food business operator of—
(a)the number of samples required;
(b)the date by which the sampling must be completed;
(c)the category of pigs to be sampled;
(d)the group from which the samples should be taken.
(3) Sampling is to be undertaken at the expense of the person notified under sub-paragraph (2) and must be carried out either by—
(a)a nominated veterinary surgeon on farm; or
(b)in the case of a slaughterhouse, a nominated veterinary surgeon or an authorised person at the slaughterhouse.