Commission Decision of 8 June 2001 laying down rules for the regular checks on the general hygiene carried out by the operators in establishments according to Directive 64/433/EEC on health conditions for the production and marketing of fresh meat and Directive 71/118/EEC on health problems affecting the production and placing on the market of fresh poultry meat (notified under document number C(2001) 1561) (Text with EEA relevance) (2001/471/EC) (repealed)

1. Introductory Text

2. Article 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

3. Article 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

4. Article 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

5. Article 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

6. 1. ANNEX

      1. 1. BACTERIOLOGICAL SAMPLING OF CARCASES (CATTLE, SWINE, SHEEP, GOATS AND HORSES)...

         1. SAMPLING METHOD

         2. SAMPLING LOCATIONS FOR TESTING OF CARCASES (see figures)

         3. PROCEDURE OF SAMPLING AND NUMBER OF SAMPLES TO BE TAKEN...

         4. MICROBIOLOGICAL METHOD FOR THE EXAMINATION OF THE SAMPLES

         5. RECORD KEEPING

         6. APPLYING MICROBIOLOGICAL CRITERIA TO EXCISED-SAMPLE TEST RESULTS (Table 1)

         7. VERIFICATION CRITERIA

         8. FEEDBACK

            1. Table 1

      2. 2. BACTERIOLOGICAL SAMPLING FOR CHECKS OF CLEANING AND DISINFECTION IN SLAUGHTERHOUSES...

         1. SAMPLING METHOD

         2. AGAR CONTACT PLATE METHOD

         3. SWAB TECHNIQUE

         4. FREQUENCY

         5. TRANSPORT

         6. BACTERIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES

         7. SAMPLING SITES

         8. CALCULATING THE RESULTS

            1. Table 2:

         9. FEEDBACK