Commission Decision of 9 August 2007 concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom and repealing Decision 2007/552/EC (notified under document number C(2007) 3901) (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/554/EC)

Article 2 U.K. Meats

1. For the purposes of this Article, ‘meats’ means ‘fresh meat’, ‘minced meat’, ‘mechanically separated meat’ and ‘meat preparations’ as defined in points 1.10, 1.13, 1.14 and 1.15 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.

2. The United Kingdom shall not dispatch meats of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biungulates coming from or obtained from animals originating in the areas listed in Annex I.

3. Meats not eligible for dispatch from the United Kingdom in accordance with this Decision shall be marked in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Directive 2002/99/EC or in accordance with Decision 2001/304/EC.

4. The prohibition set out in paragraph 2 shall not apply to meats bearing the health mark in accordance with Chapter III of Section I of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004, provided that:

(a) the meat is clearly identified, and has been transported and stored since the date of production separately from meat not eligible, in accordance with this Decision, for dispatch outside the areas listed in Annex I;

(b) the meat complies with one of the following conditions:

(i)

it was obtained before 15 July 2007; or

(ii)

it is derived from animals reared for at least 90 days prior to slaughter and slaughtered outside the areas listed in Annex II or, in the case of meat obtained from wild game of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease, killed outside the areas listed in Annex II.

5. Compliance with the conditions set out in paragraphs 3 and 4 shall be checked by the competent veterinary authority under the supervision of the central veterinary authorities.

6. The prohibition set out in paragraph 2 shall not apply to fresh meat obtained from animals reared outside the areas listed in Annex I and Annex II and transported, by way of derogation from Article 1(2) and (3), directly and under official control in sealed means of transport to a slaughterhouse situated in the areas listed in Annex I outside the protection zone for immediate slaughter.

Such meat may be placed on the market in the areas listed in Annex I and Annex II only if it complies with the following conditions:

(a) all such meat is marked in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Directive 2002/99/EC or in accordance with Decision 2001/304/EC;

(b) the slaughterhouse is operated under strict veterinary control;

(c) the fresh meat is clearly identified, and transported and stored separately from meat which is eligible for dispatch outside the United Kingdom.

Compliance with the conditions set out in the first subparagraph shall be checked by the competent veterinary authority under the supervision of the central veterinary authorities.

The central veterinary authorities shall communicate to the other Member States and the Commission a list of the establishments which they have approved for the purposes of application of this paragraph.

7. The prohibition set out in paragraph 2 shall not apply to fresh meat obtained from cutting plants situated in the areas listed in Annex I under the following conditions:

(a) only fresh meat as described in paragraph 4(b) is processed in that cutting plant, on the same day. Cleaning and disinfection shall be carried out after processing of any meat not meeting this requirement;

(b) all meat bears the health mark in accordance with Chapter III of Section I of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004;

(c) the cutting plant is operated under strict veterinary control;

(d) the fresh meat is clearly identified, and transported and stored separately from meat which is not eligible for dispatch outside the areas listed in Annex I.

Compliance with the conditions set out in the first subparagraph shall be checked by the competent veterinary authority under the supervision of the central veterinary authorities.

The central veterinary authorities shall communicate to the other Member States and the Commission a list of the establishments which they have approved for the purpose of application of this paragraph.

8. Meat dispatched from the United Kingdom to other Member States shall be accompanied by an official certificate, which shall bear the following words:

‘Meat conforming to Commission Decision 2007/554/EC of 9 August 2007 concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom’.