The operator shall ensure that the parts of the slaughterhouse used to slaughter and store the carcases of the pigs suspected of being infected with Aujeszky's Disease virus are not used until the operator has cleansed and disinfected them to the satisfaction of the veterinary inspector, and failure to comply with this provision is an offence.

A veterinary inspector shall take samples (the samples may be from pigs and carcases at the slaughterhouse) and have them tested F1at a designated laboratory in accordance with Annex III of Commission Decision 2008/185/EC, as amended by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1782.

A veterinary inspector may revoke the controls in this article at any time by service of a notice.