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Official Journal of the European Union
29.11.2011
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1223/2011
of 28 November 2011
amending Regulation (EC) No 1688/2005 as regards sampling of flocks of origin of eggs and the
microbiological examination of such samples and samples of certain meat intended for Finland and
Sweden
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(4) Commission
Regulation
(EU)
No
517/2011
of
25
May
2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of
the European Parliament and of the Council as regards a
Union target for the reduction of the prevalence of
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
certain Salmonella serotypes in laying hens of Gallus
Union,
gallus and amending Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003
and Regulation (EU) No 200/2010 ( 4 ) lays down rules
concerning a testing scheme to verify progress on the
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European
achievement of the Union target to reduce the prevalence
Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down
of those serotypes in flocks of laying hens.
specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin ( 1 ), and in
particular the second paragraph of Article 9 thereof,
(5) The
requirements
laid
down
in
Regulations
(EC)
No
2160/2003 and (EU) No 517/2011 apply to all flocks
Whereas:
of laying hens in the Union. Accordingly, in the interests

of simplification of Union legislation and to avoid the
duplication of sampling, the sampling rules laid down in
Regulations (EC) No 2160/2003, (EC) No 1688/2005
(1) Regulation
(EC)
No
853/2004
lays
down
specific
rules
and (EU) No 517/2011 should be harmonised.
on the hygiene of food of animal origin for food
business operators. That Regulation provides special
guarantees for food of animal origin intended for the
(6) In
particular,
the
sampling
rules
applicable
to
flocks
set
Finnish and Swedish markets. Accordingly, food
out in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1688/2005
business operators intending to place eggs on the
should be replaced by the corresponding rules laid
market in those Member States are to comply with
down in Regulations (EC) No 2160/2003 and (EU) No
certain rules in respect of Salmonella.
517/2011. As the rules laid down in those two Regu
lations are more stringent, the special guarantees to
Finland and Sweden are not jeopardised by such
(2) Commission
Regulation
(EC)
No
1688/2005 of
amendment. Annex III to Regulation (EC) No
14 October 2005 implementing Regulation (EC) No
1688/2005 should therefore be deleted.
853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the
Council as regards special guarantees concerning
Salmonella for consignments to Finland and Sweden of
(7) In
addition,
the
International
Organization
for
Standard
certain meat and eggs ( 2 ) lays down rules on the
ization adopted a new standard specific for the detection
sampling of flocks of origin of eggs intended for
of Salmonella spp. in animal faeces and in environmental
Finland and Sweden. It also lays down rules on the
samples from the primary production stage, in particular
microbiological methods for the examination of those
EN/ISO standard 6579-2002/Amd1:2007 Annex D:
samples as well as samples of certain meat intended for
Detection of Salmonella spp. in animal faeces and in
those two Member States from bovine and porcine
environmental samples from the primary production
animals and from poultry.
stage. That standard should be used for samples taken
in flocks of origin of eggs in the Union. Accordingly, the
sampling rules laid down in Regulation (EC) No
(3) Regulation
(EC)
No
2160/2003
of
the
European
1688/2005 should be amended to refer to that standard.
Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003
on the control of Salmonella and other specified food-
borne zoonotic agents ( 3 ) lays down rules to ensure
(8) Regulation
(EC)
No
1688/2005
should
therefore
be
that effective measures are taken to control Salmonella
amended accordingly.
and other zoontic agents. Those measures include
minimum sampling requirements in all flocks of laying
hens within the framework of national control
programmes for Salmonella.
(9) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
( 1 ) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55.
( 2 ) OJ L 271, 15.10.2005, p. 17.
( 3 ) OJ L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 1.
( 4 ) OJ L 138, 26.5.2011, p. 45.

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EN
29.11.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
314/13
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(i) EN/ISO 6579: Microbiology of food and animal
feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the
detection of Salmonella spp;
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 1688/2005 is amended as follows:
(ii) NMKL (Nordic Committee on Food Analysis)
method No 71: Salmonella. Detection in food; or
(1) Articles 4 and 5 are replaced by the following:
(iii) methods validated for meat against the methods
referred to in (i) and (ii) or other internationally
"Article 4
accepted protocols, provided that they are:
Sampling of the flocks of origin of eggs
— used on meat from bovine and porcine animals
The sampling of flocks of origin of eggs intended for
and from poultry, and
Finland and Sweden and subject to a microbiological test
as provided for in Article 8(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No
853/2004 shall be carried out in accordance with:
— certified by a third party in accordance with the
protocol set out in standard EN/ISO 16140
Microbiology of food and animal feeding
(a) the minimum sampling requirements for laying flocks
stuffs - Protocol for the validation of alternative
laid down in the table set out in point 1 of part B of
methods (EN/ISO 16140).
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003;
(b) in case of samples of flocks as referred to in Article 4:
(b) the requirements for monitoring in laying flocks set out
EN/ISO 6579-2002/Amd1:2007 Annex D: Detection of
in point 2 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No
Salmonella spp. in animal faeces and in environmental
517/2011.
samples from the primary production stage.
2. Where the results of the microbiological testing
Article 5
referred to paragraph 1(a) are contested between Member
Microbiological methods for the examination of the
States, the most recent edition of EN/ISO 6579 shall be
samples
regarded as the reference method."
1. Microbiological
testing
for Salmonella of the samples
taken in accordance with Articles 1 to 4 shall be carried out
(2) Annex III is deleted.
in accordance with the methods described in the following
documents:
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day
(a) in case of samples of meat as referred to in Articles 1, 2
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
and 3:
European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 November 2011.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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