Article 36U.K.Practical arrangements for official controls for Campylobacter
1.The competent authorities shall verify the correct implementation by food business operators of point 2.1.9 (process hygiene criterion for Campylobacter on carcases of broilers) of Chapter 2 of Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 by applying the following measures:
(a)official sampling using the same method and sampling area as food business operators. At least 49 random samples shall be taken in each slaughterhouse each year. This number of samples may be reduced in small slaughterhouses based on a risk evaluation; or
(b)collecting all information on the total number and the number of Campylobacter samples with more than 1 000 cfu/g taken by food business operators in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005, in the framework of point 2.1.9 of Chapter 2 of Annex I thereto.
2.Where the food business operator fails on several occasions to comply with the process hygiene criterion, the competent authorities shall require it to submit an action plan and shall strictly supervise its outcome.
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