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ANNEX IU.K.

1.Meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines originating in the third countries or parts thereof referred to in Article 3(b)(i) of this Decision shall:U.K.

(a)

contain meat eligible for import into [F1Great Britain] as fresh meat, as defined in point 1.10 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; and

(b)

be derived from one or more of the species or animals which have undergone a non-specific treatment as set out in point A Part 4 of Annex II to this Decision.

2.Meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines originating in the third countries or parts thereof, as referred to in Article 3(b)(ii), shall comply with the conditions set out in (a), (b) or (c) of this point:U.K.

(a)

the meat products and/or treated stomachs, bladders and intestines must:

(i)

contain meat and/or meat products derived from a single species or animal, as [F2indicated by the code “AP” in] the relevant column in Parts 2 and 3 of Annex II indicating the species or animal concerned; and

(ii)

[F3have undergone any specific treatment, as set out in Part 4 of Annex 2, for meat of that species or animal that the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this point;]

(b)

the meat products and/or treated stomachs, bladders and intestines must:

(i)

contain fresh, processed or partly processed meat of more than one species or animal, as [F4indicated by the code “AP” in] the relevant column of Parts 2 and 3 of Annex II which are mixed prior to undergoing [F5such final treatment], as set out in Part 4 of Annex II [F6, as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this point]; and

(ii)

have undergone the final treatment referred to in (i) that must be at least as severe as the most severe [F7of the treatments] set out in Part 4 of Annex II for meat of the species or animals concerned, as [F8the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) may specify in a document published for the purposes of this point];

(c)

the final meat products and/or treated stomachs, bladders and intestines must:

(i)

be prepared by mixing previously treated meat or treated stomachs, bladders and intestines of more than one species or animal; and

(ii)

have undergone the previous treatment referred to in (i) that must have been at least as severe as [F9such of the treatments] set out in Part 4 of Annex II [F10as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) may specify in a document published for the purposes of this point] for the species or animal concerned F11... for each meat component of the meat product and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines.

Textual Amendments

3.The treatments set out in Part 4 of Annex II shall constitute the minimum acceptable processing conditions for animal health purposes for meat products and stomachs, bladders and intestines derived from the relevant species or animal originating in the third countries F12... listed in Annex II [F13or such parts thereof as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this paragraph].U.K.

However, in cases where import of offal is not authorised under [F14Regulation (EU) No 206/2010] owing to F15... animal health restrictions, it may be imported as a meat product or treated stomach, intestine or bladder or used in a meat product provided [F16any treatment that the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) may specify in a document published for the purposes of this paragraph] is carried out and the F17... public health requirements are fulfilled.

In addition, an establishment from a country listed in Annex II may be authorised to produce meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines that have undergone treatments B, C or D, as referred to in Part 4 of Annex II, even where that establishment is located in a third country or part thereof that is not authorised for imports into [F18Great Britain] of fresh meat under the condition that F19... public health requirements are fulfilled.

ANNEX IIU.K.

F20 PART 1 U.K. Regionalised territories for the countries listed in Parts 2 and 3

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[F21PART 2 U.K. Third countries F22... from which the introduction of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines into [F23Great Britain] is authorised (See Part 4 of this Annex for the interpretation of codes used in the table)

a

F24...

b

F25...

c

[F26Only for transit through [F27Great Britain].]

d

[F28For meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines prepared from fresh meat either from [F29Great Britain] satisfying the requirements of Article 3 of Directive 2002/99/EC or from a third country listed in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 [F30, or territories, zones or compartments of those third countries, specified by the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), under Article 3 of that Regulation in a document published for the purposes of that Article,] for the import into [F31Great Britain] of meat of poultry.]

e

F32...

f
g

Not including Kosovo as defined by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999 .

h

[F34Hereafter understood as the State of Israel, excluding the territories under Israeli administration since June 1967, namely the Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank.]

i

[F28This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.]

j

F35...

XXX No certificate laid down and meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines containing meat of this species are not authorised. ]
ISO code Country of origin F36... 1. Domestic bovine 2. Farmed cloven-hoofed game-(excluding swine) Domestic ovine/ caprine 1. Domestic porcine 2. Farmed cloven-hoofed game (swine) Domestic soliped 1. Poultry 2. Farmed feathered game (except ratites) Farmed ratites Domestic rabbit and farmed leporidae Wild cloven-hoofed game (excluding swine) Wild swine Wild soliped Wild leporidae (rabbits and hares) Wild game birds Wild land mamma-lian game (excluding ungulates, solipeds and leporidae)
AR Argentina F37... [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX
F24... F24...F24...F24...F24...F24...F24...F24...F24...F24...F24...F24...F24...F24...
F25...F25...F25...F25...F25...F25...F25...F25...F25...F25...F25...F25...F25...F25...
AU Australia [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP]
[F39BA Bosnia and Herzegovina [F38AP] XXX XXX XXX [F38AP] XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX]
BH Bahrain [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] XXX XXX
BR Brazil [F40AP] [F40AP] [F40AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F40AP] XXX XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX
F41...F41...F41...F41...F41...F41...F41...F41...F41...F41...F41...F41...F41...F41...
F42...F42...F42...F42...F42...F42...F42...F42...F42...F42...F42...F42...F42...F42...
F43...F43...F43...F43...F43...F43...F43...F43...F43...F43...F43...F43...F43...F43...
F44...F44...F44...F44...F44...F44...F44...F44...F44...F44...F44...F44...F44...F44...
BW Botswana [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX XXX
BY Belarus [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] XXX XXX
[F45CA Canada F46... [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F47AP] [F47AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] [F47AP] [F38AP]]
F48...F48...F48...F48...F48...F48...F48...F48...F48...F48...F48...F48...F48...F48...
F49...F49...F49...F49...F49...F49...F49...F49...F49...F49...F49...F49...F49...F49...
CH Switzerland F50... [F51AP][F51AP][F51AP][F51AP][F51AP][F51AP][F51AP][F51AP][F51AP][F51AP][F51AP][F51AP][F51AP]
CL Chile [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX
CN China [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX
F52...F52...F52...F52...F52...F52...F52...F52...F52...F52...F52...F52...F52...F52...
CO Colombia [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] XXX XXX
ET Ethiopia [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] XXX XXX
[F53EU member States, Liechtenstein and Norway] F35 ... [F54AP] [F54AP] [F54AP][F54AP][F54AP][F54AP][F54AP][F54AP][F54AP][F54AP][F54AP][F54AP][F54AP]
GL Greenland XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX [F38AP] XXX XXX XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP]
HK Hong Kong [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] XXX XXX
F55
[F56IL h Israel [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX]
IN India [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] XXX XXX
[F57IS Iceland ] [F58AP][F58AP][F58AP][F58AP][F58AP][F58AP][F58AP][F58AP][F58AP][F58AP][F58AP][F58AP][F58AP]
[F59JP Japan [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX]
KE Kenya [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] XXX XXX
KR South Korea XXX XXX XXX XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX XXX XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX
MA Morocco [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] XXX XXX
ME Montenegro [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] XXX XXX
MG Madagascar [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX
[F60MK The Republic of North Macedonia [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] XXX XXX]
MU Mauritius [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] XXX XXX
[F61MX Mexico [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX]
MY Malaysia F62... XXX XXX XXX XXX [F63AP] [F63AP] [F63AP] XXX XXX XXX [F63AP] [F63AP] XXX
F64...F64...F64...F64...F64...F64...F64...F64...F64...F64...F64...F64...F64...F64...
NA Namibia [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX
NC New Caledonia [F38AP] XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX [F38AP] XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX
NZ New Zealand [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP]
[F65PM Saint Pierre and Miquelon XXX XXX XXX XXX [F38AP] XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX]
PY Paraguay [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] XXX XXX
RS Serbia g [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] XXX XXX
[F39RU Russia F66... [F67AP] [F67AP] [F67AP] [F67AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] XXX [F38AP]]
F68...F68...F68...F68...F68...F68...F68...F68...F68...F68...F68...F68...F68...F68...
F69...F69...F69...F69...F69...F69...F69...F69...F69...F69...F69...F69...F69...F69...
SG Singapore [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] XXX XXX
SZ Swaziland [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX XXX
TH Thailand [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX
TN Tunisia [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX
TR Turkey XXX XXX XXX XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX XXX XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX
[F70UA Ukraine F71... XXX XXX XXX XXX [F72AP] [F72AP] [F38AP] XXX XXX XXX [F38AP] [F72AP] XXX]
F73...F73...F73...F73...F73...F73...F73...F73...F73...F73...F73...F73...F73...F73...
F74...F74...F74...F74...F74...F74...F74...F74...F74...F74...F74...F74...F74...F74...
[F75US United States F76... [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F77AP] [F77AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] [F77AP] XXX]
F78...F78...F78...F78...F78...F78...F78...F78...F78...F78...F78...F78...F78...F78...
F79...F79...F79...F79...F79...F79...F79...F79...F79...F79...F79...F79...F79...F79...
UY Uruguay [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX XXX XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX
[F28XK Kosovo i d XXX XXX XXX XXX [F80AP] XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX]
[F81ZA South Africa [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX]
F82...
[F81ZW Zimbabwe [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX [F38AP] [F38AP] XXX]

Textual Amendments

[F83PART 3 U.K. Third countries F84... not authorised for certain species under the non-specific treatment regime (A) but from where imports into [F85Great Britain] of biltong/jerky and pasteurised meat products are authorised

XXX

No certificate laid down and imports into the Community of biltong/jerky and pasteurised meat products are not authorised unless the country is authorised in Part 2 for treatment ‘ A ’ for the relevant species. ]

ISO code Country of origin F86... 1. Domestic bovine 2. Farmed cloven-hoofed game (excluding swine) Domestic ovine/caprine 1. Domestic porcine 2. Farmed cloven-hoofed game (swine) Domestic soliped 1. Poultry 2. Farmed feathered game Ratites Domestic rabbit and farmed leporidae Wild cloven-hoofed game (excluding swine) Wild swine Wild soliped Wild leporidae (rabbits and hares) Wild game birds Wild land mammalian game (excluding ungulates, solipeds and leporidae)
AR Argentina F87... [F88AP] [F88AP] XXX XXX XXX XXX [F88AP] XXX XXX XXX [F88AP] XXX XXX
[F89BR Brazil F90... [F91AP] XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX]
NA Namibia [F92AP] [F92AP] XXX XXX [F88AP] [F88AP] [F88AP] XXX XXX [F88AP] [F88AP] [F88AP] XXX
F93... F93. . .F93. . .F93. . .F93. . .F93. . .F93. . .F93. . .F93. . .F93. . .F93. . .F93. . .F93. . .
UY Uruguay [F88AP] XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX
[F81ZA South Africa XXX XXX XXX XXX [F88AP] [F88AP] [F88AP] XXX XXX [F88AP] [F88AP] [F88AP] XXX]
F33
[F81ZW Zimbabwe XXX XXX XXX XXX [F88AP] [F88AP] [F88AP] XXX XXX [F88AP] [F88AP] [F88AP] XXX]

Textual Amendments

PART 4U.K.Interpretation of codes used in tables in parts 2 and 3

[F94HEAT TREATMENTS AND RELATED CODES]U.K.

Non-specific treatment:

A

=

No minimum specified temperature or other treatment is established for animal health purposes for meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines. However, the meat of such meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines must have undergone a treatment such that its cut surface shows that it no longer has the characteristics of fresh meat and the fresh meat used must also satisfy the animal health rules applicable to exports of fresh meat into [F95Great Britain].

Specific treatments listed in descending order of severity:

B

=

Treatment in a hermetically sealed container to an Fo value of three or more.

C

=

A minimum temperature of 80 °C which must be reached throughout the meat and/or stomachs, bladders and intestines during the processing of the meat product and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines.

D

=

A minimum temperature of 70 °C which must be reached throughout the meat and/or stomachs, bladders and intestines during the processing of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, or for raw ham, a treatment consisting of natural fermentation and maturation of not less than nine months and resulting in the following characteristics:

  • Aw value of not more than 0,93,

  • pH value of not more than 6,0.

[F96D1

=

Thorough cooking of meat, previously deboned and defatted, subjected to heating so that an internal temperature of 70 °C or greater is maintained for a minimum of 30 minutes.]

E

=

In the case of ‘biltong’-type products, a treatment to achieve:

  • Aw value of not more than 0,93,

  • pH value of not more than 6,0.

F

=

A heat treatment ensuring that a centre temperature of at least 65 °C is reached for a period of time as necessary to achieve a pasteurisation value (pv) equal to or above 40.

F97 ANNEX III U.K. Model animal health and public health certificate for certain meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines intended for consignment to the European Union from third countries

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F98ANNEX IVU.K.(Transit and/or storage)

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