Commission Implementing Decision of 21 December 2011 amending Annexes II and IV to Council Directive 2009/158/EC on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs (notified under document C(2011) 9518) (Text with EEA relevance) (2011/879/EU)

ANNEX U.K.

Annexes II and IV to Directive 2009/158/EC are amended as follows:

(1)

in Annex II, Chapter III, point A.2 is amended as follows:

(a)

note (**) is replaced by the following:

‘(**) Note that environmental samples are generally not suitable for reliable detection of Salmonella pullorum and Salmonella gallinarum, but are suitable for Salmonella arizonae.’;

(b)

note (****) is replaced by the following:

‘(****) Salmonella pullorum and Salmonella gallinarum do not readily grow in the modified semi-solid Rappaport Vassiliadis (MSRV) medium that is used for monitoring of zoonotic Salmonella spp. in the Union, but it is suitable for Salmonella arizonae.’;

(2)

in Annex IV, models 1, 2 and 3 are replaced by the following:

‘MODEL 1

MODEL 2

MODEL 3

’