Article 3 U.K. Isolates of Salmonella spp. obtained by food business operators

Where, due to a low bacterial prevalence or a low number of epidemiological units in [F1 the United Kingdom] the minimum number of Salmonella spp. isolates collected by the competent authority during official controls in accordance with point 1(a) of Part A of the Annex is not sufficient to achieve the minimal required number of isolates to be tested for antimicrobial susceptibility, the competent authority may use isolates obtained by food business operators provided that such isolates have been obtained by the food businesses operator in accordance with the following provisions:

(a)

the F2 ... control programme provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003;

(b)

the process hygiene criteria set out in points 2.1.3, 2.1.4 and 2.1.5 of Chapter 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 11(4)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Word in Art. 3(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 11(4)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)