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Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003 on the control of salmonella and other specified food-borne zoonotic agents

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1.After the relevant control programme referred to in Article 5 has been approved, food business operators must have samples taken and analysed to test for the zoonoses and zoonotic agents listed in Annex I, column 1, respecting the minimum sampling requirements set out in the following table.U.K.

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The results of the analysis on the samples must be known before the animals leave for the slaughterhouse.

1. Zoonosis or zoonotic agent2. Animal population3. Phases of production which sampling must cover
All salmonella serotypes with public health significanceBreeding flocks of Gallus gallus:
— rearing flocks
— day-old chicks
— four-week-old birds
— two weeks before moving to laying phase or laying unit
— adult breeding flocks
— every second week during the laying period
All salmonella serotypes with public health significanceLaying hens:
— rearing flocks
— day-old chicks
— pullets two weeks before moving to laying phase or laying unit
— laying flocks
— every 15 weeks during the laying phase
All salmonella serotypes with public health significanceBroilers
— birds leaving for slaughtera
All salmonella serotypes with public health significanceTurkeys
— birds leaving for slaughtera
All salmonella serotypes with public health significanceHerds of pigs:
— breeding pigs
— animals leaving for slaughter or carcases at the slaughterhouse
— slaughter pigs
— animals leaving for slaughter or carcases at the slaughterhouse

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