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Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the european parliament and of the councilShow full title
Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the european parliament and of the council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs
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Article 4U.K.General and specific hygiene requirements
1.Food business operators carrying out primary production and those associated operations listed in Annex I shall comply with the general hygiene provisions laid down in part A of Annex I and any specific requirements provided for in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.
2.Food business operators carrying out any stage of production, processing and distribution of food after those stages to which paragraph 1 applies shall comply with the general hygiene requirements laid down in Annex II and any specific requirements provided for in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.
3.Food business operators shall, as appropriate, adopt the following specific hygiene measures:
(a)compliance with microbiological criteria for foodstuffs;
(b)procedures necessary to meet targets set to achieve the objectives of this Regulation;
(c)compliance with temperature control requirements for foodstuffs;
(d)maintenance of the cold chain;
(e)sampling and analysis.
[F14.The criteria, requirements and targets referred to in paragraph 3, and associated sampling and analysis methods shall be prescribed by the appropriate authority.]
5.When this Regulation, Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and their implementing measures do not specify sampling or analysis methods, food business operators may use appropriate methods laid down in other [F2applicable legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain] or, in the absence of such methods, methods that offer equivalent results to those obtained using the reference method, if they are scientifically validated in accordance with internationally recognised rules or protocols.
6.Food business operators may use the guides provided for in Articles 7, 8 and 9 as an aid to compliance with their obligations under this Regulation.
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F1Art. 4(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The General Food Hygiene (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/642), regs. 1, 5(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 4(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The General Food Hygiene (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/642), regs. 1, 5(b) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 11(4)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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