ANNEX IFRESH MEAT

SECTION IV: SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

CHAPTER VII: FARMED GAME

A.Ante-mortem inspection

1.

Ante-mortem inspection may be carried out at the holding of provenance when the requirements of Annex III, Section III, to Regulation (EC) No .../200436 are satisfied. In this case, an official veterinarian or an approved veterinarian is to carry out ante-mortem inspection.

2.

Ante-mortem inspection at the holding is to include checks on the records or documentation at the holding, including food chain information.

3.When ante-mortem inspection takes place no more than three days before the arrival of the animals at the slaughterhouse, and animals are delivered to the slaughterhouse live, ante-mortem inspection at the slaughterhouse need only cover:

  1. (a)

    a control of the animals' identification; and

  2. (b)

    a screening to ascertain whether animal welfare rules have been complied with and whether signs of any condition which might adversely affect human or animal health are present.

4.

A certificate conforming to the specimen in Chapter X, Part A, is to accompany live animals inspected at the holding. A certificate conforming to the specimen in Chapter X, Part B, is to accompany animals inspected and slaughtered at the holding.

B.Post-mortem inspection

1.

This inspection is to include palpation and, where judged necessary, incision of those parts of the animal which have undergone any change or are suspect for any other reason.

2.

Post-mortem inspection procedures described for bovine and ovine animals, domestic swine and poultry are to be applied to the corresponding species of farmed game.

3.

When the animals have been slaughtered at the holding, the official veterinarian at the slaughterhouse is to check the certificate accompanying them.