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[X1ANNEX I U.K. FRESH MEAT

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SECTION II: U.K. ACTION FOLLOWING CONTROLS

CHAPTER V: U.K. DECISIONS CONCERNING MEAT

1. Meat is to be declared unfit for human consumption if it: U.K.
(a)

derives from animals that have not undergone ante-mortem inspection, except for hunted wild game;

(b)

derives from animals the offal of which has not undergone post-mortem inspection, unless otherwise provided for under this Regulation or Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(c)

derives from animals which are dead before slaughter, stillborn, unborn or slaughtered under the age of seven days;

(d)

results from the trimming of sticking points;

(e)

[F1derives from animals affected by animal diseases for which animal health rules are laid down in the Union legislation listed in Annex I to Council Directive 2002/99/EC (1) , except if it is obtained in conformity with the specific requirements provided for in that legislation, unless otherwise provided for in Section IV;]

(f)

derives from animals affected by a generalised disease, such as generalised septicaemia, pyaemia, toxaemia or viraemia;

(g)

is not in conformity with microbiological criteria laid down under Community legislation to determine whether food may be placed on the market;

(h)

exhibits parasitic infestation, unless otherwise provided for in Section IV;

(i)

contains residues or contaminants in excess of the levels laid down in Community legislation. Any overshooting of the relevant level should lead to additional analyses whenever appropriate;

(j)

without prejudice to more specific Community legislation, derives from animals or carcases containing residues of forbidden substances or from animals that have been treated with forbidden substances;

(k)

consists of the liver and kidneys of animals more than two years old from regions where implementation of plans approved in accordance with Article 5 of Directive 96/23/EC has revealed the generalised presence of heavy metals in the environment;

(l)

has been treated illegally with decontaminating substances;

(m)

has been treated illegally with ionising or UV-rays;

(n)

contains foreign bodies (except, in the case of wild game, material used to hunt the animal);

(o)

exceeds the maximum permitted radioactivity levels laid down under Community legislation;

(p)

indicates patho-physiological changes, anomalies in consistency, insufficient bleeding (except for wild game) or organoleptic anomalies, in particular a pronounced sexual odour;

(q)

derives from emaciated animals;

(r)

contains specified risk material, except as provided for under Community legislation;

(s)

shows soiling, faecal or other contamination;

(t)

consists of blood that may constitute a risk to public or animal health owing to the health status of any animal from which it derives or contamination arising during the slaughter process;

(u)

in the opinion of the official veterinarian, after examination of all the relevant information, it may constitute a risk to public or animal health or is for any other reason not suitable for human consumption.

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[F12. The official veterinarian may impose requirements concerning the use of meat derived from animals: U.K.
(a)

having undergone emergency slaughter outside the slaughterhouse; or

(b)

if derived from flocks where a treatment of the meat will be applied in accordance with Part (E) of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 before placing the meat on the market.] ]

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