ANNEX II U.K.Detailed rules on the operations to be carried out during physical checks on goods referred to in Article 4(4)

6. In respect of consignments of food and feed of non-animal origin subject to measures provided for in the acts referred to in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, the competent authority shall carry out physical checks in accordance with the following rules: U.K.

(a)

physical checks shall include laboratory tests in accordance with the acts referred to in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;

(b)

physical checks shall be carried out in such a way that it is not possible for food and feed business operators or their representatives to predict whether any particular consignment will be subjected to such checks;

(c)

the results of physical checks shall be available as soon as technically possible;

(d)

the consignments tested must be placed under official detention pending the outcome of laboratory tests, unless onward transportation to the place of final destination is authorised by the competent authority at the border control post in accordance with Article 4 of Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/2124(1).

(1)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124 of 10 October 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for official controls of consignments of animals and goods in transit, transhipment and onward transportation, amending Commission Regulations (EC) No 798/2008, (EC) No 1251/2008, (EC) No 119/2009, (EU) No 206/2010, (EU) No 605/2010, (EU) No 142/2011, (EU) No 28/2012, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759 and Commission Decision 2007/777/EC (see page 73 of this Official Journal).