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Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title
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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Article 1U.K.Subject matter and scope
1.The purpose of this Regulation is to ensure that proper and effective measures are taken to detect and to control salmonella and other zoonotic agents at all relevant stages of production, processing and distribution, particularly at the level of primary production, including in feed, in order to reduce their prevalence and the risk they pose to public health.
2.This Regulation shall cover:
(a)the adoption of targets for the reduction of the prevalence of specified zoonoses in animal populations:
(i)
at the level of primary production; and
(ii)
where appropriate for the zoonosis or zoonotic agent concerned, at other stages of the food chain, including in food and feed;
(b)the approval of specific control programmes established by [F1competent authorities] and food and feed business operators;
(c)the adoption of specific rules concerning certain control methods applied in the reduction of the prevalence of zoonoses and zoonotic agents;
(d)the adoption of rules concerning [F2exports to member States] and imports from third countries of certain animals and products thereof.
3.This Regulation shall not apply to primary production:
(a)for private domestic use; or
(b)leading to the direct supply, by the producer, of small quantities of primary products to the final consumer or to local retail establishments directly supplying the primary products to the final consumer.
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5.This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to more specific [F4retained EU law] provisions on animal health, animal nutrition, food hygiene, communicable human diseases, health and safety in the workplace, gene technology and transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 1(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 3(2)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 1(2)(d) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 3(2)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Art. 1(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 3(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 1(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 3(2)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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