commiss decis june lai rule regular check gener hygien carri oper establish direct eec health condit product market fresh meat direct eec health problem affect product place market fresh poultri meat notifi document number text eea relev ec commiss european commun regard treati establish european commun regard council direct eec juli health condit product market fresh meat amend direct ec articl thereof regard council direct eec health problem affect product place market fresh poultri meat amend direct ec articl thereof oper meat establish conduct regular check gener hygien condit product establish check cover utensil fit machineri stage product product includ microbiolog control uniform applic natur check frequenc sampl method method bacteriolog examin establish establish method basi recent haccp methodolog principl oper establish owner agent posit request offici servic inform offici veterinarian natur frequenc result check conduct end offici veterinarian regularli analys result check conduct oper establish gener hygien condit product establish small meat establish difficulti implement propos check due financi human resourc constraint lack expertis inadequ infrastructur relev factor situat respect object differ member state provid possibl longer transit period respect small establish subject requir member state make derog provid commiss inform ensur implement creat distort competit measur provid decis accord opinion stand veterinari committe adopt decis articl oper meat establish conduct regular check gener hygien condit product establish implement maintain perman procedur develop accord haccp principl identifi hazard prevent elimin reduc accept level identifi critic control point step step control essenti prevent elimin hazard reduc accept level establish critic limit critic control point separ accept unaccept prevent elimin reduct identifi hazard establish implement effect monitor procedur critic control point establish correct action monitor critic control point control establish procedur verifi measur outlin subparagrah work effect verif procedur carri regularli establish document record commensur natur size busi demonstr effect applic measur outlin subparagraph facilit offici control part system refer paragraph oper meat establish guid good practic assess compet author articl micriobiolog check refer articl direct eec carri oper accord procedur laid annex sampl site risk microbiolog contamin occur procedur procedur annex demonstr satisfact compet author equival procedur laid annex articl member state ensur meat establish introduc requir decis month date adopt member state decid appli period month small meat establish provid inform advanc commiss condit intend implement derog articl decis address member state brussel june commiss david byrn member commiss oj oj oj oj annex bacteriolog sampl carcas cattl swine sheep goat hors slaughterhous guid describ bacteriolog evalu surfac carcas cover sampl process sampl present result sampl method destruct method tissu sampl repres total cm obtain carcass dress chill commenc piec tissu obtain steril cork borer cm cut slice cm maximum thick mm carcas steril instrument sampl asept sampl contain plastic dilut bag slaughterhous transfer laboratori homogenis peristalt stomach rotari blender homogenis destruct method swab moisten prior collect sampl pepton naci diluent steril broth moisten swab sampl area swab cover cm sampl site swab moisten second diluent rub initi vertic horizont diagon second entir meat surfac delin templat pressur wet swab sampl procedur repeat dry swab obtain compar result consist thorough techniqu maintain sampl carcas sampl dai sampl locat test carcas figur gt pic file quot en tif quot gt site process control cattl neck brisket flank rump fig sheep goat flank thorax later brisket breast pig back jowl cheek hind limb medial ham belli fig hors flank brisket back rump altern site consult offici veterinarian demonstr slaughter technolog plant site carri higher level contamin case site shown carri higher level contamin chosen procedur sampl number sampl carcas sampl singl dai week frequenc reduc fortnightli test satisfactori result obtain consecut week dai sampl chang week ensur dai week cover frequenc test carcas low throughput premis defin direct eec articl establish work full time basi determin offici veterinarian base judgment hygien standard respect slaughter plant sampl site carcas half slaughter dai chill commenc carcas identif date time sampl record sampl sampl pool sampl site rump flank brisket neck test carcas examin unaccept result obtain correct action lead hygien sampl pool dress problem resolv microbiolog method examin sampl sampl destruct method swab destruct method store refriger examin sampl homogenis plastic dilut bag minut ml dilut media buffer pepton water sodium chlorid solut cycl peristalt stomach homogenis rotari blender homogenis swab sampl altern shaken vigor dilut media sampl examin hour sampl dilut plate carri fold step pepton naci swab suspens homogenis meat suspens stomach bag dilut consider calcul dilut analysi perform total viabl count enterobacteriacea approv compet author establish criteria coli count enterobacteriacea count addit method iso method provid basi examin sampl quantit method analysi mention bacteria approv cen recognis scientif bodi approv compet author record keep test result record term coloni form unit cfu cm surfac area permit evalu result record shown process control chart tabl weekli test result order record includ type origin identif sampl date hour sampl person perform sampl address laboratori analys sampl date investig sampl laboratori detail method includ inocul agar incub temperatur time result number cfu plate calcul result cfu cm surfac area respons person laboratori sign record document establish month present offici veterinarian request appli microbiolog criteria excis sampl test result tabl daili log result alloc categori process control verif accept margin unaccept denot upper limit margin accept categori sampl destruct method order achiev industri standardis facilit valid baselin databas imper reliabl method import rememb swab sampl remov proport total flora present meat surfac indic surfac hygien method destruct method microbiolog perform criteria establish individu method appli order relat destruct method approv compet author verif criteria test result categoris respect microbiolog criteria order sampl collect test result obtain verif criteria appli anew evalu statu process control respect faecal contamin hygien unaccept result unsatisfactori margin result trend trigger action review process control discov prevent recurr feedback result test fed back respons staff result maintain improv standard slaughter hygien poor result clarifi consult slaughter staff factor involv poor work procedur absenc inadequaci train instruct unsuit clean disinfect materi chemic inadequ mainten clean apparatu inadequ supervis tabl daili log valu margin unaccept result bacteri perform criteria cattl pig sheep goat hors unit cfu cm sampl destruct method gt tabl gt bacteriolog sampl check clean disinfect slaughterhous cut plant bacteriolog sampl appli sanit standard oper procedur ssop pre oper hygien control carri area direct bear product hygien sampl method guid describ contact plate method swab techniqu method limit test surfac clean disinfect dry flat suffici larg smooth product start product visibl dirt present clean judg unaccept microbiolog evalu method suitabl sampl meat meat product method offer equival guarante approv compet author agar contact plate method agar contact plate method small plastic dish lid intern diamet cm fill plate count agar iso actual version dish fill violet red bile glucos agar vrbg agar iso actual version press sampl site subsequ incub contact surfac plate cm prepar agar shelf life approxim month close bottl shortli prepar plate relev agar melt cool plate laminar air flow cabin fill agar convex surfac obtain prepar plate dri incub upsid overnight check contamin prepar plate visibl coloni discard plate shelf life week seal plastic bag swab techniqu sampl collect cotton swab moisten ml naci pepton solut naci trypton casein pepton agar ml distil water surfac area prefer cm mark steril templat sampl perform clean disinfect amount tween lecithin product similar effect ad moisten solut swab wet area dry cotton swab suffici swab held steril forcep sampl surfac swab time top bottom appli firm pressur surfac swab collect bottl ml buffer pepton agar salin solut swab sampl refriger process bottl shaken vigor dilut fold step ml naci pepton solut microbiolog examin drop plate techniqu frequenc minimum sampl sampl larg product area carri period week sampl larg object result satisfactori period time frequenc sampl reduc agreement offici veterinarian place receiv attent area destin contact product approxim third total number sampl food contact surfac ensur surfac test month schedul made indic surfac sampl dai result record regular bar chart made show develop time transport contact plate cool transport incub swab sampl cool process bacteriolog procedur addit descript iso method bacteri count report number organ cm surfac area inocul plate count agar plate agar contact plate incub hour aerob condit total coloni count tvc procedur place hour sampl number bacteri coloni count record quantit estim enterobacteriacea vrbg agar incub inocul plate agar contact plate begin hour sampl aerob condit incub plate examin enterobacteriacea growth analysi perform total viabl count sampl enterobacteriacea voluntari requir offici veterinarian sampl site point chosen sampl site sterilis devic knive knive junction blade handl hollow blood drain knive elastr scald tank bung bag machin scrape gambrel tabl pig sawblad cutter cattl dehid carcas dress instrument polish machin shackl contain transport transport conveyor belt apron cut tabl flap door touch pass carcas chute food organ part line touch carcas overhead structur drip moistur calcul result agar contact plate tvc enterobacteriacea count swab test result enter registr form purpos process control verif clean disinfect categori tvc enterobacteriacea establish accept unaccept accept rang number coloni agar contact plate number coloni tvc enterobacteriacea result swab test shown tabl tabl valu number coloni test surfac gt tabl gt feedback result test report respons staff result maintain improv standard clean disinfect unsatisfactori result clarifi consult clean staff factor involv absenc inadequaci train instruct unsuit clean disinfect materi chemic inadequ mainten clean apparatu inadequ supervis