Model animal and public health certificate for meat products intended for consignment to the European Community from third countries (*)

Model MEAT PRODUCT

1. Consignor (name and address in full)

VETERINARY CERTIFICATE for meat product (1) imported into the European Community No (2) ORIGINAL

3. Origin of meat product (3)

2. Consignee (name and address in full)

3.1. Country:

3.2. Code of territory:

4. Competent authority

4.1. Ministry:

4.2. Department:

5. Intended destination of meat product

5.1. EU Member State:

4.3. Local/regional level:

5.2. Establishment:

Name and address

Approval or registration number (where applicable)

6. Address(es) and veterinary approval number of: (6)

6.1. Establishment(s) supplying fresh meat:

7. Means of transport and consignment identification (4)

7.1. [Lorry]/ [Railway wagon]/[Ship]/[Aircraft] (5)

6.2. Meat product establishment:

7.2. Registration number(s), ship’s name or flight number: (4)

6.3. Storage establishment

8. Identification of meat product

8.1. IIndicate species of origin of meat(s) used in meat product (animal species) (7).

Domestic species: Bovine Ovine Caprine Porcine Soliped

Poultry specify

Farmed game: Cloven hoofed (excluding swine) (specify) ;

Swine Birds (specify) ;

Rabbits Other leporidae (specify) ;

Wild game: Cloven hoofed (excluding swine) (specify) ;

Swine Birds (specify) ;

Soliped Leporidae (specify) ;

Others (specify) ;

8.2. Description of meat product:

8.3. Type of pieces:

8.4. Type of packaging:

8.5. Number of pieces or packages:

8.6. Required storage and transport temperature:

8.7. Storage life:

8.8. Net weight:

9. Animal health attestation I, the undersigned official veterinarian, certify that:

9.1. the meat product contains the following meat components and meets the criteria indicated below:

Species (A)

Treatment (B)

Origin (C)

(A) Insert the code for the relevant species of meat (including offal) where BOV = domestic bovine animals (Bos Taurus, Bison bison, Bubalus bubalus and their crossbreeds); OVI = domestic sheep (Ovis aries) and goats (Capra hircus); EQI = domestic equine animals (Equus caballus, Equus asinus and their crossbreeds), POR = domestic porcine animals (Sus scrofa); RAB = domestic rabbits, PFG = domestic poultry and farmed feathered game, RUF farmed non-domestic animals other than suidae and solipeds; RUW = wild non-domestic animals other than suidae and solipeds; SUW = wild non-domestic suidae: EQW = wild non-domestic solipeds, WLP = wild leporidae, WGB = wild game birds.

(B) Insert A, B, C, D, E or F for the required treatment as specified and defined in Parts 2, 3 and 4 of Annex II to Decision 2005/432/EC.

(C) Insert the ISO code of the country of origin and, in the case of regionalisation under Community legislation for the relevant meat components, the region as indicated in Part 1 of Annex II to Decision 2005/432/EC.

(5) 9.2. the meat product described in 9.1 has been prepared from fresh meat of bovine, ovine, caprine, porcine, soliped, farmed and wild game animals of these species and the fresh meat used in the production of the meat products:

either [9.2.1. has undergone a non-specific treatment as specified under point A in Part 4 of Annex II to Decision 2005/432/EC] and: (5)

either [9.2.1.1. satisfies the relevant animal and public health requirements laid down in the appropriate health certificate(s) in Annex II, Part 2, to Council Decision 79/542/EEC and originates in a third country, or part thereof in the case of regionalisation under Community legislation, as described in the relevant column of part 2 of Annex II to Decision 2005/432/EC] (5)

or [9.2.1.1. originates in a Member State of the European Community] (5)

or [9.2.1. meets any requirements agreed under Directive 2002/99/EC, is derived from animals coming from a holding not subject to restrictions for the specific diseases mentioned in the appropriate health certificate(s) in Annex II, Part 2, to Council Decision 79/542/EEC and within a 10 km radius of which no outbreaks of such diseases have occurred in the last 30 days and has undergone the specific treatment laid down for the third country of origin or part thereof for the meat of the species concerned in Parts 2 or 3 (as appropriate) of Annex II to Commission Decision 2005/432/EC] (5)

(5) 9.3. the meat product described in 9.1 has been prepared from fresh meat of domestic poultry, including farmed or wild game birds, that:

either [9.3.1. has undergone a non-specific treatment as specified under point A in Part 4 of Annex II to Decision 2005/432/EC] and: (5)

either [9.3.1.1. satisfies the animal health requirements laid down in Commission Decision 94/984/EC] (5)

or [9.3.1.1. originates in a Member State of the European Community satisfying the requirements of Articles 3, 4 and 5 of Council Directive 91/494/EEC] (5)

or [9.3.1. originates in a third country referred to in Annex II, Chapter I, to Council Directive 92/118/EEC, comes from a holding not subject to restrictions for avian influenza or Newcastle disease within a 10 km radius of which no outbreaks of such diseases have occurred in the last 30 days and has undergone the specific treatment laid down for the third country of origin or part thereof for the meat of the species concerned in Parts 2 or 3 (as appropriate) of Annex II to Decision 2005/432/EC] (5)

or [9.3.1. originates in a third country referred to in Annex II, Chapter I, to Council Directive 92/118/EEC, comes from a holding not subject to restrictions for avian influenza or Newcastle disease within a 10 km radius of which no outbreaks of such diseases have occurred in the last 30 days, and has undergone the specific treatment referred to in points B, C or D in Part 4 of Annex II to Decision 2005/432/EC, provided that such treatment is more severe than that indicated in Parts 2 and 3 of Annex II to that Decision] (5)

(5) [9.4. in the case of meat products derived from fresh meat of leporidae and other land mammals: satisfies the relevant animal health and public health requirements laid down in Commission Decision 2000/585/EC and has not come from a holding subject to restrictions for animal diseases affecting the animals concerned within a 10 km radius of which no outbreaks of such diseases have occurred in the last 30 days;

9.5. the meat product:

9.5.1. [consists of meat and/or meat products derived from a single species and has undergone the treatment satisfying the relevant conditions laid down in Annex II to Decision 2005/432/EC]

or (5) 9.5.1. [consists of meat of more than one species and, after such meat has been mixed, the entire product has subsequently undergone a treatment at least as severe as that required for the meat components of the meat product as laid down in Annex II to Commission Decision 2005/432/EC]

or (5) 9.5.1. [has been prepared from meat of more than one species and each meat component has previously undergone a treatment prior to mixing which meets the relevant treatment requirements for meat of that species as laid down in Annex II to 2005/432/EC]; (5)

9.6. after treatment all precautions to avoid contamination have been taken.

(5) [9.7. Additional guarantees: in the case of poultrymeat products which have not undergone a specific treatment and are destined for Member States or regions thereof which have been recognised in accordance with Article 12 of Council Directive 90/539/EEC, the poultrymeat has been derived from poultry which was not vaccinated with a live vaccine against Newcastle disease in the 30 days prior to slaughter]

10. (5) (9) Public Health Attestation 10.1. the label affixed to the packaging of the meat products described above bears a mark to the effect that the meat products come wholly from fresh meat of animals slaughtered in slaughterhouses approved for export to the European Community or of animals slaughtered in a slaughterhouse designated for the delivery of meat for the required treatment as laid down in Parts 2 and 3 of Annex II to Decision 2005/432/EC;

10.2. the meat products have as such been passed as fit for human consumption following a veterinary inspection carried out in accordance with Directive 72/462/EEC;

10.3. the meat products have been obtained from pig meat which [has][has not] undergone an examination for trichinosis and, where it has not undergone the latter, has undergone cold treatment;

10.4. the means of transport and the loading conditions for meat products in this consignment meet the hygiene requirements laid down for exports to the European Community;

10.5. the meat products have been obtained from meat which satisfies the requirements in Chapter III of Directive 72/462/EEC and those in Article 3 of Directive 77/99/EEC, or have been obtained by virtue of the derogation provided for in Article 21a(2) of Directive 72/462/EEC.

11. (5) (10) I have read and understood Annex II, Chapter I, to Directive 92/118/EEC (as last amended), including the specific provisions in that Chapter applying to the meat products described in 9.1, and certify that the products described in 9.1 meet the requirements provided for in that Chapter.

12. Official stamp and signature

Done at on

(signature of official veterinarian)

(stamp) (8)

(name in capital letters, qualifications and title)

Notes (1) Meat products as laid down in Article 2(a) of Directive 77/99/EEC.

(2) Issued by the competent authority.

(3) Country and description of territory in Annex II to Commission Decision 2005/432/EC.

(4) The registration number(s) of the railway wagon or lorry and the name of the ship should be given as appropriate. If known, the flight number of the aircraft should be given.

(5) Keep as appropriate.

(6) Complete as appropriate.

(7) Mark box accordingly

(8) The colour of the signature and the stamp, except where the latter is embossed or watermarked, shall be different from that of the printed form.

(9) In the case of meat products containing meat of bovine, ovine, caprine, porcine, soliped, farmed and wild game animals of these species.

(10) In the case of meat products containing meat of poultry, farmed and wild game birds, rabbit and wild leporidae.

(*) Without prejudice to specific certification requirements provided for in Community agreements with third countries.