[
    "Food business operators shall comply with the relevant provisions of Annexes II and III.",
    "Food business operators may apply an identification mark to a product of animal origin only if the product has been manufactured in accordance with this Regulation in establishments meeting the requirements of Article 4.",
    "In accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 12(2):(a)model documents may be established; and(b)provision may be made for the use of electronic documents.",
    "Implementing measures and transitional arrangements may be laid down in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 12(2).",
    "Member States may, without compromising achievement of the objectives of this Regulation, adopt, in accordance with paragraphs 4 to 8, national measures adapting the requirements laid down in Annex III.",
    "Exemptions from Annex II and III may be granted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 12(2), provided that they do not affect the achievement of the objectives of this Regulation.",
    "The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health.",
    "Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.",
    "The identification mark must be applied before the product leaves the establishment.",
    "Food business operators must, in accordance with Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, have in place systems and procedures to identify food business operators from whom they have received, and to whom they have delivered, products of animal origin.",
    "The mark must be legible and indelible, and the characters easily decipherable.",
    "The mark may, depending on the presentation of different products of animal origin, be applied directly to the product, the wrapping or the packaging, or be printed on a label affixed to the product, the wrapping or the packaging.",
    "In the case of packaging containing cut meat or offal, the mark must be applied to a label fixed to the packaging, or printed on the packaging, in such a way that it is destroyed when the packaging is opened.",
    "When wrapping provides the same protection as packaging, the label may be affixed to the wrapping.",
    "When products of animal origin are placed in a package destined for direct supply to the final consumer, it is sufficient to apply the mark to the exterior of that package only.",
    "When the mark is applied directly to products of animal origin, the colours used must be authorised in accordance with Community rules on the use of colouring substances in foodstuffs.",
    "In the event of failure to comply with any of the requirements listed under paragraph 2, the food business operator must notify the official veterinarian and take appropriate measures.",
    "Food business operators must check passports accompanying domestic solipeds to ensure that the animal is intended for slaughter for human consumption.",
    "If they accept the animal for slaughter, they must give the passport to the official veterinarian.",
    "During collection and transport, animals must be handled carefully without causing unnecessary distress.",
    "Animals showing symptoms of disease or originating in herds known to be contaminated with agents of public health importance may only be transported to the slaughterhouse when the competent authority so permits.",
    "They must have facilities for disinfecting tools with hot water supplied at not less than 82oC, or an alternative system having an equivalent effect.",
    "The equipment for washing hands used by the staff engaged in handling exposed meat must have taps designed to prevent the spread of contamination.",
    "There must be lockable facilities for the refrigerated storage of detained meat and separate lockable facilities for the storage of meat declared unfit for human consumption.",
    "There must be a separate place with appropriate facilities for the cleaning, washing and disinfection of means of transport for livestock. ",
    "However, slaughterhouses need not have these places and facilities if the competent authority so permits and official authorised places and facilities exist nearby.",
    "They must have lockable facilities reserved for the slaughter of sick and suspect animals.",
    "If manure or digestive tract content is stored in the slaughterhouse, there must be a special area or place for that purpose.",
    "They must have an adequately equipped lockable facility or, where needed, room for the exclusive use of the veterinary service.",
    "The animals or, where appropriate, each batch of animals sent for slaughter must be identified so that their origin can be traced.",
    "Animals brought into the slaughter hall must be slaughtered without undue delay.",
    "Any visible contamination must be removed without delay by trimming or alternative means having an equivalent effect.",
    "Carcases and offal must not come into contact with floors, walls or work stands.",
    "Slaughterhouse operators must follow the instructions of the competent authority to ensure that post-mortem inspection of all slaughtered animals is carried out under suitable conditions in accordance with Regulation (EC) No.../2004 (2).",
    "If the slaughterhouse does not have lockable facilities reserved for the slaughter of sick or suspect animals, the facilities used to slaughter such animals must be cleaned, washed and disinfected under official supervision before the slaughter of other animals is resumed.",
    "Further cutting and boning must be carried out in a cutting plant.",
    "The work on meat must be organised in such a way as to prevent or minimise contamination. ",
    "However, meat may be boned and cut before it reaches the temperature referred to in point 2(b) in accordance with Chapter VII, point 3.",
    "The slaughtered and bled animal must be transported to the slaughterhouse hygienically and without undue delay.",
    "Removal of the stomach and intestines, but no other dressing, may take place on the spot, under the supervision of the veterinarian.",
    "Any viscera removed must accompany the slaughtered animal to the slaughterhouse and be identified as belonging to that animal.",
    "If more than two hours elapse between slaughter and arrival at the slaughterhouse, the animal must be refrigerated.",
    "Food business operators must ensure that the storage and transport of meat of domestic ungulates takes place in accordance with the following requirements.",
    "During the chilling operations, there must be adequate ventilation to prevent condensation on the surface of the meat.",
    "Meat must attain the temperature specified in point 1 and remain at that temperature during storage.",
    "the meat leaves the slaughterhouse, or a cutting room on the same site as the slaughter premises, immediately and transport takes no more than two hours.",
    "During collection and transport, animals must be handled carefully without causing unnecessary distress.",
    "Animals showing symptoms of disease or originating in flocks known to be contaminated with agents of public-health importance may only be transported to the slaughterhouse when permitted by the competent authority.",
    "Crates for delivering animals to the slaughterhouse and modules, where used, must be made of non-corrodible material and be easy to clean and disinfect. ",
    "There must be lockable facilities for the refrigerated storage of detained meat and separate lockable facilities for the storage of meat declared unfit for human consumption."
]