Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Decree on meat, processed meat
products and combination products containing processed meat products
which are imported from third countries: import requirements under § 11
for reptile meat and minced meat

§ 11

Import requirements for reptile meat and minced meat

Reptile meat and minced meat may only be imported from the third
countries and territories or parts thereof mentioned in Part 1 of Annex
II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010. The holding of origin for the
reptiles must be controlled by a veterinary authority in the country of
origin, and the slaughter and production establishment must be approved
and controlled by a competent authority in the country of origin. The
production, processing and distribution of reptile meat and minced meat
must meet the relevant hygiene requirements laid down in Regulations
(EC) Nos 852/2004 and 853/2004. Imported reptile meat and minced meat
must be frozen at -12 °C or lower for at least five days in order to
kill Spirometra parasites. In addition, meat and minced meat must be
examined for salmonella according to Commission Regulation (EC) No
2073/2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs, and a certificate
of the examination must be attached to the imported batch. The rules on
controls for Trichinella in meat obtained from animals susceptible to
Trichinella infection such as crocodiles are laid down in Chapter III of
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375.

Compliance with the requirements in subsection 1 above must be
certified by means of a certificate under Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No
854/2004.

§ 12

Import requirements for meat preparations

§ 12, subsection 2: by way of derogation from subsection 1 above,
the reptile meat used as the raw material for meat preparations made of
reptile meat must comply with the requirements laid down in § 11.

§ 13

Import requirements for meat products and heat-treated stomachs, bladders and intestines

§ 13, subsection 2: by way of derogation from subsections 1 and 2
above, the reptile meat used as the raw material for meat products made
of reptile meat and heat-treated stomachs, bladders and intestines must
comply with the requirements laid down in § 11.

§ 16

Import requirements for combination products containing meat products or heat-treated stomachs, bladders and intestines

§ 16, subsection 2: by way of derogation from subsection 1 above,
reptile meat used for combination products containing meat products made
of reptile meat or heat-treated stomachs, bladders and intestines must
comply with the requirements laid down in § 11.