2022/0319/B
EC/EFTA
BE Belgique
  • C00A - AGRICULTURE, PECHE ET DENREES ALIMENTAIRES
2022-08-03
2022-05-09

Foodstuffs: carcasses of lagomorphs, farmed game, cattle, sheep, goats, horses and pigs; cut meat from lagomorphs and farmed game.

Royal Decree amending the Royal Decree of 26 April 2009 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs.

This draft Royal Decree amending the Royal Decree of 26 April 2009 on microbiological criteria for foods adds process hygiene criteria for carcasses and cut meat of lagomorphs and farmed game. It also sets process hygiene criteria for the carcasses of cattle, sheep, goats, horses and pigs when using a non-destructive sampling method.

The added process hygiene criteria are based on opinions from the Scientific Committee (SciCom Opinions 21-2013 and 16-2021). The limits applicable to the carcasses of cattle, sheep, goats, horses and pigs for samples taken by the non-destructive method are based on the process hygiene criteria in Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 for samples taken by the non-destructive method and are 0.5 log stronger because a non-destructive method detects a smaller fraction of the bacteria on an area of the carcass compared to a destructive method.