Decree No. 121 / 1987 Coll.

Ordinance of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Nutrition on the Health Assurance of Animal Products

Valid Effective from 01.01.1988
121
DECLARATION
Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Nutrition
of 10 December 1987
on the health of animal products
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Nutrition provides, pursuant to § 14 and § 35 (e) of Act No. 87 / 1987 Coll., on Veterinary Care, in agreement with the Ministry of Agriculture and Nutrition of the Czech Socialist Republic and the Ministry of Agriculture and Nutrition of the Slovak Socialist Republic:

ČÁST PRVNÍ

GENERAL VETERINARY HYGIENE REQUIREMENTS FOR ANIMAL PRODUCTS

ODDÍL 1

Basic provisions
§ 1
(1) Foodstuffs and raw materials of animal origin (hereinafter referred to as animal products) must comply with animal health requirements in accordance with the Veterinary Care Act, this Decree and the Specific Regulations (1); in particular:
(a) they must not adversely affect human or animal health (health);
(b) it must have a composition and characteristics which ensure the preservation and development of all physiological functions of the organism (biological value required).
(2) In the manufacture, processing, treatment and storage (hereinafter referred to as "production") of food of animal origin intended for particular purposes (infant food and infant food, dietetic food, long-term storage food, etc.), increased animal health requirements must be complied with. (2)
§ 2
Food of animal origin shall be:
(a) edible if they comply with the conditions set out in Section 1;
(b) conditionally edible,
1. if they do not satisfy the health requirements for food of animal origin due to certain sensory changes or laboratory results, but under specified conditions, in particular after special treatment, they are eligible for human nutrition purposes,
2. if they have a reduced biological value,
(c) inedible;
1. if they contain pathogenic or conditionally pathogenic micro-organisms, toxins, substances with undesirable biological effects, radioactive or foreign substances in an unacceptable quantity or, where appropriate, harmful health,
2. if they are altered, resisting or otherwise degraded in such a way that their use for human nutrition purposes is excluded,
3. If it is not possible or useful to suspend them or to make a special adjustment, or if the conditions laid down by the veterinary care authority are not met, (3) in particular if no special adjustment has been made,
4. if the disease or epidemiological reasons so require,
5. if they are of unknown or suspicious origin.
§ 3
(1) Who produces, processes, processes, stores and transports animal products (hereinafter "who treats animal products") must:
(a) comply with the established technological procedures;
(b) take measures to protect animal products against pollution (contamination) by chemicals, physical, microbial or other adverse effects and pests;
(c) treat finished products as well as manufacturing raw materials, auxiliary substances, additives, etc., in such a way as to avoid pollution or, where appropriate, deterioration;
(d) to check the health of raw materials and finished products;
(e) carry out regular cleaning, cleaning, disinfection, disinsectisation and extermination of premises where animal products are present;
(f) to ensure appropriate storage and timely transport of animal confiscates and other parts.
(2) Foodstuffs of animal origin referred to in Article 1 (2) may be produced only in organisations which fulfil the specific conditions laid down in this Decree for this type of production and have been approved by the veterinary care authority (4) in agreement with the health service authority.
§ 4
Those who handle animal products are obliged to:
(a) carry out cleaning, disinfection and, where appropriate, disinsectisation and extermination only using approved and designated means;
(b) to proceed with the use of chemical and biological agents in the manner and according to the timetable provided for in the hygiene and sanitation programme or, where appropriate, in accordance with the instructions of the veterinary care authority (3) and to comply with the withdrawal periods;
(c) carry out regular checks on the hygiene conditions of production, in particular on cleaning, cleaning and efficiency of disinfection, as well as on the personal hygiene and health of workers in contact with animal products;
(d) keep records of the manufacture and dispatch of their products, as well as records of the use of chemical and biological devices containing data on the type, quantity and, where appropriate, concentration of the device used, the time of its use and the withdrawal period laid down.
§ 5
Workers in the manufacture and transport of animal products shall comply with the principles of operating and personal hygiene, in particular:
(a) to ensure personal cleanliness, wash hands with soap or other appropriate means and disinfect them with an appropriate disinfectant;
(b) wear clean industrial clothing, headgear and footwear, and, where appropriate, gloves suitable for the work carried out and not use for other purposes;
(c) ensure that animal products are treated in accordance with animal health requirements and that they do not come into direct contact with the exposed part of the head and neck when handling unpackaged animal food;
(d) not to put down personal uppers and personal needs in the operating rooms and premises and maintain cleanliness and order in the workplace;
(e) refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and chewing or other non-sanitary behaviour in the workplace where animal products are handled;
(f) not to leave the premises of the plant in working clothing and footwear;
(g) undergo an initial medical examination and other preventive medical examinations within the time limits laid down by the medical preventive care establishment or, where appropriate, exceptional medical examinations as per the instructions of the veterinary caregiver (3), issued in agreement with the health service authority;
h) carry a medical certificate and report immediately any disease with a communicable disease. 5)
§ 6
(1) The use of foreign substances, the maximum authorised quantities of foreign substances in animal products and their assessment are governed by specific regulation.1)
(2) Animals to which veterinary medicinal products or products containing biologically active substances leaving undesirable residues have been administered may be used for the manufacture of animal products after a specified withdrawal period, or at least five days after the end of the administration of such medicinal products or preparations, unless the withdrawal period has been established or determined otherwise by the veterinary care authority (3).
§ 7
(1) Only drinking water or ice made from drinking water is used for handling animal products and cleaning vehicles and equipment. The use of utility water is only allowed for steam production and cooling in a closed boiler room and machinery room system, for cleaning patios, roads and other outdoor areas.
(2) Drinking water must be protected against pollution. If it is not withdrawn from the public water supply line, its health must be ensured in accordance with the instructions of the health service and veterinary care authority (3); its distribution must be separated from the supply water distribution and clearly marked.
§ 8
(1) The packaging of animal products is carried out in a hygienically sound environment using packaging (packaging material) which protects them against pollution, (6) where appropriate, from degradation.
(2) Consumer food of animal origin must be labelled in a specified manner .7) Where food of perishable animal origin is concerned, the labelling shall provide complete and comprehensible information to the consumer, in particular in terms of conditions and storage times.
§ 9
(1) Perishable animal products shall be stored at specified cold temperatures, (8) unless other professional treatment is required.
(2) Frozen food of animal origin is kept at specified temperatures. 9) If they cannot be processed in frozen condition, they must be thawed as quickly as possible and used immediately after thawing; their re-freezing is possible only if it is part of an approved technological process.
§ 10
Confiscates of animal origin shall be stored only in rooms and in equipment intended for this purpose (containers, containers). Containers shall be placed on a reinforced and impermeable base in places covered by weather conditions. The containers used in the operating areas shall be visibly marked with a yellow stripe at least 10 cm wide and shall bear seals. The said rooms or equipment shall be emptied on a daily basis and cleaned and disinfected after emptying.

ODDÍL 2

Transport of animal products
§ 11
(1) A health certificate is required for the transport of animal products, 10) if transport is carried
(a) bodies, meat and organs of animals for slaughter and other animals outside the territory of the district, except transport to regularly supplied places;
(b) animal products for long-term storage as well as animal products released from long-term stocks;
(c) animal products intended for further processing or other uses under special conditions;
(d) game intended for further processing or storage or transported outside the territory of the district;
(e) conditionally edible food of animal origin,
(f) animal products in other cases where, under the decision of the veterinary care authority (3), such products require increased hygiene vigilance.
(2) Animal products for the transport of which the health certificate is required are subject to veterinary examination at the place of dispatch and at the place of destination.
§ 12
(1) The consignor shall:
(a) request, as a general rule, at least 12 hours before dispatch, the veterinary care authority (3) to issue the veterinary certificate referred to in Article 11 (1) and to attach it to the transport and other documents;
(b) verify that the transport area intended for the transport of animal products complies with animal health requirements and ensure compliance with them when loading and transporting.
(2) The obligations of the carrier are governed by special regulation11) and technical standards.
(3) The recipient shall ensure compliance with animal health conditions when unloading and taking over animal products.
(4) The consignor, the carrier and the consignee must immediately inform the veterinary caregiver (3) of any failure of the consignment or of the accident of the means of transport and take the necessary measures to prevent its deterioration.
§ 13
(1) Animal products must be transported as quickly and as gently as possible in order to avoid degradation; their transport shall be carried out by isothermic, refrigerated, refrigerating and freezing equipment and, where appropriate, other means of transport and equipment which are suitable and suitably equipped and not used for other purposes.
(2) The non-packaged animal products must be suspended or stored in clean containers, containers, shelves, mats, etc. Fresh whole bodies of animals, excluding poultry and rabbits, and halves and quarters must be transported suspended.
(3) Where containers or containers are placed on each other in the transport space, their bottom shall not affect food of animal origin stored in the lower container or container.
§ 14
(1) Means of transport used for the transport of animal products must be properly ventilated, regularly cleaned and disinfected, ramps intended for loading and unloading animal products must be regularly cleaned and disinfected.
(2) The transport space and containers, containers, shelves, mats, etc., in which animal products are transported are cleaned and disinfected on a daily basis, and are intended for the transport of meat, meat products, milk, milk products, fats, semi-finished products and prepared meals and other animal products which are not packed in such a way that they are not fully protected from adverse effects on the external effects or which may adversely affect their characteristics on other goods transported, as appropriate, and before re-loading.
(3) For the transport of animal products which are harmful to health, or in other justified cases, disinfection shall always be carried out according to the instructions of the veterinary caregi.3) All parts of the means of transport and objects which have come into contact with the transported animal products shall be disinfected, as well as persons involved in their transport and disinfection.
(4) Health-impaired animal products shall not be transported together with healthy, conditionally edible food of animal origin together with edible food.
§ 15
(1) There must be specific facilities for cleaning and disinfection of means of transport in transport organisations participating in the transport of animal products, with the exception of organisations operating in road transport; specific rules apply to the relationship between the carrier and the carrier in road transport for foreign use. 12)
(2) In order to carry out the tasks referred to in paragraph 1, transport organisations shall designate competent personnel, in particular:
(a) are responsible for proper cleaning and disinfection,
(b) control the effectiveness of the disinfectant;
(c) keep records of the cleaning and disinfection carried out.
(3) Cleaning and disinfection of railway wagons and ships is governed by specific regulations. 11)
§ 16
Only well-cleaned and disinfected corrosion resistant packaging, which must be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected before re-use, may be used as reversible packaging.

ODDÍL 3

Veterinary conditions for the sale of animal products in markets and markets
§ 17
(1) Only healthy lambs and kids under three months of age, poultry, pigeons and rabbits ("small animals") and healthy animal products listed in the market order can be sold in markets and markets.
(2) Under the conditions laid down by the veterinary care authority (3), social organisations may also be authorised to sell meat of animals for slaughter other than those referred to in paragraph 1, meat products, game and fish, in so far as the subject of the sale is linked to the economic activity in which they are authorised to operate.
§ 18
(1) Live small animals and meat of small animals can only be sold in markets and markets after the veterinary examination carried out at the point of sale.
(2) For the sale of small animals and game originating in another district, a health certificate containing the marking of the place of the market and having a limited period of validity (usually two days from the date of issue) is required. proof of where they were last kept (relayed) is sufficient to sell live fish.
§ 19
(1) The killing, downloading, evisceration and cutting of small animals and fish is permitted in the market and market, only if special space complying with animal health requirements is reserved for this purpose; rabbits must not be separated from heads.
(2) Meat cuts may be authorised in a market which is suitably equipped for this purpose.
§ 20
(1) In markets and markets, containers fitted with seals or other suitable equipment for the disposal of animal confiscates must also be in addition to waste containers.
(2) The market operator and the market organiser are required to ensure the timely removal of animal confiscates and the cleaning and disinfection of the containers or equipment referred to in paragraph 1.
§ 21
The sale of animal products or of some of their species in a market or market place may be restricted or prohibited, taking into account the animal health or epidemiological situation or the non-compliant conditions of sale (market or market equipment, method of sale, etc.). 13)
§ 22
Sales of conditionally edible food of animal origin
(1) Conditionally edible food of animal origin for sale may only be sold in dedicated stores and under the conditions laid down by the veterinary care authority (3) in agreement with the health service authority; may not be used for catering purposes.
(2) Preservatives made from meat or organs of conditionally edible nature must be labelled as such.
(3) The retail outlets referred to in paragraph 1 shall include a notice in the customer compartment of the essential conditions of sale and consumption of conditionally edible food of animal origin.

ODDÍL 4

Veterinary surveillance
§ 23
(1) Veterinary surveillance shall be carried out in particular:
(a) places and premises where animal products are treated;
(b) in markets and markets where small animals, fish and animal products are sold;
(c) in stores reserved for the sale of conditionally edible food of animal origin.
(2) The organisations in which veterinary surveillance is carried out are required to provide, taking into account the nature and extent of production and the tasks of supervision, material, personal and other assistance to the supervisory staff, in particular:
(a) suitable rooms (offices, laboratories, sanitary facilities, Trichineloscopy rooms, auxiliary rooms, etc.) with running drinking cold and hot water, sufficient lighting and heating,
(b) jobs on production lines.

ČÁST DRUHÁ

SPECIAL VETERINARY HYGIENE REQUIREMENTS FOR ANIMAL PRODUCTS

ODDÍL 1

Veterinary examination of slaughter animals and decisions on meat of slaughter animals
§ 24
Basic provisions
(1) Only meat of animals for slaughter for which a veterinary inspection of the animals for slaughter and meat for slaughter has been carried out and a decision has been taken on its application. 14)
(2) Where it is suspected that, as a result of illness, administration of medicines or chemicals, or taking into account other effects, the meat of a slaughter animal would not be fit for human consumption, the veterinary care authority (3) shall fix a period before which the animal concerned cannot be delivered to the slaughterhouse or ordered to be killed before the end of which.
(3) The slaughter animals must be delivered to the slaughterhouse in a clean condition and lacquered, where appropriate, if they are dairy cows; must not be fed at least 12 hours before slaughter.
(4) For slaughter purposes, calves up to eight days old, lambs and kids up to 14 days old and pigs weighing up to 10 kg may not be used.
Inspection of slaughter animals and meat
§ 25
(1) The slaughterhouse operator shall report to the veterinary care authority at least 24 hours before the animals are delivered; inform them of the necessary slaughter without delay.
(2) Animals for slaughter delivered to slaughterhouses must be marked (identified) in a specified manner and accompanied by a health certificate and other accompanying documents in which the slaughterhouse operator records each additional identification of the animals for slaughter after their admission to slaughterhouses. The health certificate and other accompanying documents shall be transmitted without delay by the slaughterhouse operator to the veterinary caregi.3)
(3) The period of validity of the veterinary certificate is 72 hours, in the case of animals for slaughter 24 hours.
§ 26
(1) Animals for slaughter must be marked and housed at reception in such a way that the place of origin and the date of arrival can be determined at any time. After delivery to the slaughterhouse, they shall no longer be allowed to leave their premises in order to avoid mixing of slaughter animals coming from different stables and pens from loading to slaughter.
(2) Operator of slaughterhouses
(a) ensure that housed slaughter animals are properly treated and, where necessary, fed and milked in the case of housing lasting more than 24 hours,
(b) it must report immediately to the veterinary caregion3) any disease or suspicion of disease, as well as any injury or death of the slaughter animal.
§ 27
(1) The rest of the animals for slaughter (except calves, lambs, kids, poultry and rabbits) is 12 hours before slaughter, unless otherwise provided for by the veterinary care authority (3).
(2) Animals for slaughter imported from abroad are slaughtered within 48 hours of reception in the slaughterhouse.
§ 28
(1) The examination of animals for slaughter before slaughter shall be carried out on their income in slaughterhouses. If the housing of the slaughter animal is longer than 24 hours in the slaughterhouse, the examination shall be repeated on the day of slaughter.
(2) Animals for slaughter which are sick or suspected of being sick are identified and taken separately from other animals by the slaughterhouse operator in accordance with the instructions of the veterinary care authority (3); places them in dedicated and lockable isolation areas (stables).
(3) The animals for slaughter referred to in paragraph 2 may, in particular justified cases, be slaughtered, as decided by the veterinary caregiver (3), in premises intended for slaughter of healthy animals but separately in time. This may be the case, in particular, in cases of mass slaughter of animals for slaughter in the fight against a very dangerous or dangerous disease, or other animal diseases.
(4) The slaughter animals necessarily slaughtered are processed in the slaughterhouse or in the sanitary department of the slaughterhouse.
§ 29
(1) The slaughter shall be prohibited:
(a) slaughter animals which are suffering from rinderpest, African swine fever, horse sickness, gangrene, anthrax, rabies, ovine and caprine brucellosis, glanders, equine infectious anaemia and malignant oedema;
(b) sick animals for slaughter in agony;
(c) healthy pregnant breeding animals, unless otherwise provided by the veterinary care authority (15), in the context of measures to further develop and improve breeding,
(d) slaughter poultry infected with or suspected of being infected by poultry influenza;
(e) rabbits for slaughter
1. patients with tularemia or myxomatosis or suspected animal disease;
2. with advanced disease of sores or herpes (trichophytosis) or abscess pyemia.
(2) Animals for slaughter suspected of or infected with a very dangerous or dangerous animal disease referred to in paragraph 1 (a) shall be placed in restricted and lockable isolation areas (stables).
§ 30
(1) Animals for slaughter must be properly cleaned before slaughter.
(2) The premises, rooms, production facilities, machinery, tools, tools and work equipment used for the reception, weighing, housing, treatment and slaughter of animals for slaughter, or suspected or suspected of being infected with an animal disease, shall be disinfected as instructed by the veterinary care authority (3). This also applies mutatis mutandis to workers involved in the reception, weighing, housing, treatment and slaughter of these slaughter animals.
(3) Before disinfecting, no
(a) use the production equipment, machinery, tools, tools and work aids referred to in paragraph 2 for other purposes;
(b) the workers referred to in paragraph 2 to participate in other work in slaughterhouses.
Examination of meat and organs of slaughter animals
§ 31
(1) The killing of animals for slaughter is carried out by means of a substantial bleeding process; before bleeding, the slaughter animals must be stunned if there is no other procedure in place corresponding to that of the foreign customer.
(2) The processing of animals for slaughter shall be carried out only after the complete disappearance of the reflexes, and only according to production and working procedures approved by the veterinary cation.3)
(3) All operations during the processing of the slaughter animals shall be carried out immediately and smoothly in such a way that a period of more than 45 minutes is not elapsed from stunning to removal of the offal.
(4) Blood intended for food purposes is obtained in such a way that it is not contaminated and cooled as quickly as possible.
§ 32
The slaughterhouse operator shall ensure that the veterinary examination is carried out:
(a) carrying out the necessary ancillary operations, in particular removal of the altered parts, cutting of teats and suckling udders in sows, removal of cyryses in boars and butchers, skin withdrawal, pleural and peritonitis, boning, bone cutting, etc.,
(b) the suspension and postponement of all organs and other parts subject to testing in the immediate vicinity of the animal's body; at the time of slaughter of animals for slaughter on lines, they shall be submitted for examination at the same time as the body of the animal and, where appropriate, shall be appropriately marked with it,
(c) that, when several animals are slaughtered or slaughtered on lines up to the meat decision, there is no doubt as to which meat, organs and other parts - the slaughter poultry, the meat and the organs - belong together; the slaughter of poultry for slaughter and rabbits for slaughter shall indicate the different groups of animals slaughtered,
(d) the slaughter lines after mating or skin withdrawal, until the meat decision, do not touch the bodies of the slaughter animals;
(e) that the contaminated meat, organs and other parts are cleaned and, where appropriate, removed as instructed by the veterinary care authority (3); only drinking water under pressure may be used for rinsing.
Examination of meat and organs of slaughter animals after slaughter
§ 33
(1) In the preparation of the bodies, meat, organs and other parts of the slaughter animals for testing, the ear, occipital and buttocks and the umbilical must are removed in bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and solipeds and the rectum, intestines, stomach (stomach) and esophagus; the ends of the limbs may be separated from the body of the animal.
(2) Almonds can be separated after examination, gallbladder after liver examination.
§ 34
Cattle (excluding calves)
(1) Before testing, bovine animals for slaughter must be withdrawn and split in half through the centre of the vertebral canal.

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CitationDecree of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Nutrition No. 121 / 1987 Coll., on the Health Assurance of Animal Products
Regulation Type-
Author-
CollectionCode of Laws
Date of Promulgation29.12.1987
Effective from01.01.1988
Effective until-
Status Valid
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