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This Regulation amends Regulation (EC) No. 2073/2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs by replacing Annex I, which sets out food safety criteria and process hygiene criteria. These criteria aim at ensuring hygiene and safety of food products, with particular regard to the following: (a) meat and...

This Directive amends Directive 2000/13/EC concerning the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs. In particular, it replaces Annex IIIa, which lays down the list of those ingredients which must be indicated in the labels as they are likely to cause adverse reactions in susceptible individuals. ...

These provisions lay down some amendments to Decision 2007/554/EC concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom. The amendments deal with the dispatch of certain categories of meat from specific areas. Moreover, this Decision lays down the new list of high risk and...

This Decision lays down some amendments to Decision 2007/554/EC concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom. The amendments deal with: (i) exemptions from the prohibition concerning the dispatch of meats of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biungulates coming...

This Regulation amends some points of Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 concerning the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. In particular, it amends Sections A, C and D of the Annex, which deal with conditions to be met by specific bovine,...

This Decision authorizes and sets out the conditions for placing on the market food and feed products which contain, consist of, or are produced from genetically modified maize. The Decision specifies labelling requirements and requires the authorization holder to implement a monitoring plan for environmental effects,...

This Regulation lays down some amendments to Annex III to Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004, which sets forth specific hygiene requirements applicable to products of animal origin. The Appendix to Annex III, which lays down the model document to accompany raw material for the production of gelatine...

This Regulation lays down some amendments to Regulation (EC) No. 2160/2003 concerning the control of salmonella and other specified food-borne zoonotic agents. In particular, it amends Annex II, which establishes that eggs may only be used for direct human consumption as table eggs if they originate...

This Decision sets forth the conditions under which fishery products of fish belonging to the families Scombridae, Clupeidae, Coryfenidae, Pomatomidae and Scombresosidae originating in Albania may be imported into the European Community for human consumption. In particular, those products must be accompanied by the results of...

These provisions amend Regulation (EC) No. 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels for Fusarium toxins in maize and maize products. In particular, the entries for deoxynivalenol, zearalenone and fumonisins are replaced by the entries in the Annex to this Regulation. ...

This Directive lays down certain amendments to Directive 2001/114/EC concerning partly or wholly dehydrated milk for human consumption. Firstly, it deletes article 2, which allows Member States to authorize the addition of vitamins to those products. Secondly, it amends and supplements points 1-4 of the Annex....

This Decision lays down some amendments to Decision 2007/554/EC laying down protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom. In particular, it deletes articles 10(2) and 12, which deal with disinfection of tyres of road vehicles departing from the United Kingdom and dispatch of equines...

This Decision sets out the conditions to be fulfilled by the United Kingdom as regards the dispatch, transit and movement of live animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine, porcine and equine species, as well as the dispatch of meat, meat products, milk and dairy products. These...

This Decision amends the Annex to Decision 2006/415/EC as regards the delimitation of Areas A and B, which correspond to the high risk area and the low risk area respectively. ...

This Decision amends Decision 2006/415/EC by replacing the Annex, which concerns the establishment and delimitation of areas A and B where protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry must be applied. Areas A and B correspond to “high...

This Decision lays down certain amendments to Decision 2006/415/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry in the Community. The amendments concern the delimitation of high risk areas, the measures to be implemented immediately upon detection...

This Directive sets forth specific measures applicable to materials and articles made of regenerated cellulose film intended to come into contact with foods. It specifies the substances which must be used to manufacture such materials and articles, with a view to ensuring a high level of...

Annexes II, V, VI, VIII, IX and XI to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 concerning the prevention and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies are amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation. The amendments deal with (i) the determination of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy...

This Regulation lays down the conditions for the marketing in the European Community of the meat of bovine animals aged 12 months or less, slaughtered after 1 July 2008, whether produced in the Community or imported from third countries. Particular provisions are laid down with respect...

This Directive lays down particular amendments to Directive 2002/72/EC concerning plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food, in order to adapt its provisions to technical progress. Firstly, it widens the scope of the Directive by adding new materials and articles. Further amendments...