Regulation 2012/200 - Union target for the reduction of Salmonella enteritidis and Salmonella typhimurium in flocks of broilers, as provided for in Regulation 2160/2003 - Main contents
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 200/2012 of 8 March 2012 concerning a Union target for the reduction of Salmonella enteritidis and Salmonella typhimurium in flocks of broilers, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council Text with EEA relevance| Legal instrument | Regulation |
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| Number legal act | Regulation 2012/200 |
| CELEX number i | 32012R0200 |
| Document | 08-03-2012 |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 09-03-2012; Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 03 Volume 061,OJ L 71, 9.3.2012 |
| Effect | 12-03-2012; Entry into force Date pub. +3 See Art 4 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
9.3.2012 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 71/31 |
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 200/2012
of 8 March 2012
concerning a Union target for the reduction of Salmonella enteritidis and Salmonella typhimurium in flocks of broilers, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003 on the control of salmonella and other specified food-borne zoonotic agents (1) and, in particular the second subparagraph of Article 4(1), the second subparagraph of Article 8(1) and the second paragraph of Article 13 thereof;
Whereas:
(1) |
Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 aims to ensure that appropriate and effective measures are taken to detect and control, amongst others, salmonella at all relevant stages and in particular at the level of primary production, i.e. in flocks, in order to reduce the prevalence of food-borne zoonotic pathogens and thus the risk they pose to public health. |
(2) |
Article 4 (5) of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 provides for Union targets to be established for the reduction of the prevalence of all Salmonella serotypes with public health significance in broilers. That reduction is key to ensuring that the criteria for salmonella in fresh meat of broilers set out in Part E of Annex II to that Regulation and in Chapter 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 of 15 November 2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs (2) can be met. |
(3) |
Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 provides that the Union target is to include a numerical expression of the maximum percentage of epidemiological units remaining positive and/or the minimum percentage of reduction in the number of epidemiological units remaining positive, the maximum time limit within which the target must be achieved and the definition of the testing schemes necessary to verify achievement of the target. It is also to include a definition, where relevant, of serotypes with public health significance. |
(4) |
Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 provides that experience gained under existing national measures and information forwarded to the Commission or to the European Food Safety Authority (‧EFSA‧) under existing Union requirements, in particular in the framework of information provided for in Directive 2003/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003 on the monitoring of zoonoses and zoonotic agents, amending Council Decision 90/424/EEC and repealing Council Directive 92/117/EEC (3), and in particular Article 5 thereof, is to be taken into account when setting the Union target. |
(5) |
Article 1 paragraph 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 646/2007 of 12 June 2007 implementing Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards a Community target for the reduction of the prevalence of Salmonella enteritidis and Salmonella typhimurium in broilers and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1091/2005 (4) sets the target for the reduction of the maximum percentage of flocks of broilers remaining positive for those two Salmonella serotypes to 1 % or less by 31 December 2011. |
(6) |
The European Union Summary Report on Trends and Sources of Zoonoses, Zoonotic Agents and Food-borne Outbreaks in 2009 (5) showed that Salmonella enteritidis and Salmonella typhimurium are the serovars most frequently associated with human illness. Human cases caused by Salmonella enteritidis decreased markedly in 2009, while an increase in Salmonella typhimurium cases was observed. |
(7) |
In July 2011, the EFSA adopted a Scientific Opinion on a quantitative estimation of the public... |
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