Lobbying on Update on post-mortem inspection, food chain information and health marking

Update on post-mortem inspection, food chain information and health marking

Food safety

The draft introduces a more risk-based post-mortem inspection, allows post-mortem inspection of certain farmed game in game-handling establishments and adapts requirement on food chain information to the recently authorised slaughter of ungulates on the holding of provenance.

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Consultation response

Federation of Veterinarians of Europe, 5 Feb 2025

The Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE) representing around 330,000 veterinarians across 39 European countries aims to enhance animal health, animal welfare, and public health and to protect the environment by promoting the veterinary profession. FVE welcomes the amendments to this…

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Federation belge de la viande, 2 Feb 2025

It is not clear to us which animal welfare constraints would lead a veterinarian to perform additional palpation/incision in order to approve (or not) a carcase for human consumption. Therefore we would urge to remove "animal welfare" as a criterion. The requirement to alter the health mark has a…

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Verband der Fleischwirtschaft e. V., 4 Feb 2025

Die vorgesehenen Änderungen der Art. 18 ff., wonach die Fleischuntersuchung nicht mehr in Gänze durch Anschneiden und Abtasten des Schlachtkörpers und der Nebenprodukte der Schlachtung durchgeführt werden muss, wenn es Hinweise auf ein mögliches Risiko für die Gesundheit von Mensch, Tier oder…