Notification Detail | TRIS - European Commission

Draft order amending the order on food hygiene

Notification Number:

2021/0546/DK (Denmark)

Date received:

12/08/2021

End of Standstill:

15/11/2021

Draft Text:

DA EL HR ES PT LV PL EN SK DE LT SV IT SL RO HU FR FI BG CS MT NL ET

Click here for a printable version of this page

Message

Message 002

Communication from the Commission - TRIS/(2021) 03056
Directive (EU) 2015/1535
Translation of the message 001
Notification: 2021/0546/DK

No abre el plazo - Nezahajuje odklady - Fristerne indledes ikke - Kein Fristbeginn - Viivituste perioodi ei avata - Καμμία έναρξη προθεσμίας - Does not open the delays - N'ouvre pas de délais - Non fa decorrere la mora - Neietekmē atlikšanu - Atidėjimai nepradedami - Nem nyitja meg a késéseket - Ma’ jiftaħx il-perijodi ta’ dawmien - Geen termijnbegin - Nie otwiera opóźnień - Não inicia o prazo - Neotvorí oneskorenia - Ne uvaja zamud - Määräaika ei ala tästä - Inleder ingen frist - Не се предвижда период на прекъсване - Nu deschide perioadele de stagnare - Nu deschide perioadele de stagnare.

(MSG: 202103056.EN)
1. MSG 002 IND 2021 0546 DK EN 12-08-2021 DK NOTIF

2. DK

3A. Erhvervsstyrelsen
Langelinie allé 17
2100 København Ø
Danmark
+45 35 29 10 00
notifikationer@erst.dk

3B. Fødevarestyrelsen

Stationsparken 31-33

2600 Glostrup

Danmark

+45 72 27 69 00

fvst@fvst.dk

4. 2021/0546/DK - C50A

5. Draft order amending the order on food hygiene

6. Food

7. Regulation (EC) no. 852/853/854/2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs;

8. A requirement is inserted in section 15(2) and in section 16(1) that raw milk which does not meet the criteria laid down for cell count or plate count may only be used for the production of cheeses with a minimum ripening period of 60 days and for dairy products produced in connection with the production of such cheeses.

The reason for this requirement is that the Hygiene Regulation for food of animal origin, Article 10(8)(b) of Regulation (EC) 853/2004, provides that a Member State may lay down national rules authorising the use of raw milk not complying with the criteria laid down in that Regulation for the production of cheeses with a minimum ripening period of 60 days and dairy products produced in connection with the manufacture of such cheeses.

Section 16(2) makes it possible to take the sample to prove that milk from a farm under enhanced surveillance can be delivered again from the first consignment of milk from the farm. In order to make use of the option, it is necessary that each collection of milk from the farm is routinely examined for cell counts and plate counts and that this was also routine before the start of the enhanced surveillance period. This means that the dairy does not have to drive to the farm to take a sample before the delivery can be resumed.

Section 17 is proposed to be adjusted so that in future it concerns only the control of criteria for raw cow’s milk under enhanced surveillance. There is no need for national regulation of the ordinary samples.

The provisions already laid down in the Hygiene Regulation for products of animal origin are removed from Annex 2, and it is clarified that the Annex concerns only samples taken under enhanced surveillance.

Provision is made for the use of working animals in food establishments. Work animals are now being trained, which have other useful functions in food businesses than, for example, pest control. A provision is therefore included in Section 37(4) to the effect that such specially trained animals may have access to food businesses in connection with the work of a professional operator, provided that this does not give rise to contamination of the food.

9. The possibility of using raw milk which does not comply with the established criteria for plate count and cell count for the production of cheese matured for at least 60 days has not previously been included in Danish legislation. It is now happening.

Years of experience based on intensified sampling have shown that it is possible to take the sample to prove the possibility of resuming milk deliveries with a sample from the first tank of milk. This saves a trip to the farm only to take the sample and wastes of another day of production.

In the light of the development of new methods in the food industry, including the use of sensory abilities of animals, the possibility of allowing such specially trained animals to enter food businesses should be included if this can be done without contamination of the food.

10. The basic texts have been forwarded as part of an earlier notification: 2020/517/DK: 2019/63/DK

11. No

12. -

13. No

14. No

15. -

16. WTO aspect

No - the draft is neither a technical regulation nor a conformity assessment procedure

SPS aspect

NO – the draft has no particular impact on international trade.

**********
European Commission

Contact point Directive (EU) 2015/1535
Fax: +32 229 98043
email: grow-dir2015-1535-central@ec.europa.eu

Disclosed messages

message-id	Year	Number	Country	Type	Title	Date received	Is answer to

Languages

Stakeholders Contributions

The TRIS website makes it easy for you or your organization to share your views on any given notification.

Due the notification’s status or the end of standstill, we are currently not accepting any further contributions for this notification via the website.