Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1447 of 18 July 2025 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627 laying down uniform practical arrangements for the performance of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council

‘2 In the course of audits in slaughterhouses or game-handling establishments, the competent authorities shall verify the evaluation of food chain information, as laid down in Section III of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.’;

1 The competent authorities shall inform the food business operator of the holding of provenance of the minimum elements of food chain information to be supplied to the operator of the slaughterhouse or game-handling establishment in accordance with Section III of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.

2 The competent authorities shall perform the necessary checks of documents to verify that: (a) the food chain information is consistently and effectively communicated between the food business operator who raised or kept the animals before dispatch and the operator of the slaughterhouse or game-handling establishment; (b) the food chain information is valid and reliable; (c) feedback of relevant information to the holding of provenance, if applicable, is provided in accordance with Article 39(5).

3 Where animals are dispatched for slaughter to another Member State, the competent authorities at the holding of provenance and the place of slaughter shall cooperate to ensure that the food chain information provided by the food business operator of the holding of provenance is easily accessible to the operator of the slaughterhouse or game-handling establishment receiving it.’

The health marks on meat fit for human consumption after ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection may continue to include the abbreviations CE, EC, EF, EG, EK, EO, EY, ES, EÜ, EB, EZ, KE or WE set out in point 1(c) of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627, as that point stood before the amendments made by this Regulation, until 31 December 2028.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.