Kommisjonens gjennomføringsforordning (EU) 2024/2463 av 12. september 2024 om fastsettelse av analysemetoder for offisielle kontroller som utføres for verifisering av næringsmiddelforetakenes overholdelse av forordning (EF) nr. 2073/2005
Mikrobiologiske kriterier for næringsmidler: fastsettelse av analysemetoder for offisielle kontroller
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2463 of 12 September 2024 laying down analytical methods applicable to official controls performed for the verification of compliance of food business operators with Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005
Kommisjonsforordning publisert i EU-tidende 13.9.2024
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(1) Regulation (EU) 2017/625 lays down rules for the performance of official controls and other official activities by the competent authorities of the Member States to verify compliance with Union legislation, among others, in the area of food safety at all stages of production, processing and distribution. Article 37 of that Regulation provides for the competent authorities to designate official laboratories to carry out the laboratory analyses, tests and diagnoses on samples taken during official controls and other official activities.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 lays down the microbiological criteria for certain micro-organisms and the implementing rules to be complied with by food business operators in respect of the general and specific hygiene requirements referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council . The competent authorities of the Member States verify compliance of food business operators with the rules and criteria laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 by, among other things, taking samples during official controls and other official activities (‘official samples’) in the premises of food business operators and sending them for analyses to designated official laboratories.
(3) There are no Union rules regarding the specific methods of laboratory analyses to be used during official controls aimed to verify compliance with the rules and criteria laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005. This situation could be detrimental to the quality of official controls of foodstuffs placed on the market and create distortion of competition. To ensure greater uniformity, reliability and consistency of official controls, Union requirements should therefore be set for the analytical methods to be used by official laboratories when they analyse official samples against criteria laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,