Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin
Modified by
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005of 5 December 2005laying down implementing measures for certain products under Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and for the organisation of official controls under Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, derogating from Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Regulations (EC) No 853/2004 and (EC) No 854/2004(Text with EEA relevance), 32005R2074, December 22, 2005
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005of 5 December 2005laying down transitional arrangements for the implementation of Regulations (EC) No 853/2004, (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Regulations (EC) No 853/2004 and (EC) No 854/2004(Text with EEA relevance), 32005R2076, December 22, 2005
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1662/2006of 6 November 2006amending Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin(Text with EEA relevance), 32006R1662, November 18, 2006
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006of 20 November 2006adapting certain Regulations and Decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement of persons, company law, competition policy, agriculture (including veterinary and phytosanitary legislation), transport policy, taxation, statistics, energy, environment, cooperation in the fields of justice and home affairs, customs union, external relations, common foreign and security policy and institutions, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, 32006R1791, December 20, 2006
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1243/2007of 24 October 2007amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin(Text with EEA relevance), 32007R1243, October 25, 2007
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1020/2008of 17 October 2008amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin and Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005 as regards identification marking, raw milk and dairy products, eggs and egg products and certain fishery products(Text with EEA relevance), 32008R1020, October 18, 2008
  • Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 11 March 2009adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutinyAdaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part Two, 32009R0219, March 31, 2009
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1161/2009of 30 November 2009amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards food chain information to be provided to food business operators operating slaughterhouses(Text with EEA relevance), 32009R1161, December 1, 2009
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 558/2010of 24 June 2010amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin(Text with EEA relevance), 32010R0558, June 25, 2010
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 150/2011of 18 February 2011amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards farmed and wild game and farmed and wild game meat(Text with EEA relevance), 32011R0150, February 19, 2011
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 1276/2011of 8 December 2011amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the treatment to kill viable parasites in fishery products for human consumption(Text with EEA relevance), 32011R1276, December 9, 2011
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 16/2012of 11 January 2012amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the requirements concerning frozen food of animal origin intended for human consumption(Text with EEA relevance), 32012R0016, January 12, 2012
  • Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013of 13 May 2013adapting certain regulations and decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement for persons, company law, competition policy, agriculture, food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, transport policy, energy, taxation, statistics, trans-European networks, judiciary and fundamental rights, justice, freedom and security, environment, customs union, external relations, foreign, security and defence policy and institutions, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia, 32013R0517, June 10, 2013
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 786/2013of 16 August 2013amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the permitted limits of yessotoxins in live bivalve molluscs(Text with EEA relevance), 32013R0786, August 17, 2013
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 218/2014of 7 March 2014amending Annexes to Regulations (EC) No 853/2004 and (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005(Text with EEA relevance), 32014R0218, March 8, 2014
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 633/2014of 13 June 2014amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the specific requirements for handling large wild game and for the post-mortem inspection of wild game(Text with EEA relevance), 32014R0633, June 14, 2014
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 1137/2014of 27 October 2014amending Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the handling of certain offal from animals intended for human consumption(Text with EEA relevance), 32014R1137, October 28, 2014
  • Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/355of 11 March 2016amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the specific requirements for gelatine, collagen and highly refined products of animal origin intended for human consumption(Text with EEA relevance), 32016R0355, March 12, 2016
  • Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1978of 31 October 2017amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin as regard echinoderms harvested outside classified production areas(Text with EEA relevance), 32017R1978, November 1, 2017
  • Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1981of 31 October 2017amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards temperature conditions during transport of meat(Text with EEA relevance), 32017R1981, November 1, 2017
  • Regulation (EU) 2019/1243 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 20 June 2019adapting a number of legal acts providing for the use of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny to Articles 290 and 291 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union(Text with EEA relevance), 32019R1243, July 25, 2019
  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2192of 7 December 2020amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the identification mark to be used for certain products of animal origin in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland(Text with EEA relevance), 32020R2192, December 23, 2020
  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1374of 12 April 2021amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on specific hygiene requirements for food of animal origin(Text with EEA relevance), 32021R1374, August 20, 2021
  • Regulation (EU) 2021/1756 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 6 October 2021amending Regulation (EU) 2017/625 as regards official controls on animals and products of animal origin exported from third countries to the Union in order to ensure compliance with the prohibition of certain uses of antimicrobials and Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 as regards the direct supply of meat from poultry and lagomorphs(Text with EEA relevance), 32021R1756, October 8, 2021
  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2258of 9 September 2022amending and correcting Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on specific hygiene requirements for food of animal origin as regards fishery products, eggs and certain highly refined products, and amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624 as regards certain bivalve molluscs(Text with EEA relevance), 32022R2258, November 18, 2022
Corrected by
  • Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin, 32004R0853R(01), June 25, 2004
Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 29 April 2004laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin CHAPTER IGENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1Scope1.This Regulation lays down specific rules on the hygiene of food of animal origin for food business operators. These rules supplement those laid down by Regulation (EC) No 852/2004. They shall apply to unprocessed and processed products of animal origin.2.Unless expressly indicated to the contrary, this Regulation shall not apply to food containing both products of plant origin and processed products of animal origin. However, processed products of animal origin used to prepare such food shall be obtained and handled in accordance with the requirements of this Regulation.3.This Regulation shall not apply in relation to:(a)primary production for private domestic use;(b)the domestic preparation, handling or storage of food for private domestic consumption;(c)the direct supply, by the producer, of small quantities of primary products to the final consumer or to local retail establishments directly supplying the final consumer;(d)the direct supply, by the producer, of small quantities of meat from poultry and lagomorphs slaughtered on the farm to the final consumer or to local retail establishments directly supplying such meat to the final consumer;(e)hunters who supply small quantities of wild game or wild game meat directly to the final consumer or to local retail establishments directly supplying the final consumer.4.Member States shall establish, according to national law, rules governing the activities and persons referred to in paragraph 3(c), (d) and (e). Such national rules shall ensure the achievement of the objectives of this Regulation.5.(a)Unless expressly indicated to the contrary, this Regulation shall not apply to retail.(b)However, this Regulation shall apply to retail when operations are carried out with a view to the supply of food of animal origin to another establishment, unless:(i)the operations consist only of storage or transport, in which case the specific temperature requirements laid down in Annex III shall nevertheless apply;or(ii)the supply of food of animal origin from the retail establishment is to other retail establishments only and, in accordance with national law, is a marginal, localised and restricted activity.(c)Member States may adopt national measures to apply the requirements of this Regulation to retail establishments situated on their territory to which it would not apply pursuant to subparagraphs (a) or (b).6.This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to:(a)relevant animal and public health rules, including more stringent rules laid down for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies;(b)animal welfare requirements;and(c)requirements concerning the identification of animals and the traceability of products of animal origin.
Article 2DefinitionsThe following definitions shall apply for the purposes of this Regulation:1.the definitions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 178/2002;2.the definitions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 852/2004;3.the definitions laid down in Annex I;and4.any technical definitions contained in Annexes II and III.
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