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Paragraph 14 Food chain information and chickens dead on arrival

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(1)

For the purposes of Section III (food chain information) of Annex II to Regulation 853/2004, the daily mortality rate and cumulative daily mortality rate and the hybrid or breed of chickens from a flock with a stocking density in excess of 33 kilograms per m2 of usable area is treated as relevant food safety information.

(2)

A food business operator operating a slaughterhouse must—

(a)

under the supervision of the official veterinarian, record the number of chickens from such a flock that are dead on arrival at the slaughterhouse; and

(b)

provide that information on request to the official veterinarian.