# Commission Decision of 8 May 1987 recognizing that the staff medical check-up scheme submitted by the Netherlands offers equivalent guarantees (87/266/EEC), Division A: Medical examination before taking up employment

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The health of each person who is to be employed to handle meat, poultrymeat or meat products must be examined. The said examination is a pre-condition of such employment.
The health check, on the basis of which the risk of contamination through the person concerned is assessed, must include an inquiry into the medical history carried out by means of a questionnaire (see under E), which must be assessed by a doctor, and a general medical examination carried out by a medical doctor.
Such medical examination may, if the doctor concerned considers it necessary, include a number of tests.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/1987/266/annex/division/A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1987-266/annex/division-A
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