# Commission Decision of 29 September 2006 concerning a financial contribution from the Community towards a baseline survey on the prevalence of Salmonella in slaughter pigs to be carried out in the Member States (notified under document number C(2006) 4306) (2006/668/EC), Division 2.1: Sampling in general

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

The following samples shall be collected:
the aggregate of ileocaecal lymph nodes or at least five individual ileocaecal lymph nodes of all selected pigs. If possible, at least 25 grams of lymph nodes without fat or connective tissues shall be collected,
a sponge swabbed at four sites in accordance with paragraph 2(3), per carcase, from a total of at least 384 pigs, randomly selected from the selected pigs. The sponge sampling method shall be used in accordance with the most recent edition of standard ISO 17604. This sampling shall be carried out in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Ireland, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Austria, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden and the United Kingdom,
a muscle sample for serology on meat juice or blood (if equivalent to the method on meat juice) from all selected pigs. Sufficient neck or diaphragm muscle shall be taken to yield enough meat juice to allow a portion to be frozen and stored for later comparative studies. This sampling shall be carried out in Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, Cyprus, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
Records shall be kept at the slaughterhouse on the muscle which is sampled, time and date of sampling of each sample and the time and date and name of the courier that takes delivery of the samples.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/668/annex/I/division/2/division/2.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-668/annex-I/division-2/division-2.1
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