{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-668/annex-I/division-2/division-2.3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-668/annex-I/division-2/division-2.3.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2006/668",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-668",
  "path": "annex/I/division/2/division/2.3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.3",
  "heading": "Details on carcase sampling by surface swabs-sampling",
  "text": "Sampling of the carcase shall be performed after evisceration and before chilling. A surface of about 100 cm2 per site shall be swabbed using one single abrasive sponge for all the following sites as indicated and numbered below in accordance with Annex A of standard ISO 17604:\nhind limb, medial (9),\nabdomen, lateral (belly, 3),\nmid-dorsal region (mid-back, 4),\njowl (7).\nTwo sites shall be swabbed with one side of the sponge, which shall then be turned over for the remaining two sites, and a scrubbing action shall be used. Enough pressure shall be used to push the lower part of the carcase slightly (2 to 5 mm) away from the sampler. The sponge shall be wiped over each sampling site for a total of approximately 10 times in the vertical and 10 times in the horizontal direction. If templates are used, precautions shall be taken to avoid cross-contamination between carcases.\nThe sample shall be kept at max. 7 °C during storage and transportation. The plastic bag is marked with the date, time, slaughterhouse identification and sample identification code.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/668/annex/I/division/2/division/2.3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:17:28.914298+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}