# 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 5: Records and sample storage

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

Records of bacteriology shall be kept on all samples processed in a format like or comparable to the example given in Table 4.
All strains isolated shall be stored at the NRLs of the different Member States as long as it ensures integrity of the strains for a minimum of five years.
All samples of meat juice for serology shall be stored frozen for two years.
Table 4
Example of records to be taken on all processed samples
Type of sample: L = lymph nodes, S = swab, MJ = meat juice.
n.a. = not applicable (phage typing is only done after Salmonella typhimurium and Salmonella enteritidis isolation).
Sample
Receipt
Analysis
Sample ID + type
Slaughterhouse ID
Name
Date
Time
Name
Date
Time
Positive or Negative
Serovar
Phagetype
Antibiogram
Storage ID
1 S
EU012
PW
3-10-06
12:00
AB
3-10
14:00
Neg
2 L
EU023
PW
4-10
12:30
AB
4-10
14:00
Pos
Typh
DT104
ASTSu
(IDnr)
3 L
EU083
PW
8-10
16:30
AB
9-10
9:00
Pos
Agona
n.a.
ASTE
(IDnr)

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/668/annex/I/division/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-668/annex-I/division-5
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