Division 5 Records and sample storage
United Kingdom
Records of bacteriology shall be kept on all samples processed in a format in accordance with or comparable to the example given in Table 3.
All strains isolated shall be stored at the NRLs of the two 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 3
Example of records to be taken on all processed samples
| Sample | Receipt | Analysis | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample ID + type | Slaughterhouse ID | Name | Date | Time | Name | Date | Time | Pos or Neg | 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) |
| Etc | ||||||||||||