Division 6.2 Complete data on each animal sampled and corresponding tests results

The Member States shall submit the results of the survey in the form of raw data using a data dictionary and data collection forms provided by the Commission.

That dictionary and forms shall be established by the Commission and include at least the following:

• reference of the slaughterhouse,

• capacity of the slaughterhouse,

• date and time of sampling,

• reference of the samples (the number),

• type of samples taken: lymph nodes,

• date of dispatch to the laboratory.

The following information shall be collected in the Member States for each sample sent to the laboratory:

• ID of the laboratory (in case several laboratories are involved),

• means of transport of samples,

• date of reception by the laboratory,

• when testing lymph nodes, weight of the specimen,

• results for the individual samples tested: ‘negative’ or in case positive for Salmonella spp., also the results of serotyping ‘Salmonella serovar’ or ‘untypable’,

• results for strains subject to antimicrobial susceptibility testing and/or phagetyping results.