{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-2160/annex-III",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-2160/annex-III.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2003/2160",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003 on the control of salmonella and other specified food-borne zoonotic agents",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-2160",
  "path": "annex/III",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": "Specific criteria to determine salmonella serotypes with public health significance",
  "text": "When determining which are the salmonella serotypes with public health significance to which targets apply, account must be taken of the following criteria:\n1..the most frequent salmonella serotypes in human salmonellosis on the basis of data collected by the appropriate authority's monitoring systems;\n2..the route of infection (that is, the presence of the serotype in relevant animal populations and feed);\n3..whether any serotype shows a rapid and recent ability to spread and to cause disease in humans and animals;\n4..whether any serotypes show increased virulence, for instance as regards invasiveness, or resistance to relevant therapies for human infections.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Annex 3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 3(28)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex 3 point 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 3(28)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2003/2160/annex/III",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:49.335446+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."
}