Division 2.1.2.2

If sampling at the initiative of the food business operator takes place at the holding, routine sampling shall be carried out on three occasions during the production cycle:

1. (a)

   within four weeks following moving to laying phase or laying unit;

2. (b)

   towards the end of the laying phase, not earlier than eight weeks before the end of the production cycle;

3. (c)

   at any time during the production cycle which is sufficiently distant in time from the sampling referred to in points (a) and (b).