Division 2.2.4 Transport
United Kingdom
Samples shall be sent without undue delay either by via express mail or courier, to the laboratories referred to in Articles 11 and 12 of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003. During transport they shall be protected from heat over 25 °C and exposure to sunlight.
Where it is not possible to send the samples within 24 hours from the time of sampling they shall be stored refrigerated.
Notes on Annex
Textual amendments
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Word in Annex heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 10(6)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)