# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375 of 10 August 2015 laying down specific rules on official controls for Trichinella in meat (Codification) (Text with EEA relevance), Article 11: Monitoring programmes

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The competent authority may implement a monitoring programme covering the population of domestic swine coming from a holding or a compartment officially recognised as applying controlled housing conditions, in order to verify that Trichinella is actually absent in that population.
The frequency of testing, the number of animals to be tested and the sampling plan shall be laid down in the monitoring programme. To that end, meat samples shall be collected and examined for the presence of Trichinella parasites in accordance with Chapter I or II of Annex I.
The monitoring programme may include serological methods as an additional tool once a suitable test is validated by the national reference laboratory.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/1375/article/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-1375/article-11
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