{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-1375/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-1375/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2015/1375",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-1375",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Sampling of carcasses",
  "text": "1. Carcasses of domestic swine shall be sampled in slaughterhouses as part of the post-mortem examination as follows:\n(a) all carcasses of breeding sows and boars or at least 10 % of carcasses of animals sent in for slaughter each year from each holding that is officially recognised as applying controlled housing conditions, shall be examined for Trichinella;\n(b) all carcasses from holdings that are not officially recognised as applying controlled housing conditions shall be systematically examined for Trichinella.\nA sample shall be collected from each carcass and the sample shall be examined for Trichinella, in a laboratory designated by the competent authority, using one of the following methods of detection:\n(a) the reference method of detection set out in Chapter I of Annex I; or\n(b) an equivalent method of detection set out in Chapter II of Annex I.\n2. Carcasses of horses, wild boar and other farmed and wild animal species susceptible to Trichinella infestation shall be systematically sampled in slaughterhouses or game-handling establishments as part of the post-mortem examination.\nA sample shall be collected from each carcass and the sample shall be examined in accordance with Annexes I and III in a laboratory designated by the competent authority.\n3. Pending the results of the Trichinella examination and provided full traceability is guaranteed by the food business operator, carcasses of domestic swine and of horses may be cut up into a maximum of six parts in a slaughterhouse or in a cutting plant on the same premises.\n. . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Deleted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1478 of 14 October 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375 as regards sampling, the reference method for detection and import conditions related to Trichinella control (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/1375/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:46:31.881114+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."
}