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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-624/annex-II/chapter-II/division-5",
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  "legislation": "eur/2019/624",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624 of 8 February 2019 concerning specific rules for the performance of official controls on the production of meat and for production and relaying areas of live bivalve molluscs in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-624",
  "path": "annex/II/chapter/II/division/5",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Training for official auxiliaries must cover, and tests must confirm knowledge of, the following subjects:",
  "text": "(a) in relation to holdings:\n(i) theoretical part:\nbackground related to the farming industry organisation, production methods, international trade standards for animals;\ngood livestock husbandry practices;\nbasic knowledge of diseases, in particular zoonoses by viruses, bacteria and parasites;\nmonitoring for disease, use of medicines and vaccines, residue testing;\nhygiene and health inspection;\nanimal welfare on the farm and during transport;\nenvironmental requirements — in buildings, on farms and in general;\nrelevant laws, regulations and administrative provisions;\nconsumer concerns and quality control;\n(ii) practical part:\nvisits to holdings of different types and using different rearing methods;\nvisits to production establishments;\nobservation of the loading and unloading of animals;\nlaboratory demonstrations;\nveterinary checks;\ndocumentation;\n(b) in relation to slaughterhouses, game-handling establishments and cutting plants:\n(i) theoretical part:\nbackground related to meat industry organisation, production methods, international trade standards for food and slaughter and cutting technology;\nbasic knowledge of hygiene and good hygienic practices, and in particular industrial hygiene, slaughter, cutting and storage hygiene, hygiene at work;\nbasic knowledge of HACCP and the audit of HACCP-based procedures;\nanimal welfare on unloading after transport and at the slaughterhouse;\nbasic knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of slaughtered animals;\nbasic knowledge of the pathology of slaughtered animals;\nbasic knowledge of the pathological anatomy of slaughtered animals;\nrelevant knowledge concerning TSEs and other important zoonoses and zoonotic agents, as well as important animal diseases;\nknowledge of methods and procedures for the slaughter, inspection, preparation, wrapping, packaging and transport of fresh meat;\nbasic knowledge of microbiology;\nante-mortem inspection;\nsampling and analysis for Trichinella;\npost-mortem inspection;\nadministrative tasks;\nknowledge of the relevant laws, regulations and administrative provisions;\nsampling procedure;\nfraud aspects;\n(ii) practical part:\nanimal identification;\nage checks;\ninspection and assessment of slaughtered animals;\nante-mortem inspection at the slaughterhouse;\npost-mortem inspection in a slaughterhouse or game-handling establishment;\nsampling and analysis for Trichinella;\nidentification of animal species by examining typical parts of the animal;\nidentifying and commenting on parts of slaughtered animals in which changes have occurred;\nhygiene control, including the audit of the good hygiene practices and the HACCP-based procedures;\nrecording the results of ante-mortem inspections;\nsampling;\ntraceability of meat;\ndocumentation such as evaluation of food chain information and record reading.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/624/annex/II/chapter/II/division/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:28.455430+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."
}