Article 40 Measures in cases of non-compliance with requirements for food chain information

The official veterinarian shall ensure that animals are not slaughtered unless the slaughterhouse operator has been provided with, checked and evaluated relevant food chain information in accordance with Article 9(2)(a) and (b).

By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the official veterinarian may allow animals to undergo slaughter in the slaughterhouse if the relevant food chain information is not available. In such cases, the information shall be supplied before the meat is declared fit for human consumption and carcases and related offal shall be stored separately from other meat pending that declaration.

Where relevant food chain information is not available within 24 hours of an animal's arrival at the slaughterhouse, the official veterinarian shall declare all meat from the animal unfit for human consumption. If the animal has not yet been slaughtered, it shall be killed separately from other animals taking all necessary precautions to safeguard animal and human health.