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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-627/article-64",
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  "legislation": "eur/2019/627",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627 of 15 March 2019 laying down uniform practical arrangements for the performance of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards official controls (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-627",
  "path": "article/64",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "64",
  "heading": "Control system",
  "text": "1. The competent authorities shall set up a control system to ensure that products of animal origin harmful to human health are not placed on the market. The control system shall comprise laboratory tests to verify food business operators' compliance with the requirements for the end product, including live bivalve molluscs and any products derived from them, at all stages of production, processing and distribution.\n2. This control system shall verify, where applicable, that the levels of marine biotoxins and contaminants do not exceed safety limits and that the microbiological quality of the molluscs does not constitute a hazard to human health.",
  "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/2019/627/article/64",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:28.098617+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."
}