Division 3.1 Foot and mouth disease strains SAT or ASIA 1

Where fresh meat originates from a foot and mouth disease-free zone where vaccination is not practised, but that zone is in a third country or territory in which vaccination against foot and mouth disease (FMD) strains SAT or ASIA 1 is practised in other zones or where those strains are endemic in part(s) of the third country or territory or in the neighbouring Member State or third countries, the competent authorities of a third country or territory of origin of such meat must provide the necessary supplementary information to guarantee the absence of the foot and mouth disease virus in the fresh meat and to guarantee compliance with the following animal health requirements:

1. (a)

   the fresh meat is obtained from either:

   1. (i)

      kept animals of listed species that originate from establishments in and around which, in an area of 10 kilometres radius, foot and mouth disease or rinderpest have not been reported during the period of 12 months prior to the date of slaughter;

      or

   2. (ii)

      wild ungulates that comply with the requirements laid down in Article 138;

2. (b)

   the meat is not authorised for export to the Union until 21 days have elapsed following the date of slaughter;

3. (c)

   the meat is de-boned fresh meat other than offal, obtained from carcasses:

   1. (i)

      in which the main accessible lymphnodes have been removed;

   2. (ii)

      which have been submitted to maturation at a temperature above +2 °C for a period of at least 24 hours before the bones were removed.