EU Update – December 2007
Animal by-products
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1576/2007 (OJ L340, p89, 22/12/2007 ) of 21 December 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 92/2005 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and the Council as regards means of disposal or uses of animal by-products.
Avian influenza
Commission Decision 2007/785/EC (OJ L316, p62, 04/12/2007) of 3 December 2007 amending Decision 2006/415/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry in the United Kingdom, Romania and Poland.
Commission Decision 2007/816/EC (OJ L326, p32, 12/12/2007 ) of 10 December 2007 amending Decision 2006/415/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry in Poland
Commission Decision 2007/844/EC (OJ L332, p101, 18/12/2007 ) of 17 December 2007 amending Decision 2006/415/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry in Germany
Commission Decision 2007/838/EC (OJ L330, p51, 15/12/2007 ) of 13 December 2007 amending Decision 2006/415/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry in Poland
Commission Decision 2007/833/EC (OJ L329, p59, 14/12/2007 ) of 13 December 2007 amending Decision 2007/554/EC concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom
Commission Decision 2007/869/EC (OJ L340, p104, 22/12/2007 ) 21 December 2007 amending Decision 2005/692/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to avian influenza in several third countries
Commission Decision 2007/878/EC (OJ L344, p54, 28/12/2007) of 21 December 2007 amending Decision 2006/415/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry in Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom
Commission Decision 2007/885/EC (OJ L346, p23, 29/12/2007 ) of 26 December 2007 amending Decision 2006/415/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry in Germany
Food irradiation
Commission Decision 2007/802/EC (OJ L323, p40, 08/12/2007 ) of 4 December 2007 has been published, amending Decision 2002/840/EC as regards the list of approved facilities in third countries for the irradiation of foods
Fruit and vegetable sector
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 (OJ L350, p1, 31/12/2007) of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules of Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1428/2007 (OJ L317, p61, 05/12/2007 ) of 4 December 2007 amending Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
Poultrymeat
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1474/2007 (OJ L329, p14, 14/12/2007 ) of 13 December 2007 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 introducing detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/90 on certain marketing standards for poultrymeat
Protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1485/2007 (OJ L330, p13, 15/12/2007) of 14 December 2007 registering certain names in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Carne de Bísaro Transmontano or Carne de Porco Transmontano (PDO), Szegedi szalámi or Szegedi téliszalámi (PDO), Pecorino di Filiano (PDO), Cereza del Jerte (PDO), Garbanzo de Fuentesaúco (PGI), Lenteja Pardina de Tierra de Campos (PGI), Λουκούμι Γεροσκήπου (Loukoumi Geroskipou) (PGI), Skalický trdelník (PGI))
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1486/2007 (OJ L330, p15, 15/12/2007) of 14 December 2007 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Olives noires de Nyons (PDO))
Veterinary legislation – lists of approved entities
Commission Decision 2007/846/EC (OJ L333, p72, 19/12/2007 )of 6 December 2007 establishing a model for the lists of entities approved by Member States in accordance with various provisions of Community veterinary legislation, and the rules applying to the transmission of these lists to the Commission
Wine sector products
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1471/2007 (OJ L329, p9, 14/12/2007 ) of 13 December 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 laying down certain rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards the description, designation, presentation and protection of certain wine sector products
EU Commission
Food and Veterinary Office
The European Food and Veterinary Office has published its Programme of Inspections for 2008 http://ec.europa.eu/food/fvo/inspectprog/2008_en.pdf
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
Zoonoses report
The Community Summary Report on Trends and Sources of Zoonoses, Zoonotic Agents, Antimicrobial Resistance and Foodborne Outbreaks in the European Union in 2006
Full report available at http://www.efsa.europa.eu/EFSA/efsa_locale-1178620753812_1178671312912.htm )
Last reviewed: 25/2/2009