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Food Hygiene Implementing Measures

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2074/2005 (OJ L 338, p27, 22/12/2005) of 5 December 2005 laying down implementing measures for certain products under Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and for the organisation of official controls under Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, derogating from Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Regulations (EC) No 853/2004 and (EC) No 854/2004

Amended by

  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1664/2006 (OJ L 320, p13, 18/11/2006) of 6 November 2006
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1244/2007 (OJ L 281, p12, 25/10/2007) of 24 October 2007
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1022/2008 (OJ L 277, p18, 18/10/2008 ) of 17 October 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards the total volatile basic nitrogen (TVB-N) limits
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1250/2008 (OJ L 337, p31, 16/12/2008) of 12 December 2008 as regards certification requirements for import of fishery products, live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods intended for human consumption
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 15/2011 (OJ L 6, p3, 11/01/2011) of 10 January 2011 as regards recognised testing methods for detecting marine biotoxins in live bivalve molluscs
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2011 (OJ L 207, p1, 12/08/2011) of 11 August 2011 as regards documentation accompanying imports of frozen fishery products directly from a freezer vessel
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1012/2012 (OJ L 306, p1, 06/11/2012) of 5 November 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 and Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 as regards the list of vector species, the health requirements and the certification requirements concerning epizootic ulcerative syndrome and as regards the entry for Thailand in the list of third countries from which imports of certain fish and fishery products into the Union are permitted
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 218/2014 (OJ L 69, p95, 08/03/2014) of 7 March 2014 amending Annexes to Regulations (EC) No 853/2004 and (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2295 (OJ L 324, p5, 10/12/2015) of 9 December 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards lists of approved food establishments
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759 (no longer in force) (OJ L 126, p13, 14/05/2016) of 28 April 2016
  • Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1973 (OJ L 281, 31.10.2017, p. 21–26) of 30 October 2017 amending Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards official controls on fishery products caught by vessels flying the flag of a Member State and introduced into Union after being transferred in third countries and establishing a model health certificate for those products
  • Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1980 (OJ L 285, 1.11.2017, p. 8–9) of 31 October 2017 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) detection method
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627 (OJ L 131, 17.05.2019, p. 51-100) 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
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/628 (no longer in force) (OJ L 131, 17.05.2019, p. 101-194) concerning model official certificates for certain animals and goods and amending Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759 as regards these model certificates
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1139 (OJ L 180, 04.07.2019, p. 12-14) amending Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards official controls on food of animal origin in relation to requirements concerning food chain information and fishery products and to the reference to recognised testing methods for marine biotoxins and to testing methods for raw milk and heat-treated cow's milk

Consolidated version of Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 (as at 14 December 2019)

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National legislation


For food businesses supervised by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine, Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority or Local Authorities

European Union (Food and Feed Hygiene) Regulations 2020, S.I. No. 22 of 2020

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General provisions

Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 lays down implementing measures for certain food business obligations and food products included in the hygiene package and these include:

  • Requirements concerning food chain information for the purpose of Regulations (EC) Nos 853/2004 and 854/2004 ( (set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005)
  • Requirements concerning fishery products for the purpose of Regulations (EC) Nos 853/2004 and 854/2004 (set out in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005)
  • Recognised testing methods for marine biotoxins for the purpose of Regulations (EC) Nos 853/2004 and 854/2004 (set out in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005)
  • Calcium content of mechanically separated meat for the purpose of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 (set out in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 
  • Requirements concerning the lists of establishments as referred to in Article 31(2)(f) of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 are set out in Annex V Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 
  • Model health certificates for imports of certain products of animal origin for the purpose of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 (listed in Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005) Annex VI
  • Testing methods for raw milk and heat-treated milk (set out in Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005)
  • Requirements concerning official controls for the inspection of meat for the purpose of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 (laid down in Annex VIb to Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005)
  • Derogation from Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 for foods with traditional characteristics
  • Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 are amended in accordance with Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005
  • Annexes I, II and III to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 are amended inaccordance with Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005

Detailed information on the measures above are contained in the relevant subject area elsewhere in the food legislation section.

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