Horse meat detection
Pending adoption of a new co-ordinated control plan in the EU
SOPs
- Detection of horse DNA using real-time PCR
- Addendum : Check of cut-off values at 1% horse meat contamination
TSE Roadmaps
Legal references on EURLs (former CRLs)
- Commission Regulation n°776/2006
amending Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 as regards Community reference laboratories - Regulation n°882/2004
on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules
Legal references on the feed ban and utilization of processed animal proteins
- Commission Regulation n° 56/2013
amending Annexes I and IV to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 as regards transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and animal feeding - Commission Regulation n° 142/2011
implementing Regulation n° 1069/2009 and Council Directive 97/78/EC - Commission Regulation n°1069/2009
laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption - Commission Regulation n°163/2009
laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies - Commission Regulation n°1292/2005
amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 as regards animal nutrition - Commission Regulation n°1234/2003
amending Annexes I, IV and XI to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 as regards transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and animal feeding - Commission Regulation n°657/2002
concerning the performance of analytical methods and the interpretation of results - Directive n°32/2002
on undesirable substances in animal feed - Regulation n°999/2001
laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies