Pre Course Test MEAT

National guides to good practice

• Can not be produced by the minced meat producing food business operators

• Member States shall encourage the development of national guides to good practice

• Are only available for those producing small quantities of primary products

• Need to be approved by the European Commission

When is a Food Business Operator (FBO) permitted to place food of animal origin on the market:

•   The FBO has notified the Competent Authority (CA) of their intention to seek registration and approval

• The FBO has been placed on the list of operators registered under Regulation 852/2004

• The FBO has been granted conditional or full approval in accordance with Regulation 853/2004

•   The FBO has been granted full approval in accordance with Regulation 852/2004

• The FBO has been granted conditional approval in accordance with Regulation 852/2004

According the regulation (EC) No 853/2004, which one of the following is not correct?

•   FBO should evaluate the Food Chain Information

•   Horse passports are to be given to OV in every cases

• Separate facilities do not have to be available for the reception and storage of unskinned carcasses for small and large wild game at game handling establishments

• Farmed game and bison can be slaughtered at place of origin when authorized by Competent Authority and some other circumstances, for example FCI, on place

Collection centers for wild game are inserted in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 now, which one of the following is not correct?

• Can be used for storage of unskinned carcasses while waiting for the transportation to GHE

•   Approved collection centers can receive carcasses from registered collection centers

• Game handling as unskinning and further cutting can be done in collection center

•   Time for storage has to be as short as possible and trained person can do the first examination at the collection center

Select the right statement with regards to prerequisites (PRPs)

•    PRPs are preventive practices and conditions needed prior to and during the implementation of HACCP and which are essential for food safety

• PRPs are mostly generic control measures aimed at controlling hazards caused by contamination from the environment

•   Some PRPs normally applies to more than a single step of the process

• All above are correct

Select the right statement with regards to HACCP

• EU law requires to shall put in place, implement and maintain a HACCP system following strictly the CODEX guidelines

•   For the CCP selection it’s mandatory to apply the Codex decision tree

• Regulation 853/2005 on product of animal origin sets up two CCPs in slaughterhouses: cleanness control of live animals and visual control of fecal contamination on carcasses

• Control of cleanness of live animals at receiving step and visual fecal contamination are legal requirements to be considered in the HACCP based procedures

Which one of the following flexibility provisions does not require notification procedure at the stage of draft in accordance with Directive 2015/1535?

• Granting adaptations to the requirements on construction, layout and equipment;

•    Granting derogations from the requirements on premises, instruments and equipment to the establishments manufacturing foods with traditional characteristics;

• 1.Pilot projects limited in time and extent, to evaluate alternative practical arrangements for the performance of official controls on the production of meat

• Exclusion from the scope of the Hygiene Package of direct supply, by the producer, of small quantities of meat from poultry and lagomorphs slaughtered on the farm to the final consumer or to local retail establishments directly supplying such meat to the final consumer as fresh meat;

Actions during official controls based on Regulation 2017/625 in the event of established non-compliance

• Where the non-compliance is established, the competent authority shall determine the origin and extent of the non-compliance, consider the operator’s past record but operator’s responsibility is not relevant

• Where the non-compliance is established, the competent authority must take appropriate measures to ensure that the operator concerned remedies the non-compliance and prevents further occurrences of such non-compliance

• Where the non-compliance is established, the competent authority shall take any measures they deem appropriate but these must be still limited to measures specified in Article 138 of the regulation

• Where the non-compliance is established, the competent authority may order e.g.  isolation of the animals, the postponement of the slaughter or veterinary assistance but then must cover all expenses associated with this decision

Select the right statement with regards to the official veterinarian (OV)

• Post mortem inspection can be done under the responsibility of the OV by an official auxiliary in some cases as long as the OV is present in the establishment at least once a day

• Post mortem inspection must always be carried out by an official veterinarian

• Ante-mortem inspections at farm can be done by an official auxiliary under supervision of the OV in specific cases

• Ante-mortem inspections at farm can be done by an official auxiliary under the responsibility of the OV in specific cases

According the Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 ante mortem inspection (AMI)  has to be done prior to slaughtering activities. Which one of the following is not correct?

• Verification of human and animal health as well as animal welfare requirements is performed

• Verification of Food Chain Information is performed

• Do not have to bed one on farmed game, for example reindeer

• Has to be used even for poultry