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Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry relative to meat and processed meat products imported from countries outside the European Community (No. 1140 of 2006).

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This Decree defines the conditions under which meat and processed meat may be imported into Finland from countries outside the European Community (third countries). It does not apply to import consignments of meat and processed meat imported from Andorra, Faeroe Islands, Liechtenstein and Norway to which the Decree on consignments at the first destination applies (118/2006). The purpose of this Decree is to ensure the food hygiene quality of import consignments of meat and processed meat products intended for human consumption and to prevent certain animal diseases spreading to Finland. The Decree shall be supplementary to specified national and Community legislation (art. 3).
The Decree, among other things: specifies import general conditions; specifies import conditions for specific kinds of meat (read meat, rabbit meat, poultry meat, pork, etc.); provides for testing on salmonella; and provides for import conditions for edible parts of an animal that cannot be classified as meat, including gelatine.
This Decree defines the conditions under which meat and processed meat may be imported into Finland from countries outside the European Community (third countries). It does not apply to import consignments of meat and processed meat imported from Andorra, Faeroe Islands, Liechtenstein and Norway to which the Decree on consignments at the first destination applies (118/2006). The purpose of this Decree is to ensure the food hygiene quality of import consignments of meat and processed meat product
This Decre repeals Decree 392/2004 of 12 May 2004.
Title:
Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry relative to meat and processed meat products imported from countries outside the European Community (No. 1140 of 2006).
Country:
Finland
Type of document:
Regulation
Date of text:
2006
Data source:
FAO, FAOLEX
ECOLEX regions:
Europe
European Union Countries
Northern Europe
ECOLEX URL:
ECOLEX
Files:
fin114347.pdf
Repealed:
No
Amended by
Implements
Act relative to veterinary border controls (No. 1192 of 1996).
Council Directive 92/118/EEC laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A (I) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC
Council Directive 2002/99/EC laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption.