The present Ordinance lays down provisions relating to the adjustment of certain specific hygiene requirements for food of animal origin contained in the EU Directive No. 853/2004 of 30 April 2004. Contrary to Annex III of the aforementioned Directive, a separate place for washing, cleaning and disinfecting carriage vehicles for animals is not necessary in slaughterhouses, if they amount to less than a thousand animal a year and if they are carried directly by the same animal keeper to the slaug