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Decree-Law No. 163/2005 implementing EC Directive No. 2002/99/CE on sanitary measures for animal products used for human consumption.

Country/Territory
Portugal
Document type
Legislation
Date
2005
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário Da República, I Série-A, No. 183, 22 September 2005, pp. 5679-5684.
Subject
Livestock, Food & nutrition
Keyword
Certification Milk/dairy products Food quality control/food safety Inspection Institution Internal trade International trade Meat Animal health
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe
Abstract

This Decree-Law introduces in the national legal system EC Directive No. 2002/99/CE ruling on sanitary measures for production, transformation, distribution, and introduction of animal products used for human consumption. The Decree-Law devotes particular attention to import of animal products from third countries. Four Annexes provide, respectively: list of diseases having implications in the trade of animal products; treatments for eliminating sanitary risks deriving from milk and meat; identification marking for imported meat; certification general principles.

Full text
Portuguese

References - Legislation

Implements

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.

Legislation | European Union | 2002

Keyword: Certification, Milk/dairy products, Food quality control/food safety, Inspection, Institution, Internal trade, International trade, Meat, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Decree-Law No. 150/2013 implementing EC Directive No. 2002/99/CE on sanitary measures for animal products used for human consumption.

Legislation | Portugal | 2013

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Inspection, Internal trade, International trade, Meat, Animal health, Certification, Plant protection, Quarantine, Hygiene/sanitary procedures

Source: FAO, FAOLEX