Foodstuff Hygiene Adjustment Ordinance. Country/Territory Austria Document type Regulation Date 2006 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bundesgesetzblatt für die Republik Österreich, Part II, No. 91, 1 March 2006, 2 pp. Long titleOrdinance by the Federal Minister for Health and Women relating to the implementation of common foodstuff hygiene regulations. Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Meat Slaughtering Standards Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Western Europe Abstract 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 slaughterhouse (art. 3). Furthermore, contrary to Annex III of the above mentioned Directive, a temperature of 4° or less is required for minced meat produced and marketed in Austria (art. 7). The text consists of 9 articles. Full text German Website www.ris.bka.gv.at