Guidance No. 9841 on control of the handling of specified risk materials. Country/Territory Denmark Document type Miscellaneous Date 2013 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Slaughtering Hygiene/sanitary procedures Inspection Consumer protection Risk assessment/management Meat Food quality control/food safety Geographical area Europe, European Union Countries, Northern Europe Abstract These guidelines describe how the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration’s control of specified risk material (SRM) in slaughterhouses, cutting plants and at retail butchers are carried. The guidelines also describe the frequency of inspections to be carried out and how their results must be registered. The EU has estimated that some countries have a negligible risk of having specified risk, therefore not requiring its removal from carcasses from these countries. Meat from such animals can th Full text Danish Website www.retsinformation.dk