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Legislation Relating to Food Hygiene and Marine Biotoxins

  • Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 (PDF 252 KB): Requirements and responsibilities of Food Business Operators, laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin.
  • Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 (PDF 247 KB): Requirements and responsibilities of Competent Authorities, laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption.
  • Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 (PDF 226 KB): Requirements for official control laboratories and designation and responsibilities of reference laboratories to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law and animal health welfare rules.
  • Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 (PDF 474 KB): Implementing measures for certain products including recognized testing methods for marine biotoxins.
  • Regulation (EC) No 1664/2006 (PDF 863 KB): Amending Regulation 2074/2005 with regards to measures for certain products, in particular the testing method for Paralytic Shellfish Poison (PSP).
  • Regulation (EU) No 15/2011 (PDF 713 KB): Amending Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards recognised testing methods for detecting marine biotoxins in live bivalve molluscs.