The purpose of this guidance document is to achieve a common understanding in the Member States (MS) on the implementation of the import and transit control procedures for consignments of composite products from third countries. The guidance should clarify the import and transit conditions applicable for certain composite products containing processed products of animal origin and plant products as well as for products containing different products of animal origin and for products containing unprocessed products of animal origin and plant products. This guidance document supplements the information in the following guidance documents: "Key questions related to import requirements and the EU rules on food hygiene and official food controls" published on: http://ec.europa.eu/food/international/trade/interpretation_imports.pdf "Guidance document on the implementation of certain provisions of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 on the hygiene of food of animal origin" published on: http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/biosafety/hygienelegislation/guide_en.htm For food hygiene purposes, food containing both products of plant origin and processed products of animal origin products”, which are covered in Article are called “composite 1(2) and 6(4) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004. They are defined in Article 2(a) of Commission Decision 2007/275/EC as: "a foodstuff intended for human consumption that contains both processed products of animal origin and products of plant origin and includes those where the processing of primary product is an integral part of the production of the final product". This definition is quite wide and therefore it is necessary to distinguish between composite products, processed products of animal origin (PPAO) and products, which could erroneously be considered as composite products. Processed products of animal origin versus composite products Annex I to this guidance document gives an overview of the scope of Regulations (EC) No 852/2004 and 853/2004. This overview is not exhaustive and therefore purely indicative and it might be subject to review in function of experience gained with the rules. Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 does not apply to the production of food containing both products of plant origin and processed products of animal origin, unless expressly indicated to the contrary. Such exclusion from the scope is based upon the reason that the risk posed by the ingredient of animal origin can be controlled by implementing the rules of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 without there being a need to apply more detailed
The purpose of this guidance document is to achieve a common understanding in the Member States (MS) on the implementation of the import and transit control procedures for consignments of composite products from third countries. The guidance should clarify the import and transit conditions applicable for certain composite products containing processed products of animal origin and plant products as well as for products containing different products of animal origin and for products containing unprocessed products of animal origin and plant products. This guidance document supplements the information in the following guidance documents: "Key questions related to import requirements and the EU rules on food hygiene and official food controls" published on: http://ec.europa.eu/food/international/trade/interpretation_imports.pdf "Guidance document on the implementation of certain provisions of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 on the hygiene of food of animal origin" published on: http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/biosafety/hygienelegislation/guide_en.htm For food hygiene purposes, food containing both products of plant origin and processed products of animal origin are called “composite products”, which are covered in Article 1(2) and 6(4) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004. They are defined in Article 2(a) of Commission Decision 2007/275/EC as: "a foodstuff intended for human consumption that contains both processed products of animal origin and products of plant origin and includes those where the processing of primary product is an integral part of the production of the final product". This definition is quite wide and therefore it is necessary to distinguish between composite products, processed products of animal origin (PPAO) and products, which could erroneously be considered as composite products. Processed products of animal origin versus composite products Annex I to this guidance document gives an overview of the scope of Regulations (EC) No 852/2004 and 853/2004. This overview is not exhaustive and therefore purely indicative and it might be subject to review in function of experience gained with the rules. Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 does not apply to the production of food containing both products of plant origin and processed products of animal origin, unless expressly indicated to the contrary. Such exclusion from the scope is based upon the reason that the risk posed by the ingredient of animal origin can be controlled by implementing the rules of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 without there being a need to apply more detailed
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