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Where it is evident that food or feed originating in the Community or imported from a third country is likely to constitute a serious risk to human health, animal health or the environment, and that such risk cannot be contained satisfactorily by means of measures taken by the Member State(s) concerned, the Commission, acting in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 58(2) on its own initiative or at the request of a Member State, shall immediately adopt one or more of the following measures, depending on the gravity of the situation: in the case of food or feed of Community origin: suspension of the placing on the market or use of the food in question; suspension of the placing on the market or use of the feed in question; laying down special conditions for the food or feed in question; any other appropriate interim measure; in the case of food or feed imported from a third country: suspension of imports of the food or feed in question from all or part of the third country concerned and, where applicable, from the third country of transit; laying down special conditions for the food or feed in question from all or part of the third country concerned; any other appropriate interim measure.
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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-28 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.