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Food business operators rearing, harvesting or hunting animals or producing primary products of animal origin are to take adequate measures, as appropriate: to keep any facilities used in connection with primary production and associated operations, including facilities used to store and handle feed, clean and, where necessary after cleaning, to disinfect them in an appropriate manner; to keep clean and, where necessary after cleaning, to disinfect, in an appropriate manner, equipment, containers, crates, vehicles and vessels; as far as possible to ensure the cleanliness of animals going to slaughter and, where necessary, production animals; to use potable water, or clean water, whenever necessary to prevent contamination; to ensure that staff handling foodstuffs are in good health and undergo training on health risks; as far as possible to prevent animals and pests from causing contamination; to store and handle waste and hazardous substances so as to prevent contamination; to prevent the introduction and spread of contagious diseases transmissible to humans through food, including by taking precautionary measures when introducing new animals and reporting suspected outbreaks of such diseases to the competent authority; to take account of the results of any relevant analyses carried out on samples taken from animals or other samples that have importance to human health; and to use feed additives and veterinary medicinal products correctly, as required by the relevant legislation.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-02 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.