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The national measures referred to in paragraph 3 shall: have the aim of: enabling the continued use of traditional methods at any of the stages of production, processing or distribution of food; accommodating the needs of food businesses with a low throughput or that are situated in regions that are subject to special geographic constraints; or permitting pilot projects to take place in order to try out new approaches to hygiene controls on meat; concern in particular the following elements of Annex I: food chain information; the presence of the competent authority in establishments.
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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-04 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.