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Audits of HACCP-based procedures shall verify that food business operators apply such procedures continuously and properly, having particular regard to ensuring that the procedures provide the guarantees specified in Section II of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No .../2004 Note for the Official Journal: insert number of Regulation laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (see recital 1, 2nd Regulation). . They shall, in particular, determine whether the procedures guarantee, to the extent possible, that products of animal origin: comply with microbiological criteria laid down under Community legislation; comply with Community legislation on residues, contaminants and prohibited substances; and do not contain physical hazards, such as foreign bodies. When, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No .../2004 Note for the Official Journal: insert number of Regulation on the hygiene of foodstuffs (see recital 1, 1st Regulation). , a food business operator uses procedures set out in guides to the application of HACCP principles rather than establishing its own specific procedures, the audit shall cover the correct use of these guides.

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