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Such action shall include, where appropriate, the following measures: the imposition of sanitation procedures or any other corrective action deemed necessary to ensure the safety of products of animal origin or compliance with the relevant legal requirements; the restriction or prohibition of the placing on the market, import or export of products of animal origin; monitoring or, if necessary, ordering the recall, withdrawal and/or destruction of products of animal origin; authorisation to use products of animal origin for purposes other than those for which they were originally intended; the suspension of operations or closure of all or part of the food business concerned for an appropriate period of time; the suspension or withdrawal of the establishment's approval; in the case of consignments from third countries, seizure followed by destruction or re-dispatch; any other measure that the competent authority deems appropriate.

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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.