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Guidance on food chain information for pig slaughterhouses

Monday 10 December 2007

Legislation comes into force on 1 January 2008 requiring slaughterhouse operators to 'request, receive, check and act upon' food chain information (FCI) for all pigs sent to the slaughterhouse.

This requirement forms part of the whole chain, farm-to-fork, approach to food safety introduced by the Hygiene Regulations from the beginning of 2006. Implementation of FCI was initially required only for poultry, with a delayed, progressive implementation of FCI for other species; pigs from 2008; cattle and sheep from 2010.

FCI contributes to slaughterhouse operators' HACCP-based food safety management systems by providing information about animals procured for slaughter. Many FBOs will already require much of this information from their pig suppliers as part of their commercial relations with them, and may have little more to do to comply.

The letters sent to pig slaughterhouses in England and Wales,and Northern Ireland, and further Guidance on the FCI requirements, are attached at the links below.

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Download pdf  (pdf 23KB) Guidance for pig slaughterhouse operators in England and Wales on food chain information Read the guidance

Download word  (Word 83KB) Guidance for pig slaughterhouse operators in Northern Ireland on food chain information Read the guidance

Download pdf  (pdf 31KB) Gwybodaeth Am Y Gadwyn Fwyd - Gwybodaeth I Weithredwyr Lladd-Dai

Download pdf  (pdf 82KB) Gwybodaeth Am Y Gadwyn Fwyd: Moch – Canllawiau Drafft

Download word  (Word 87KB) Gwybodaeth Am Y Gadwyn Fwyd: Moch – Canllawiau Drafft

Download pdf  (pdf 54KB) Letter to pig slaughterhouse operators in England and Wales on food chain information for pigs Letter dated 11 December 2007

Download pdf  (pdf 33KB) Letter to pig slaughterhouse operators in England and Wales on food chain information for pigs Letter dated 12 November 2007

Download pdf  (pdf 53KB) Letter to pig slaughterhouse operators in Northern Ireland on food chain information for pigs Read the letter dated 29 November 2007

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