Ghislain MARECHAL Health and Consumers Directorate General Bilateral International Relations ghislain.marechal@ec.europa.eu

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Animal products.

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Definitions of meat products, dairy products, egg products, processed fishery products, etc.

Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 Annex I point 7

Processed products.

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‘Processed products’ means foodstuffs resulting from the processing of unprocessed products. These products may contain ingredients that are necessary for their manufacture or to give them specific characteristics.

Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 Article 2 point (o)

Processed products.

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http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/biosafety/hygienelegislation/guide_en.htm

Processed products.

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‘Processed products’ are obtained by submitting raw products (of animal origin) to a process such as heating, smoking, curing, maturing, drying,, marinating … The process leads to a substantial alteration of the initial product.

Meat products (ham, salami …)

Fishery products (smoked fish, marinated fish)

Dairy products (heat treated milk, cheese, yoghurt …)

Egg products (egg powder …)

Rendered animal fat, gelatin, collagen, treated intestines, bladders ….

Processed Products.

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Foodstuffs containing processed animal product and plant material are not always automatically composite products.

Processed animal products can have a plant content without becoming a composite product.

Plant product is there for technical purposes or to add special characterisitcs (e.g. flavor, sweetness, colour, texture)

Processed products.

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Not a composite Skipjack tuna, Sunflower oil and

Salt

Processed fishery product

Fishery product certificate.

Processed products.

9 Not a composite Processed meat product

Canned minced beef with onions

Beef (75%), Water, Onions, Wheat Flour, Tomato Puree, Beef extract, Salt, Corn

Flour, Sugar, Natural Colour …

Processed Products.

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If the plant product content is necessary for the manufacture of the processed animal product or is there to add special characteristics then it is still assessed as a processed animal product rather than as a composite product and should be imported with the relevant certificate for the type of processed product concerned.

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Composite Products.

A foodstuff intended for human consumption that contains both processed products of animal origin and products of plant origin

It also includes those where the processing of primary product is an integral part of the production of the final product.

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Composite products.

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Composite products.

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Composite products.

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Composite products.

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Mayonnaise,

Vegetable oil, water, free range pasteurized whole egg, Lemon

juice, spirit vinegar, salt, sugar, stabilizer (Xanthan gum)

Composite products.

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Not a composite Raw honey has been mixed with nuts but the honey has not been

processed

Composite Raw honey has been added to mustard and soya been oil and

cooked

Import requirements.

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Imports requirements for the certification of composite products:

Import requirements.

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Import requirements.

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Import requirements.

Animal product components – meat products, dairy, egg, aquaculture fishery products – must come only from countries authorized to export to the EU

Import requirements.

Import requirements.

Animal product components – meat products, dairy, egg, aquaculture fishery products – must come only from countries with approved residue control plans as listed in CD 2011/163 (as last amended)

Import requirements.

Composite products must come only from registered establishments

Animal product components must come only from EU approved establishments (e.g. approved in Thailand, in another third country or in the EU).

Registered and approved establishments must conform to EU food hygiene requirements

Import requirements.

Example: Composite product produced in Thailand, contains a small amount of egg powder:

egg content cannot come from Thailand as Thailand does not have an approved residue control plan for eggs.

(egg content must come from EU or another country with an approved residue control plan, from EU approved establishments in those countries (or national est. list for egg establishments)

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Do not mix up: - EU Import requirements, and

- EU Import control legislation

Import requirements.

EU Import control legislation.

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Curry paste containing shrimp paste.

Thai-curry paste containing shrimp paste combined with a mixture of Thai herbs and vegetable (e.g. chilli, kaffir lime leaves, shallot and garlic).

Curry paste containing shrimp paste.

Thai curry paste: if less than 50% of shrimp no health certificate.

If more than 50%, certification in R28/2012.

Shrimp paste ingredients from an EU approved source (establishment and country)

Canned tuna in Thai curry sauce.

Canned tuna in Thai green curry sauce is a fishery product.

Fishery products import conditions.

Composite containing milk products.

Confirmation whether milk products from any approved third country as listed in Column A or B of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No. 605/2010, can be used in composite products manufactured in Thailand.

Composite containing milk products.

Triangulation is impossible. Thailand is listed in R605/2010 in column C (sterilized). However, Thailand has no establishments approved for export.

Only milk from EU could be used.

Composite <50% milk products.

Import requirements for composite products containing no meat products and less than half of milk products, where the products also meet the requirements of Article 6 of Commission Decision 2007/275/EC.

Composite <50% milk products.

Milk ingredients from an EU eligible source (EU).

No certificate required.

No controls at EU borders.

Not shelf stable processed dairy products (in any quantity): general conditions.

Composite with eggs products.

Country of origin of egg products used in composite food manufactured in Thailand …

EU or any approved country listed in Commission Regulation (EC) No. 798/2008?

Composite with eggs products.

Egg Ingredients from an EU approved source:

- EU authorised country (R798/2008 and CD2011/163)

- From an establishment authorised to export the EU

Composite with eggs products.

Confirmation whether composite products, which meet the requirements of Article 6 of Commission Decision 2007/275/EC, and contain less than half of egg products sourced from Thailand, is allowed to import into the EU.

Composite with eggs products.

The country of export need to be listed in R798/2008 if the amount of product of animal origin exceeds 50% of the final product (even if the amount of egg products is <50%).

Ingredients from an EU approved source.

Composite with fishery products.

Import requirements for composite products containing only 2% of shrimp paste, particularly with regard to an issue of a health certificate for fishery products and a type of establishments, where shrimp paste is produced.

Composite with fishery products.

Shrimp paste produced in an establishment authorized to export to the EU in a TC authorized to export to the EU.

No health certificate required. No controls at the EU border.

Ghislain MARECHAL Health and Consummers Directorate General Bilateral International Relations ghislain.marechal@ec.europa.eu

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