The present Decree applies to intracommunity exchanges of cow, buffalo, pork, sheep, goat and poultry meat. The Decree establishes conditions that fresh meat delivered from Italy to other member countries must satisfy. Article 6 lists out the types of meat that are not covered by the provisions of the Decree. It provides also for the checks to be carried out by the Ministry of Health with regard to the quality of the meat and to the hygienic conditions of the national establishments. Such inspections must be carried out according to the procedures and the parameters set out in Annexes I and II. Annex I is divided into XIV chapters regarding inter alia special conditions for the recognition of slaughterhouses, hygiene requirements of personnel and establishments, slaughtering methods, sanitary controls of meat, packaging and labelling of fresh meat, storage and transport. Annex II contains a specimen of the certificate to be issued by the competent veterinarian.
Italy · 1991-09-10