Council Directive 92/5/EEC amending and updating Directive 77/99/EEC on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in meat products and amending Directive 64/433/EEC.

From 1 January 1993 the title, articles 1 to 21 and the Annexes to Directive 77/99/EEC shall be replaced by the text annexed to this Directive. This Directive lays down health rules for the production and placing on the market of meat products and other products of animal origin intended, after treatment, for human consumption or for the preparation of other foodstuffs. This Directive shall not apply to the preparation and storage, in retail shops or in premises adjacent to sales points, of meat products and other products of animal origin intended for human consumption, where the preparation and storage are performed solely for the purpose of supplying the consumer directly. Member States shall ensure that other products of animal origin: have been obtained in establishments, which meet the requirements, have been authorized and registered, and are inspected in accordance with this Directive. Each Member State shall draw up a list of approved establishments, other than those referred to in Article 11, each establishment having an approval number. This list shall be sent to the other Member States and to the Commission. In Annex are set the general conditions for approval of establishments. Manufacturing meat products including chapters, among others, on hygiene requirements, requirements for fresh meat, dispositions on the supervision of products, packaging and storage.