7Article 1 Regulation No 2160/2003 Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003 on the control of salmonella and other specified food-borne zoonotic agents (OJ 2003 L 325, p. 1), as amended by Regulation No 1086/2011(‘Regulation No 2160/2003’), entitled ‘Subject matter and scope’, states:1. The purpose of this Regulation is to ensure that proper and effective measures are taken to detect and to control salmonella and other zoonotic agents at all relevant stages of production, processing and distribution, particularly at the level of primary production, including in feed, in order to reduce their prevalence and the risk they pose to public health.2.This Regulation shall cover:(a) the adoption of targets for the reduction of the prevalence of specified zoonoses in animal populations:(i) at the level of primary production; and(ii) where appropriate for the zoonosis or zoonotic agent concerned, at other stages of the food chain, including in food and feed;…’
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