Article 3, Paragraph 1. · Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2090

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1.If the official veterinarian performing official controls in a slaughterhouse or the official auxiliary performing certain tasks in the framework of these controls suspect or has evidence that animals have been subject to illegal treatment, the official veterinarian shall ensure that the following actions are taken:

(a)order that the operator keeps the concerned animals separated from other batches of animals present or arriving at the slaughterhouse under the conditions to be established by the competent authority;

(b)arrange for the animals to be slaughtered separately from other batches of animals present at the slaughterhouse;

(c)order that the operator separates the carcases, meat, offal and by-products from the concerned animals, to be immediately identified and kept separated from other products of animal origin, and order such products not to be moved, processed or disposed without prior authorisation by the competent authority;

(d)order that samples necessary to detect the presence of prohibited or unauthorised substances or of authorised substances, in case of a suspected or established use under conditions other than those laid down in the legislation, are taken.