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

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3.If the official veterinarian performing official controls in a slaughterhouse or the official auxiliary performing certain tasks in the framework of these controls suspects that the animals present in the slaughterhouse have been treated with an authorised veterinary medicinal product, but that the withdrawal period referred to in Directive 2001/82/EC has not been respected, the official veterinarian shall order that the concerned animals are separated from other batches of animals present or arriving at the slaughterhouse, under conditions to be established by the competent authority. The official veterinarian shall also:

—postpone the slaughter at the expense of the operator, until the withdrawal period has been respected, or;

—issue an order to slaughter the animals separately and, pending the outcome of an investigation, order for the carcases, meat, offal and by-products from the concerned animals, to be immediately identified and kept separated from other products of animal origin.

The slaughter may only be postponed temporarily, provided that the official veterinarian has verified that the Union legislation on animal welfare is respected and that the concerned animals can be kept separated from the other animals.