- animals
means animals as defined in Article 3, point (9), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;
- apiculture products
means honey, beeswax, royal jelly, propolis or pollen, intended for human consumption;
- audit
means audit as defined in Article 3, point (30), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;
- bivalve molluscs
means bivalve molluscs as defined in point 2.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
- border control post
means border control post as defined in Article 3, point (38), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.
- collagen
means collagen as defined in point 7.8 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
- competent authorities
means competent authorities as defined in Article 3, point (3), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;
- composite product
means food containing both products of plant origin and processed products of animal origin;
- consignment
means consignment as defined in Article 3, point (37), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;
- contaminant
means contaminant as defined in Article 1(1), second subparagraph, of Council Regulation (EEC) No 315/93;
- control plan for pharmacologically active substances, pesticides and contaminants
means a control plan on the use of pharmacologically active substances, the maximum residue limits of pharmacologically active substances, the maximum residue levels of pesticides and the maximum levels of contaminants in food-producing animals, products of animal origin, including those used in composite products;
- cutting plant
means cutting plant as defined in point 1.17 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
- dairy products
means dairy products as defined in point 7.2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
- egg products
means egg products as defined in point 7.3 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
- entry into the Union
means entering the Union or entry into the Union as defined in Article 3, point (40), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;
- equivalent
means equivalent as defined in Article 2(1), point (e), of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004;
- establishment
means an establishment as defined in Article 2(1), point (c), of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004;
- factory vessel
means factory vessel as defined in point 3.2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
- feedingstuff
means feed or feedingstuff as defined in Article 3, point (4), of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002;
- fishery products
means fishery products as defined in point 3.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
- food
means food as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002;
- food business operator
means a food business operator as defined in Article 3, point (3), of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.
- freezer vessel
means freezer vessel as defined in point 3.3 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
- fresh meat
means fresh meat as defined in point 1.10 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
- game-handling establishment
means game-handling establishment as defined in point 1.18 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
- gelatine
means gelatine as defined in point 7.7 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
- goods
means goods as defined in Article 3, point (11), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;
- highly refined products of animal origin
means highly refined products referred to in Section XVI, point 1, of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
- insects
means food consisting of, isolated from or produced from insects or their parts including any life stadia of insects intended for human consumption which are, when applicable, authorised in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and included in the Union list of novel foods established by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (‘the Union list of novel foods’);
- meat preparations
means meat preparations as defined in point 1.15 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
- meat products
means meat products as defined in point 7.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
- mechanically separated meat
means mechanically separated meat as defined in point 1.14 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
- minced meat
means minced meat as defined in point 1.13 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
- official attestation
means official attestation as defined in Article 3, point (28), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;
- official certificate
means official certificate as defined in Article 3, point (27), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;
- operator
means operator as defined in Article 3, point (29), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;
- pesticide residues
means pesticide residues as defined in Article 3(2), point (c), of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005;
- pharmacologically active substance
means pharmacologically active substance as defined in Article 2, point (a), of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2090;
- placing on the market
means placing on the market as defined in Article 3, point (8), of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002;
- primary production
means primary production as defined in Article 3, point (17), of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002;
- private attestation
means an attestation signed by the food business operator entering goods into the Union;
- product of animal origin
means product of animal origin as defined in point 8.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
- production area
means production area as defined in point 2.5 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
- reefer vessel
means a vessel equipped to store and transport palletised or loose cargo (bulk) goods in temperature-controlled holds or chambers;
- reptile meat
means the edible parts, either unprocessed or processed, derived from farmed reptiles, belonging to the species Alligator mississippiensis, Crocodylus johnstoni, Crocodylus niloticus, Crocodylus porosus, Timon lepidus, Python reticulatus, Python molurus bivittatus or Pelodiscus sinensis, which are, when applicable, authorised in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 and included in the Union list of novel foods;
- slaughterhouse
means slaughterhouse as defined in point 1.16 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
- snails
means snails as defined in point 6.2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and any other species of snails of the family of Helicidae, Hygromiidae or Sphincterochilidae, intended for human consumption;
- sprouts
means sprouts as defined in Article 2, point (a), of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 208/2013;
- transit
means transit as defined in Article 3, point (44), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;