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Meat production: approval
Service Description
If you want to carry out meat production, i.e. the slaughter of domestic ungulates, rabbits, poultry or furred game kept in gates with the aim of placing the meat on the market, you need approval from the competent authority.
Require approval:
- Slaughterhouses,
- self-slaughtering direct marketers,
- self-slaughtering butchers/ butcher shops.
An exception to the licensing requirement exists under certain circumstances for self-slaughtering poultry and rabbit farmers.
Approval is granted on application only after at least one on-site inspection by the authorities. It can be granted for a limited period and with conditions. With the approval, your establishment receives an approval number, which is made public.
Who should I contact?
The Thuringian State Office for Consumer Protection is responsible for approving slaughterhouses.
The approval of establishments producing meat from wild game in a quantity not exceeding 5 tons per week is the responsibility of the competent veterinary and food control authorities.
Which documents are required?
The application must be accompanied by
- an operating chart,
- a draft of an operating plan, drawn to scale, showing
- the flow of materials and personnel, and
- the list of machines (in the case of handicraft structured establishments: documents showing the activity foreseen in the respective premises)
- evidence of the reliability of the food business operator
What are the fees?
Depending on the administrative effort, fees of between 120.00 and 900.00 euros are incurred in accordance with the Thuringian administrative cost regulations for the area of responsibility of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Family and Health.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
The authorization must be applied for sufficiently long (preferably three months) before starting the activity, as the activity may not be started without the granted authorization.
Legal basis
- Art.4 (2) Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin
- § 9 Ordinance on Hygiene Requirements for the Production, Handling and Placing on the Market of Certain Foodstuffs of Animal Origin (Tier-LMHV)
- Thuringian administrative cost regulations for the business area of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Family and Health
- Thuringian Foodstuffs Responsibility Ordinance (ThürLÜZVO)
Appeal
The application can be submitted informally. However, it cannot be processed conclusively without the attachments listed above.
What else should I know?
Experience has shown that it makes sense to seek expert advice from the veterinary and food control office responsible for you.
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)
Competent Authority
Thüringer Landesamt für Verbraucherschutz (TLV) - Abteilung 2 Gesundheitlicher und technischer Verbraucherschutz
Address
99947 Bad Langensalza
Parking spaces
Besucherparkplätze auf dem Grundstück
Number: 10
Fees: no
