On October 8, 2021, Official Journal of the European Union issued Regulation (EU)2021/1756 to amend Regulation (EU) 2017/625 as regards official controls on animals and products of animal origin exported from third countries to the Union in order to ensure compliance with the prohibition of certain uses of antimicrobials and Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 as regards the direct supply of meat from poultry and lagomorphs. The main contents are as follows:


(1) In order to implement official control related to live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods, the competent authorities shall classify production and relaying areas; revise the conditions for the classification and monitoring of classified production and relaying areas for live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods; animals and goods which are subject to an emergency measure provided for in acts requiring consignments of those animals or goods, identified by means of their codes from the Combined Nomenclature, to be subject to official controls at their entry into the Union.

(2) In Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No853/2004, point (d) is replaced with the following:
(d) The direct supply, by the producer, of small quantities of meat from poultry and lagomorphs slaughtered on the farm to the final consumer or to local retail establishments directly supplying such meat to the final consumer.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.