COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 558/2010 of 24 June 2010

amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council  laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European  Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (1), and in  particular Article 10(1) thereof,

Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 lays down specific hygiene  rules for food of animal origin. It provides, inter alia, that  food business operators may place products of animal  origin on the market only if they have been prepared  and handled exclusively in establishments that meet the  relevant requirements of Annex III thereto.

(2) Chapter VII of Section I of Annex III to Regulation (EC)  No 853/2004 provides that meat of domestic ungulates  may be transported before the temperature required under that Regulation is attained, if the competent authority so authorises to enable the production of specific products, subject to certain conditions.