Traceability requirements

1. Food business operators shall ensure that the following information concerning consignments of food of animal origin is made available to the food business operator to whom the food is supplied and, upon request, to the competent authority:

an accurate description of the food;

the volume or quantity of the food;

the name and address of the food business operator from which the food has been dispatched;

the name and address of the consignor (owner) if different from the food business operator from which the food has been dispatched;

the name and address of the food business operator to whom the food is dispatched;

the name and address of the consignee (owner), if different from the food business operator to whom the food is dispatched;

a reference identifying the lot, batch or consignment, as appropriate; and

the date of dispatch.

2. The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be made available in addition to any information required under relevant provisions of Union legislation concerning the traceability of food of animal origin.

3. The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be updated on a daily basis and kept at least available until it can be reasonably assumed that the food has been consumed.

When requested by the competent authority, the food business operator shall provide the information without undue delay. The appropriate form in which the information must be made available is up to the choice of the supplier of the food, as long as the information requested in paragraph 1 is clearly and unequivocally available to and retrievable by the business operator to whom the food is supplied.

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 931/2011 of 19 September 2011 on the traceability requirements set by Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council for food of animal origin