Aug 28 2008
EC Food Identification Mark National Codes
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EU Identification Mark comprising
UK - country code
AZ020 - establishment code
EC - European Commission indication
- Read more about European Food Identification / Health Marks
- Use Food Tracer to search for UK codes and approved establishments.
- Use the European Food Agency Search to search for all European identification codes on the national databases.
EC food safety approval
European regulations dictate that all establishments handling food of animal origin must be approved by the national authority. Establishments include abattoirs / slaughterhouses, cutting plants, processors, other producers and are categorised according to the product handled.
Food produced by approved establishments must carry an EU identification mark (or similar EU health mark) indicating the approval number.
The first part of the approval number is a two-letter national code, indicating the country in which the food was produced (ie its last point of processing or packing), followed by a site-specific approval number (search approval numbers with Food Tracer) and ending with the ‘EC’ European Commission indicator.
Complete list of national codes and links to the national lists of approved establishments
Categories of approved establishment
Approved establishments are classed into categories according to the product they handle:
- General activity establishment
- Meat of domestic ungulates
- Meat from poultry and lagomorphs
- Meat of farmed game
- Wild game meat
- Minced meat, meat preparations and mechanically separated meat
- Meat products (including sausages, hams, salamis and other cured / smoked meats)
- Live bivalve molluscs
- Fishery products
- Raw milk and dairy products (including cheese, yoghurt, ice cream)
- Eggs and egg products
- Frogs’ legs and snails
- Rendered animal fats and greaves
- Treated stomachs, bladders and intestines
- Gelatine
- Collagen
Source
This information is sourced from the European Commission Food Safety - From the Farm to the Fork web pages.
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