S.L. 437.72 Art. 5Contingency operational plans.

(1) The Veterinary Services shall draw up contingency operational plans setting out measures to be implemented without delay where a product for animal nutrition has been found to pose a serious risk to human health, animal health or to the environment and specifying powers and responsibilities as well as channels for transmitting information. The Veterinary Services shall review these plans as appropriate, particularly in the light of changes in the organisation of the inspection services and of the experience gained, including that gained in any simulation exercises.

(2) The Veterinary Services shall forward to the European Commission the contingency operational plans drawn up by them and also any amendments thereto.

(3) The Veterinary Services shall take due account of any suggestion of amendment issued by the European Commission which would help to ensure that Maltese contingency operation plans offer equivalent guarantees of efficiency as those of Member States.

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