Food Hygiene Regulation
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the hygiene of foodstuffs
- Stage
- In force, reached 30 Apr 2004
- In force
- In force since 20 May 2004 · CELEX 32004R0853
- Procedure
- Regulation · Ordinary legislative procedure
- Rapporteur
- Horst Schnellhardt (PPE-DE)
- Last activity
- 6 Sept 2026
Where it stands
Latest: Public feedback open: Freezing of meat of domestic ungulates, 6 Sept 2026.
- 15 May 2002
- EP position at first reading
- 30 Mar 2004
- Adoption of amendments to the Council’s first reading position by the EP
- 30 Apr 2004
- Publication in the Official Journal
- Signature by the president of the EP and by the president of the Council
- 25 Mar 2026
- Commission plans delegated act under Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29
- 23 Jul 2026
- Delegated act adopted: Specific hygiene rules for live bivalve molluscs (amendment)
- 6 Sept 2026
- Public feedback open: Freezing of meat of domestic ungulates
Who is on it
The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.
| Role | Name | Group | Country | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapporteur | Horst Schnellhardt | PPE-DE | DE | ENVI |
Delegated and implementing acts beneath it
By status: 13 published, 1 planned, 1 adopted.
| Act | Kind | Status | Adoption |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freezing of meat of domestic ungulates | Delegated · Regulation | Planned | Q4 2026 |
| Specific hygiene rules for live bivalve molluscs (amendment) | Delegated · Regulation | Adopted | Q4 2026 |
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/252 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | Q2 2026 |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2117 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | Q4 2025 |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1874 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1141 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | Q4 2023 |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2744 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/166 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2504 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2258 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | Q4 2022 |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1219 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1374 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | Q3 2020 |
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2192 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2014/4 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2014/604 | Implementing · Regulation | Published |
Titles link to EUR-Lex where the act has been published.
Documents
Newest first. Each opens at its source.
- Text adopted · 32005R1688Commission
- Text adopted · 32005R2074Commission
- Text adopted · 32005R2075Commission
- Text adopted · 32005R2076Commission
- Report · A5-0129/2004Parliament
- Report · A5-0131/2002Parliament
- Proposal · COM(2003)0033Commission
- Proposal · COM(2008)0430Commission
- Proposal · COM(2024)0066Commission
- OJ C 155 29.05.2001, p. 0039Commission
- Text adopted · OJ L 226 25.06.2004, p. 0022-0082Commission
- Text adopted · OJ L 271 15.10.2005, p. 0017-0028Commission
- Text adopted · OJ L 338 22.12.2005, p. 0027-0034Commission
- Text adopted · Regulation 2004/0853Commission
- SEC(2003)1450Commission
- Text adopted · T5-0217/2004Parliament
- Text adopted · T5-0235/2002Parliament
Summary
GeneratedRegulation (EC) No 853/2004 lays down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin, supplementing Regulation (EC) No 852/2004. It applies to unprocessed and processed products of animal origin, with exemptions for private domestic use and small-scale direct supply.
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