To facilitate the application of the new hygiene rules, a first set of implementing measures and transitional arrangements was adopted on 5 December 2005. These measures also became applicable on 1 January 2006 and comprise:

• Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 which sets down microbiological criteria for foodstuffs (see section on Microbiological criteria)


• Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 which contains a set of implementing measures such as provisions concerning food chain information, recognised testing methods for detecting marine biotoxins, lists of establishments, model health certificates for certain products of animal origin and a derogation for foods with traditional characteristics;


• Commission Regulation (EC) No 2075/2005 which requires the examination for the presence of Trichinella parasite in all slaughtered pigs, wild boar and horses, except for pigs originating from Trichinella free farms or regions declared as having a negligible risk. The Trichinella parasite causes disease in humans when raw (or undercooked) meat from pigs, wild boar or horses is consumed.


• Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2075/2005 which provides for the possibility that a region is officially recognised as a region where the risk of Trichinella in domestic swine is negligible


• Commission Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005 which lays down some transitional arrangements until 31 December 2009 to permit the change-over from the old to the new regime. The measures include in particular provisions concerning stocks of food of animal origin, placing of food of animal origin on national markets, materials bearing pre-printed health or identification marks, marking equipment, health import conditions, food chain information, training of slaughterhouse staff, certification of establishments and the accreditation of laboratories