Section 7: Sampling and official control of veterinary medicinal products.

To ensure that veterinary medicinal products comply with the declared formula, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail may have samples taken by the agents mentioned in Article L. 5146-1 under the conditions set out in Article R. 5146-2. Samples may be taken from medicinal products and, if necessary, from raw materials, intermediate products or other constituents.

Each sample consists of two samples. One sample is sent to the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety), while the other is kept by the establishment holding the stock for possible analysis by both parties. Samples are taken so that they are as identical as possible. Each sample contains the minimum quantity, in…

For reasons of public health, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail may require a company exploiting an immunological veterinary medicinal product to submit samples of each batch of the finished product and, if necessary, of the bulk product for inspection before it is placed on the market. At the request of the Director General of the Agence nationale de…