Manual for official controls

Legal requirements and standards for approved meat establishments.

Once your premises have been approved, you will find the Manual for Official Controls (MOC) beneficial for further information.

The MOC describes the tasks, responsibilities and duties of our staff carrying out official controls in approved establishments.

England and Wales

View Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 1 - Introduction as PDF (347.85 KB)

England and Wales

View Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 2.1 - Food Chain Information and CCIR as PDF (364.68 KB)

England and Wales

View Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 2.2 - Ante-mortem inspection as PDF (300.15 KB)

England and Wales

View Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 2.3 - Animal welfare as PDF (524.22 KB)

England and Wales

View Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 2.4 - Post-mortem inspection as PDF (820.68 KB)

England and Wales

View Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 2.5 - Animal Identification as PDF (2.78 MB)

England and Wales

View Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 2.6 - TSE testing as PDF (722.67 KB)

England and Wales

View Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 2.7 - Specified Risk Material Controls as PDF (299.64 KB)

England and Wales

View Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 2.8 - Animal By-Products as PDF (291.04 KB)

England and Wales

View Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 2.9 - Dairy hygiene inspection as PDF (540.64 KB)

England and Wales

View Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 2.10 - Inspection and attendance as PDF (270.88 KB)

England and Wales

View Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 2.11 - Warm meat as PDF (180.32 KB)

England and Wales

View Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 3 - Imported and exported meat and animals as PDF (338.15 KB)

England and Wales

View Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 4.1 - Audit as PDF (314 KB)

England and Wales

View Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 4.2 - HACCP based procedures as PDF (273.08 KB)

England and Wales

View Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 4.3 - Verifying operator's own checks as PDF (335.85 KB)

England and Wales

View Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 5.1 - Residues VMD surveillance scheme as PDF (343.95 KB)

England and Wales

View Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 5.2 - Residues AMR monitoring as PDF (193.32 KB)

England and Wales

View Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 6 - Notifiable disease as PDF (1.09 MB)

England and Wales

View Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 7 - Enforcement as PDF (840.76 KB)

England and Wales

View Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 8 - Time coding as PDF (123.73 KB)

England and Wales

View Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 9 - Forms as PDF (266.21 KB)

England and Wales

View Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 10 - Operational training as PDF (325.77 KB)

England and Wales

View Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 11 - Wine standards procedures as PDF (352.01 KB)

England and Wales

View Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 12 - Incident Management as PDF (582.42 KB)

England and Wales

View Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 2 - Legislation contents as PDF (261.54 KB)

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