04/03/2010 (Agence Europe) - According to a report by the Commission's Food and Veterinary Office (FVO), published on Wednesday 3 March, the United Kingdom has a comprehensive and well documented system of regular official controls of poultry meat and poultry meat product establishments. The system works effectively, those carrying out the survey say, although they did note some weaknesses in relation to establishment approval procedures, ante-mortem inspection in slaughterhouses and own check salmonella analyses in poultry slaughterhouses. The salmonella national control plan for broilers is implemented by the competent authorities and operators, although with some delays concerning official sampling. The report is available at: http: //ec.europa.eu/food/fvo/rep_details_en.cfm?rep_id=2377. (L.C./transl.jl)