What an establishment can be approved for

Approval is granted activity by activity. 20 appear in this register, and a third of establishments hold more than one.

Why one establishment appears on several of these pages

Approval under Regulation (EC) 853/2004 is granted per activity: a plant can be a cold store, a cutting plant and a processing plant at once. So these pages overlap by design, and their totals do not add up to the size of the register. The oval mark identifies the establishment, not what it was approved to do.

Approved activities, most common first
Activity	Ever on the register	Still there	What it covers
Processing plant	4,866	2,710	Section VI and beyond — products are transformed here, not merely stored.
Cold store	2,747	1,875	Section 0 — chilled or frozen storage of products of animal origin.
Meat preparation establishment	1,594	965	Section V — meat preparations: seasoned, marinated, shaped.
Re-wrapping and repackaging	1,225	868	Section 0 — products are re-wrapped or repacked here, which is why a second oval mark can appear on a pack.
Cutting plant	1,177	752	Section I to IV — carcasses are cut into pieces here.
Egg packing centre	1,093	599	Section X — eggs are graded and packed here.
Minced meat establishment	1,081	678	Section V — minced meat.
Fresh fishery products plant	514	193	Section VIII — fishery products.
Shellfish dispatch centre	356	137	Section VII — live bivalve molluscs are finished and dispatched here.
Slaughterhouse	318	202	Section I to IV — the animal is killed here.
Shellfish purification centre	147	64	Section VII — shellfish are purified here before sale.
Factory vessel	89	57	Section VIII — a vessel that processes at sea.
Game handling establishment	79	45	Section IV — wild game is prepared here.
Collection centre	39	24	Section VII — shellfish are gathered here.
Mechanically separated meat establishment	32	21	Section V — mechanically separated meat.
Liquid egg plant	28	13	Section X — egg products.
Freezer vessel	26	12	Section VIII — a vessel that freezes at sea.
Wholesale market	23	12	Section 0 — a wholesale market with approved units.
Auction hall	19	6	Section VIII — fish auction.
Producing plant	9	6	Production of products of animal origin.