Council Directive 2003/85/EC of 29 September 2003 on Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease repealing Directive 85/511/EEC and Decisions 89/531/EEC and 91/665/EEC and amending Directive 92/46/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 85)

ANNEX VIII U.K.

PART A U.K. Treatment of fresh meat

1. De-boned fresh meat: U.K.

Meat as described in Article 2(a) of Directive 64/433/EEC together with diaphragms but excluding offal, from which the bone and the main accessible lymphatic glands have been removed.

2. Trimmed offal: U.K.

• heart from which lymphatic glands, connective tissue and adhering fat have been completely removed;

• liver from which lymphatic glands, adhering connective tissue and fat have been completely removed;

• whole masseter muscles, incised in accordance with paragraph 41(a) of Chapter VIII of Annex I to Directive 64/433/EEC, from which lymphatic glands, connective tissue and adhering fat have been completely removed;

• tongues with epithelium and without bone, cartilage and tonsils;

• lungs from which the trachea and main bronchi and the mediastinal and bronchial lymphatic glands have been removed;

• other offal without bone or cartilage from which lymphatic glands, connective tissue, adhering fat and mucous membrane have been completely removed.

3. Maturation: U.K.

• maturation of carcasses at a temperature of more than + 2 °C for at least 24 hours;

• pH value in the middle of Longissimus dorsi muscle recorded as less than 6,0.

4. Effective measures must be applied to avoid cross-contamination. U.K.