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1. Meat products fall within this paragraph if they have undergone any of the following treatments or are produced from meat which has undergone those treatments—
(a)heat treatment in a hermetically sealed container at a level of at least Fo3;
(b)heat treatment at a minimum temperature of 70°C, reached throughout the meat;
(c)heat treatment in a hermetically sealed container to at least 60°C for a minimum of 4 hours, during which the core temperature must be at least 70°C for 30 minutes;
(d)natural fermentation and maturation of not less than nine months, resulting in the following characteristics—
(i)Aw value of not more than 0.93, or
(ii)pH value of not more than 6.0;
(e)heat treatment ensuring a core temperature of at least 65°C is reached for the time necessary to achieve a pasteurisation value equal to or more than 40.