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the meat products must:
contain meat and/or meat products derived from a single species or animal as set out under the relevant column in Parts 2 and 3 of Annex II indicating the species or animal concerned; and
have been subjected to at least the specific treatment regime required for meat of that species or animal as set out in Part 4 of Annex II; or
the meat products must:
contain fresh, processed or partly processed meat from more than one species or animal as set out under the relevant column of Parts 2 and 3 of Annex II which are mixed prior to undergoing their final treatment as set out in Part 4 of Annex II; and
the final treatment referred to in (i) must be at least equal to the most severe treatment as set out in Part 4 of Annex II, for any of the individual meat constituents for the species or animal concerned as set out under the relevant column in Parts 2 and 3 of Annex II; or
the final meat products must:
be prepared by the mixing of previously treated meat from more than one species or animal; and
the previous treatment referred to in (i) which each constituent meat underwent must have been at least equal to the relevant treatment as set out in Part 4 of Annex II for the species or animal of the meat concerned as set out under the relevant column.
Country | Territory | Description of territory | |
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Code | Version | ||
Argentina | AR | 01/2004 | Whole country |
AR-1 | 01/2004 | The whole country except the provinces of Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego | |
AR-2 | 01/2004 | The provinces of Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego | |
Bulgaria | BG | 01/2004 | Whole country |
BG-1 | 01/2004 | As described in Annex II Part I to Council Decision 79/542/EECa (as last amended) | |
BG-2 | 01/2004 | As described in Annex II Part I to Decision 79/542/EEC (as last amended) | |
Brazil | BR | 01/2004 | Whole country |
BR-1 | 01/2004 | As described in Annex I to Commission Decision 94/984/ECb (as last amended) | |
Serbia and Montenegro | CS | 01/2004 | Whole country as described in Annex II Part I to Decision 79/542/EEC (as last amended) |
Malaysia | MY | 01/2004 | Whole country |
MY-1 | 01/2004 | Peninsular (Western) Malaysia only |
a See Part 3 of this Annex for the minimum treatment requirements applicable to pasteurised meat products and biltong. | |||||||||||||
b For meat products prepared from fresh meat obtained from animals slaughtered after 1 March 2002. | |||||||||||||
(Δ) Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: provisional code that does not affect the definitive denomination of the country to be attributed after the conclusion of the negotiations currently taking place in the United Nations. XXX No certificate laid down and meat products containing meat of this species are not authorised. | |||||||||||||
Code ISO | Country of origin or part thereof | 1. Domestic bovine2. Farmed cloven-hoofed game-(excluding swine) | Domestic ovine/ caprine | 1. Domestic porcine2. Farmed cloven-hoofed game (swine) | Domestic soliped | 1. Domestic poultry2. Farmed feathered game | Domestic rabbit and farmed leporidae | Wild cloven hoofed game (excluding swine) | Wild swine | Wild soliped | Wild leporidae (rabbits and hares) | Wild game birds | Wild land mammalian game (excluding ungulates, solipeds and leporidae) |
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AR | Argentina AR | C | C | C | A | A | A | C | C | XXX | A | D | XXX |
Argentina AR-1a | C | C | C | A | A | A | C | C | XXX | A | D | XXX | |
Argentina AR-2a | Ab | Ab | C | A | A | A | C | C | XXX | A | D | XXX | |
AU | Australia | A | A | A | A | D | A | A | A | XXX | A | D | A |
BG | Bulgaria BG | D | D | D | A | A | A | D | D | XXX | A | A | XXX |
Bulgaria BG-1 | A | A | D | A | A | A | A | D | XXX | A | A | XXX | |
Bulgaria BG-2 | D | D | D | A | A | A | D | D | XXX | A | A | XXX | |
BH | Bahrain | B | B | B | B | XXX | A | C | C | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
BR | Brazil | C | C | C | A | D | A | C | C | XXX | A | D | XXX |
Brazil BR-1 | C | C | C | A | A | A | C | C | XXX | A | A | XXX | |
BW | Botswana | B | B | B | B | XXX | A | B | B | A | A | XXX | XXX |
BY | Belarus | C | C | C | B | XXX | A | C | C | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
CA | Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | XXX | A | A | A |
CH | Switzerland | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | XXX | A | A | XXX |
CL | Chile | A | A | A | A | A | A | B | B | XXX | A | A | XXX |
CN | People’s Republic of China | B | B | B | B | B | A | B | B | XXX | A | B | XXX |
CO | Colombia | B | B | B | B | XXX | A | B | B | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
CS | Serbia and Montenegro | A | A | D | A | D | A | D | D | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
ET | Ethiopia | B | B | B | B | XXX | A | B | B | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
GL | Greenland | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | A | XXX | XXX | XXX | A | A | A |
HK | Hong Kong | B | B | B | B | D | A | B | B | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
HR | Croatia | A | A | D | A | A | A | A | D | XXX | A | A | XXX |
IL | Israel | B | B | B | B | A | A | B | B | XXX | A | A | XXX |
IN | India | B | B | B | B | XXX | A | B | B | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
IS | Iceland | B | B | B | A | A | A | B | B | XXX | A | A | XXX |
KE | Kenya | B | B | B | B | XXX | A | B | B | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
KR | Korea (Republic) | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | D | A | XXX | XXX | XXX | A | D | XXX |
MA | Morocco | B | B | B | B | XXX | A | B | B | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
MG | Madagascar | B | B | B | B | D | A | B | B | XXX | A | D | XXX |
MK | Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Δ) | A | A | B | A | XXX | A | B | B | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
MU | Mauritius | B | B | B | B | XXX | A | B | B | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
MX | Mexico | A | D | D | A | D | A | D | D | XXX | A | D | XXX |
MY | Malaysia MY | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX |
Malaysia MY-1 | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | D | A | XXX | XXX | XXX | A | D | XXX | |
NA | Namibiaa | B | B | B | B | D | A | B | B | A | A | D | XXX |
NZ | New Zealand | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | XXX | A | A | A |
PY | Paraguay | C | C | C | B | XXX | A | C | C | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
RO | Romania | A | A | D | A | A | A | A | D | XXX | A | A | A |
RU | Russia | C | C | C | B | XXX | A | C | C | XXX | A | XXX | A |
SG | Singapore | B | B | B | B | D | A | B | B | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
SZ | Swaziland | B | B | B | B | XXX | A | B | B | A | A | XXX | XXX |
TH | Thailand | B | B | B | B | A | A | B | B | XXX | A | D | XXX |
TN | Tunisia | C | C | B | B | A | A | B | B | XXX | A | D | XXX |
TR | Turkey | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | D | A | XXX | XXX | XXX | A | D | XXX |
UA | Ukraine | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | A | XXX | XXX | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
US | United States of America | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | XXX | A | A | XXX |
UY | Uruguay | C | C | B | A | D | A | XXX | XXX | XXX | A | D | XXX |
ZA | South Africaa | C | C | C | A | D | A | C | C | A | A | D | XXX |
ZW | Zimbabwea | C | C | B | A | D | A | B | B | XXX | A | D | XXX |
ISO Code | Country of origin or part thereof | 1. Domestic bovine2. Farmed cloven hoofed game excluding swine | Domestic ovine/caprine | 1. Domestic porcine2. Farmed cloven-hoofed game (swine) | Domestic soliped | 1. Domestic poultry2. Farmed feathered game | Domestic rabbit and farmed leporidae | Wild cloven hoofed game (excluding swine) | Wild swine | Wild soliped | Wild leporidae (rabbits and hares) | Wild game birds | Wild land mammalian game (excluding ungulates, solipeds and leporidae) |
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AR | Argentina | F | F | XXX | XXX | XXX | A | XXX | XXX | XXX | A | XXX | XXX |
NA | Namibia | E | E | XXX | XXX | E | A | XXX | XXX | A | A | E | XXX |
ZA | South Africa | E | E | XXX | XXX | E | A | XXX | XXX | A | A | E | XXX |
ZW | Zimbabwe | E | E | XXX | XXX | E | A | XXX | XXX | E | A | E | XXX |
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No minimum specified temperature or other treatment is established for animal health purposes for the meat product. However, the meat must have undergone a treatment such that its cut surface shows that it no longer has the characteristics of fresh meat and the fresh meat used must also satisfy the animal health rules applicable to the export of fresh meat to the Community.
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Treatment in a hermetically sealed container to an Fo value of three or more.
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A minimum temperature of 80 °C which must be reached throughout the meat during the processing of the meat product.
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A minimum temperature of 70 °C which must be reached throughout the meat during the processing of meat products, or for raw ham, a treatment consisting of natural fermentation and maturation of not less than nine months and resulting in the following characteristics:
Aw value of not more than 0,93,
pH value of not more than 6,0.
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In the case of ‘biltong’ type products, a treatment to achieve:
Aw value of not more than 0,93,
pH value of not more than 6,0.
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A heat treatment ensuring that a centre temperature of at least 65 °C is reached for a period of time as necessary to achieve a pasteurisation value (pv) equal to or above 40.
Without prejudice to specific certification requirements provided for by Community agreements with third countries.
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