The following products of animal origin are exempt from the prohibition referred to in Article 16(3), provided that they are derived from bovine, ovine and caprine animals that satisfy the requirements of Section B:

• fresh meat,

• minced meat,

• meat preparations,

• meat products.

The products referred to in Section A must satisfy the following requirements:

1. (a)

   the animals from which the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin were derived have not been fed meat-and-bone meal or greaves derived from ruminants and passed ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections;

2. (b)

   the animals from which the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin were derived have not been slaughtered after stunning by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity or killed by the same method or slaughtered by laceration after stunning of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity;

3. (c)

   the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin are not derived from:

   1. (i)

      specified risk material as defined in Annex V;

   2. (ii)

      nervous and lymphatic tissues exposed during the deboning process; and

   3. (iii)

      mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine or caprine animals.