Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

1. Premises and facilities must meet at least the following requirements: U.K.

(a)

[F1 Processing plants shall not be situated on the same site as slaughterhouses, unless the risks to public and animal health, resulting from the processing of animal by-products which originate from such slaughterhouses, are mitigated by compliance with at least the following conditions:

(i)

the processing plant must be physically separated from the slaughterhouse; where appropriate by locating the processing plant in a building that is completely separated from the slaughterhouse;

(ii)

the following must be installed and operated:

• a conveyer system which links the processing plant to the slaughterhouse,

• separate entrances, reception bays, equipment and exits for the processing plant and the slaughterhouse;

(iii)

measures must be taken to prevent the spreading of risks through the operation of personnel which is employed in the processing plant and in the slaughterhouse;

(iv)

unauthorised persons and animals must not have access to the processing plant.

By way of derogation from points (i) to (iv), in the case of Category 3 processing plants, the competent authority may authorise other conditions instead of those set out in those points, aimed at mitigating the risks to public and animal health, including the risks arising from the processing of Category 3 material, which originates from off-site establishments approved under Regulation (EC) No 853/2004. Member States shall inform the Commission and the other Member States in the framework of the Committee referred to in Article 33(1) of the use made of this derogation by their competent authorities;]

(b)

the processing plant must have a clean and unclean sector, adequately separated. The unclean sector must have a covered place to receive animal by-products and must be constructed in such a way that it is easy to clean and disinfect. Floors must be laid in such a way as to facilitate the draining of liquids. The processing plant must have adequate lavatories, changing rooms and washbasins for staff;

(c)

the processing plant must have sufficient production capacity for hot water and steam for the processing of animal by-products;

(d)

the unclean sector must, if appropriate, contain equipment to reduce the size of animal by-products and equipment for loading the crushed animal by-products into the processing unit;

(e)

all installations in which animal by-products are processed must operate in accordance with the requirements of Chapter II. Where heat treatment is required, all installations must be equipped with:

(i)

measuring equipment to monitor temperature against time and, if necessary, pressure at critical points;

(ii)

recording devices to record continuously the results of these measurements; and

(iii)

an adequate safety system to prevent insufficient heating;

(f)

to prevent recontamination of the finished product by incoming animal by-products, there must be a clear separation between the area of the plant where incoming material for processing is unloaded and the areas set aside for the processing of that product and the storage of the processed product.

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 777/2008 of 4 August 2008 amending Annexes I, V and VII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption (Text with EEA relevance).