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Editorial Information
Food business operators manufacturing the following highly refined products of animal origin:
chondroitin sulphate,
hyaluronic acid,
other hydrolysed cartilage products,
chitosan,
glucosamine,
rennet,
isinglass,
amino acids that are authorised as food additives in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) ,
must ensure that the treatment of the raw materials used eliminates any animal or public health risk.
The raw materials used for the manufacturing of the highly refined products referred to in point 1 must derive from:
animals, including feathers thereof, which have been slaughtered in a slaughterhouse and whose carcasses have been found fit for human consumption following ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection, or;
fishery products complying with Section VIII.
Human hair may not be used as a source for the manufacture of amino acids.] ]
Textual Amendments
F1 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/355 of 11 March 2016 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the specific requirements for gelatine, collagen and highly refined products of animal origin intended for human consumption (Text with EEA relevance).
[X1 [F1Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food additives ( OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 16 ).] ]
Editorial Information
X1Substituted by Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (Official Journal of the European Union L 139 of 30 April 2004).
Textual Amendments
F1 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/355 of 11 March 2016 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the specific requirements for gelatine, collagen and highly refined products of animal origin intended for human consumption (Text with EEA relevance).