SCHEDULE 4

PART I

Section BHygiene requirements relating to operating the rendering plant.

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Rendering must be carried out either:

i

so that

a

material must be heated to a core temperature of at least 133°C for 20 minutes at a pressure of 3 bar. The particle size of the raw material prior to processing must be reduced to at least 50 mm by means of a prebreaker or grinder;

b

recording thermographs must be provided at the critical points of the heating process to monitor the heat treatment; or

ii

using any of the systems of heat treatment described in Commission Decision 92/562/EEC3 subject to the conditions contained in that Decision.