Article 10 Approval of animal by-products rendering premises

by inserting in paragraph 6(ii) of Section B of Part I after the words “in Commission Decision No 92/562/EEC” the words “as amended^f1 and as read, in the case of animal by-products of ruminant origin, with Commission Decision No 94/382/EC on the approval of alternative heat treatment systems for processing animal waste of ruminant origin, with a view to the inactivation of spongiform encephalopathy agents^f2, as amended^f3”, and

by adding at the end of Section B of Part II the following paragraph—

“9

In the case of animal by-products of ruminant origin rendering must be carried out either:

(i)

so that

(a)

material is 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; and

(b)

recording thermographs are 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 No 92/562/EEC, as amended and as read with Commission Decision No 94/382/EC as amended.”.