Paragraph 8 I1

the goods are meat intended for the manufacture of preserved food which does not contain characteristic components other than beef and jelly (A Product); and  “A-product” means a processed product falling within the commodity code 1602 10, 16025031 or 16025095, not containing meat other than that of animals of the bovine species, with a collagen/protein ratio of no more than 0.45 and containing by weight at least 20% of lean meat excluding offal and fat with meat and jelly accounting for at least 85% of the total net weight;

the collagen content must be considered to be the hydroxyproline content multiplied by the factor 8; and the hydroxyproline content must be determined according to ISO method 3496-1994; and

the product must be subjected to a heat treatment sufficient to ensure the coagulation of meat proteins in the whole of the product which may not show any traces of a pinkish liquid on the cut surface when the product is cut along a line passing through its thickest part.