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Division 3 The lean meat content of carcases shall be calculated according to the following formula:F1

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LMP = 68,06616 – 0,45829•MS + 0,11278•MF – 0,25545•WL

where:

LMP =

  • the estimated percentage of lean meat in the carcass,

    • MS —

  • mean fat measure above (dorsal of) M. gluteus medius (mm),

    • MF —

  • mean meat measure — over the length of M. gluteus medius (mm),

    • WL —

  • mean length of the four lumbar vertebral bodies cranial of the M. gluteus medius (mm).

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    Textual amendments

    F1

    Inserted by Commission Implementing Decision of 27 April 2011 amending Decision 89/471/EEC authorising methods for grading pig carcasses in Germany (notified under document C(2011) 2709) (Only the German text is authentic) (2011/258/EU).