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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-857/annex-III",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2004/857",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 8 December 2004 amending Decision 97/222/EC laying down the list of third countries from which the Member States authorise the importation of meat products (notified under document number C(2004) 4563) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/857/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-857",
  "path": "annex/III",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "‘PART IV\nInterpretation of codes used in tables in parts II and III\nNon-specific treatment regime:\nA No minimum specified temperature or other treatment is established for animal health purposes for the meat product. However, to qualify as a “meat product”, the meat must have undergone a treatment such that its cut surface shows that it no longer has the characteristics of fresh meat and the fresh meat used must also satisfy the animal health rules applicable to the export of fresh meat to the European Community.\nSpecific treatment regimes — listed in descending order of severity:\nB = Treatment in a hermetically sealed container to an Fo value of three or more.\nC = A Minimum temperature of 80 °C which must be reached throughout the meat during the processing of the meat product.\nD = A Minimum temperature of 70 °C which must be reached throughout the meat during the processing of meat products, or for raw ham, a treatment consisting of natural fermentation and maturation of not less than nine months and resulting in the following characteristics:\nAw value of not more than 0,93,\npH value of not more than 6,0.\nE = In the case of “biltong”-type products, a treatment to achieve:\nAw value of not more than 0,93,\npH value of not more than 6,0.\nF = A Heat treatment ensuring that a centre temperature of at least 65 °C is reached for a period of time as necessary to achieve a pasteurisation value (pv) equal to or above 40.’",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2004/857/annex/III",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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