{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2005-240/annex/part-8/division-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2005-240/annex/part-8/division-3.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2005/240",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 11 March 2005 authorising methods for grading pig carcases in Poland (notified under document number C(2005) 552) (Only the Polish text is authentic) (2005/240/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2005-240",
  "path": "annex/part/8/division/3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "The lean meat content of carcasses shall be calculated according to the following formula:",
  "text": "Ŷ = 52,61 – 0,6148 × F + 0,1842 × M\nwhere:\nŶ the estimated percentage of lean meat in the carcass,\nF the minimum thickness of visible fat on the midline of the split carcass in millimetres, covering the M. gluteus medius (mm),\nM the visible thickness of the lumbar muscle on the midline of the split carcass, measured as the shortest connection between the front (cranial) end of the M. gluteus medius and the upper (dorsal) edge of the vertebral canal (mm).\nThis formula shall be valid for carcasses weighing between 60 and 120 kilograms.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision of 16 August 2011 amending Decision 2005/240/EC authorising methods for grading pig carcasses in Poland (notified under document C(2011) 5745) (Only the Polish text is authentic) (2011/506/EU)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2005/240/annex/part/8/division/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:17:57.884111+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}