{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-177/annex",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2008/177",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 25 February 2008 amending Decision 96/550/EC authorising methods for grading pig carcases in Finland (notified under document number C(2008) 692) (Only the Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic) (2008/177/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-177",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Annex to Decision 96/550/EC is hereby amended as follows:\n1.. in Part 1, Point 3 is replaced by the following:\n‘3.\nThe lean content of the carcass shall be calculated according to the following formula:\nŶ = 66,485 – 0,511 • X1 – 0,418 • X2 + 0,099 • X3\nWhere:\nŶ the estimated percentage of lean meat in the carcass\nX1 the thickness of backfat (incl. rind) in millimetres measured at 8 cm off the midline of the carcass behind the last rib\nX2 the thickness of backfat (incl. rind) in millimetres measured at 6 cm off the midline of the carcass between the third and fourth last rib\nX3 the thickness of muscle in millimetres measured at the same time and the same place as X2\nThe formula shall be valid for carcasses weighing between 51 and 120 kilograms.’;\n2.. the following Part 3 is added:\n‘PART 3\nAUTOFOM\n1.\nGrading of pig carcasses is carried out by means of the apparatus termed “Autofom” (Fully automatic ultrasonic carcass grading).\n2.\nThe apparatus shall be equipped with sixteen 2 MHz ultrasonic transducers (SFK Technology, K2KG), with an operating distance between transducers of 25 mm. The ultrasonic data shall comprise measurements of backfat thickness and muscle thickness. The results of the measurements shall be converted into estimates of the percentage of lean meat by using a computer.\n3.\nThe carcasse’s lean meat percentage shall be calculated on the basis of 68 measurement points using the following formula:\nŶ 76 800 – 0,01167786 * x1 – 0,01317971 * x2 – 0,009175088 * x3 – 0,005996768 * x4 – 0,01173212 * x5 – 0,04896113 * x6 – 0,008025034 * x7 – 0,01613402 * x8 – 0,006821679 * x9 – 0,009693944 * x10 – 0,01666247 * x11 – 0,008599287 * x12 – 0,01388630 * x13 – 0,02382277 * x14 – 0,009909672 * x15 – 0,01052488 * x16 – 0,01585248 * x17 – 0,006577800 * x19 – 0,01006999 * x20 – 0,02106533 * x43 – 0,01944423 * x44 – 0,02164443 * x46 – 0,02921022 * x48 – 0,02278822 * x49 – 0,02547334 * x50 – 0,02160008 * x51 – 0,01571447 * x52 – 0,01747270 * x53 – 0,02080481 * x54 – 0,02177262 * x55 – 0,02252957 * x56 – 0,02000042 * x57 – 0,01807100 * x58 – 0,02179333 * x59 – 0,02585314 * x60 – 0,03213609 * x61 – 0,03414441 * x62 – 0,03224378 * x63 – 0,02679668 * x64 – 0,02288250 * x65 – 0,01564255 * x66 – 0,01840482 * x67 – 0,02092576 * x68 – 0,02055510 * x69 – 0,02120507 * x70 – 0,01979112 * x71 – 0,01872976 * x72 – 0,02209687 * x73 – 0,02208294 * x74 – 0,02225723 * x75 – 0,02202462 * x76 – 0,02235730 * x77 – 0,02216374 * x78 – 0,03553871 * x79 – 0,03541295 * x80 – 0,03623326 * x81 – 0,03634462 * x82 – 0,03638485 * x83 – 0,03605378 * x84 – 0,02140917 * x85 – 0,02137969 * x86 – 0,02150696 * x87 – 0,02101590 * x88 – 0,02077531 * x89 – 0,02098994 * x90 – 0,02476005 * x91 – 0,02936467 * x92 – 0,02118610 * x93\nwhere:\nŶ the estimated lean meat content of the carcass,\nx1, x2 … x93 are the variables measured by Autofom.\n4.\nDescriptions of the measurement points and the statistical method can be found in part II of the Finnish protocol forwarded to the Commission in accordance with Article 3(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85.\nThe formula shall be valid for carcasses weighing between 51 and 120 kilograms.’",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/177/annex",
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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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