# Commission Decision of 19 December 2008 authorising methods for grading pig carcases in Spain (notified under document number C(2008) 8477) (Only the Spanish text is authentic) (2009/11/EC), Article 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The use of the following methods is authorised for grading pig carcasses pursuant to point 1 of Section B.IV of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council in Spain:
(a) the ‘ Fat-O-Meat'er (FOM) ’ apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 1 of the Annex;
(b) the ‘ Fully automatic ultrasonic carcase grading (Autofom) ’ apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 2 of the Annex;
(c) . . . . .
(d) the ‘ Automatic vision system (VCS2000) ’ apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 4 of the Annex;
(e) the ‘ Fat-O-Meat'er II (FOM II) ’ apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 5 of the Annex;
(f) the ‘ AutoFOM III ’ apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 6 of the Annex;
(g) the ‘ manual method (ZP) ’ with a ruler and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 7 of the Annex;
(h) the ‘ CSB-Image-Meater ’ apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 8 of the Annex;
(i) the ‘ gmSCAN ’ apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 9 of the Annex;
(j) the ‘ OptiScan TP ’ apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 10 of the Annex.
The manual method ZP with a ruler, referred to in point (g) of the first paragraph, shall only be authorised for abattoirs:
(a) where the number of slaughters does not exceed 700 pigs per week on yearly average basis; and
(b) having a slaughter line with a capacity to process no more than 50 pigs per hour.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2009/11/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-11/article-1
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