# Commission Implementing Decision of 19 July 2012 authorising methods for grading pig carcasses in Belgium (notified under document C(2012) 4933) (Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic) (2012/416/EU), Division 3: The lean meat content of a carcass shall be calculated according to the following formula:

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

Ŷ = 51,85549 + (0,013351 × TL1) + (0,020216 × TL4) + (0,012917 × TL6) – (0,0061754 × TL7) + (0,014479 × TL8) – (0,000020016 × HF13) – (0,0067020 × HL7) – (0,015821 × HL8) + (10,97550 × HV1) – (0,000010969 × HF26) – (0,00043912 × HF28) – (0,000021232 × HF31) – (0,000019406 × HF34) – (0,024227 × HL15) – (0,0099866 × HL17) – (0,0085447 × HL18) – (0,020238 × HL20) – (0,0086577 × HL21) – (0,0076468 × HL23) – (0,0074809 × HL24) + (0,074204 × HV19) – (0,0058634 × HL31) – (0,015560 × SBAR1) – (0,015265 × SBAR2) – (0,019170 × SBAM2) + (0,043510 × VBAM2) – (0,026957 × FBAR4) – (0,010999 × KBAR4) – (0,018434 × FBAM4) – (0,017239 × SBAR5) + (0,072272 × VBAR5) – (0,0071030 × SBAM5) + (0,068737 × VBM5) – (3,68219 × TL2/TL8) – (1,17220 × TL5/TL8) – (3,19090 × TL7/TL8) + (4,49917 × TL1/TL5) + (9,13323 × TL4/TL5) + (4,82528 × TL6/TL5) – (6,62198 × HL15/HL7) – (2,36961 × HL17/HL7) – (1,75295 × HL18/HL7) – (5,58346 × HL20/HL7) – (1,66395 × HL23/HL7) + (2,85610 × HL30/HL7) + (0,0034487 × HL1/HL18) + (0,0036430 × HL4/HL18) + (0,0046569 × HL9/HL18) + (0,096880 × HL10/HL18) + (0,0051002 × HL12/HL18) + (0,076501 × HL13/HL18) + (0,0054646 × HL14/HL18) – (1,49515 × HL15/HL18) – (1,18547 × HL20/HL18) + (0,082962 × HL27/HL18) + (0,071890 × HL30/HL18) + (0,086655 × HL32/HL18) + (44,62296 × HF2/HF1) – (44,62325 × HF3/HF1) + (26,92160 × HF4/HF1) – (2,60469 × HF26/HF1) – (138,22300 × HF28/HF1) – (5,26517 × HF31/HF1) – (4,09877 × HF34/HF1) + (108,30840 × HF37/HF1) + (8,05099 × HF40/HF1) + (0,30959 × HF4/HF26) + (1,21963 × HF20/HF26) – (20,88758 × HF28/HF26) + (1,67606 × HF37/HF26) + (0,15193 × HF40/HF26)
where:
Ŷ the estimated percentage of lean meat in a carcass,
TL1, TL4, TL6 … HF40/HF26 are the variables measured by VCS 2000.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2012/416/annex/part/7/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-416/annex/part-7/division-3
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