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Division 1 Food business operators must ensure that the following items are not used in the preparation of meat products:X1

United Kingdom

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  1. (a)

    genital organs of either female or male animals, except testicles;

  2. (b)

    urinary organs, except the kidneys and the bladder;

  3. (c)

    the cartilage of the larynx, the trachea and the extra-lobular bronchi;

  4. (d)

    eyes and eyelids;

  5. (e)

    the external auditory meatus;

  6. (f)

    horn tissue;

    and

  7. (g)

    in poultry, the head — except the comb and the ears, the wattles and caruncles — the oesophagus, the crop, the intestines and the genital organs.

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Editorial notes

X1

Substituted by Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (Official Journal of the European Union L 139 of 30 April 2004).