# 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, Section XIII:: TREATED STOMACHS, BLADDERS AND INTESTINES

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

Food business operators treating stomachs, bladders and intestines must ensure compliance with the following requirements.
1.. Animal intestines, bladders and stomachs may be placed on the market only if:
(a) they derive from animals which have been slaughtered in a slaughterhouse, and which have been found fit for human consumption following ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection;
(b) they are salted, heated or dried;
and
(c) after the treatment referred to in (b), effective measures are taken to prevent re-contamination.
2.. Treated stomachs, bladders and intestines that cannot be kept at ambient temperature must be stored chilled using facilities intended for that purpose until their dispatch. In particular, products that are not salted or dried must be kept at a temperature of not more than 3 °C.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/853/annex/III/section/XIII (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-853/annex-III/section-XIII
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