Division 4 X1F1

1. (a)

   Raw materials that have not undergone any preserving treatment other than chilling, freezing or quick-freezing must come from establishments registered or approved pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 or in accordance with this Regulation,

2. (b)

   The following treated raw materials may be used:

   1. (i)

      bones other than specified risk material as defined in Article 3(1)(g) of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 coming from establishments under the control of and listed by the competent authority, and that have been subjected to one of the following treatments:

      • crushed to pieces of approximately 15 mm and degreased with hot water at a temperature of minimum 70 °C for at least 30 minutes, minimum 80 C for at least 15 minutes, or minimum 90 °C for at least 10 minutes, and then separated and subsequently washed and dried for at least 20 minutes in a stream of hot air with an initial temperature of minimum 350 °C, or for 15 minutes in a stream of hot air with an initial temperature of more than 700 °C,

      • sun-dried for a minimum of 42 days at an average temperature of at least 20 °C,

      • acid treatment such that the pH is maintained at less than 6 to the core for at least 1 hour before drying;

   2. (ii)

      hides and skins of farmed ruminant animals, pig skins, poultry skins and wild game hides and skins coming from establishments under the control of and listed by the competent authority, and that have been subjected to one of the following treatments:

      • treatment with alkali to establish a pH > 12 to the core followed by salting for at least 7 days,

      • drying for at least 42 days at a temperature of at least 20 °C,

      • acid treatment such that the pH is maintained at less than 5 to the core for a minimum of 1 hour,

      • alkali treatment throughout at a pH > 12 for at least 8 hours;

   3. (iii)

      bones other than specified risk material defined in Article 3(1)(g) of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, hides and skins of farmed ruminant animals, pig skins, poultry skins, fish hides and wild game hides and skins that have undergone any other treatment than those specified in point (i) or (ii) and that come from establishments registered or approved pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 or in accordance with this Regulation.

For the purposes of the first 2 indents of point (b)(ii), the duration of the treatments may include the time of transportation.

The treated raw materials referred to in points (b)(i) and (b)(ii) must be derived from:

• domestic and farmed ruminant animals, pigs and poultry which have been slaughtered in a slaughterhouse and the carcasses of which have been found fit for human consumption following ante- and post-mortem inspection, or

• from killed wild game whose carcasses have been found fit for human consumption following post-mortem inspection.