Section XVI: HIGHLY REFINED CHONDROITIN SULPHATE, HYALURONIC ACID, OTHER HYDROLYSED CARTILAGE PRODUCTS, CHITOSAN, GLUCOSAMINE, RENNET, ISINGLASS AND AMINO ACIDSX1F1

Food business operators manufacturing the following highly refined products of animal origin:

1. (a)

   chondroitin sulphate,

2. (b)

   hyaluronic acid,

3. (c)

   other hydrolysed cartilage products,

4. (d)

   chitosan,

5. (e)

   glucosamine,

6. (f)

   rennet,

7. (g)

   isinglass,

8. (h)

   amino acids that are authorised as food additives in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council ^f1 ,

must ensure that the treatment of the raw materials used eliminates any animal or public health risk.

The raw materials used for the manufacturing of the highly refined products referred to in point 1 must derive from:

1. (a)

   animals, including feathers thereof, which have been slaughtered in a slaughterhouse and whose carcasses have been found fit for human consumption following ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection, or;

2. (b)

   fishery products complying with Section VIII.

Human hair may not be used as a source for the manufacture of amino acids.