# Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 of 25 February 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and implementing Council Directive 97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exempt from veterinary checks at the border under that Directive (Text with EEA relevance), Division 1: Any processing method authorised by the competent authority where the following have been demonstrated by the operator to that authority:

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

(a)the identification of relevant hazards in the starting material, in view of the origin of the material, and of the potential risks in view of the animal health status of the United Kingdom or the area or zone where the method is to be used;
(b)the capacity of the processing method to reduce those hazards to a level which does not pose any significant risks to public and animal health;
(c)the sampling of the final product on a daily basis over a period of 30 production days in compliance with the following microbiological standards:
(i)Samples of material taken directly after the treatment:
Clostridium perfringens absent in 1 g of the products
(ii)Samples of material taken during or upon withdrawal from storage:
Salmonella: absence in 25g: n=5, c=0, m=0, M=0
Enterobacteriaceae: n=5, c=2; m=10; M=300 in 1 g
where:
nnumber of samples to be tested;
mthreshold value for the number of bacteria; the result is considered satisfactory if the number of bacteria in all samples does not exceed m;
Mmaximum value for the number of bacteria; the result is considered unsatisfactory if the number of bacteria in one or more samples is M or more; and
cnumber of samples the bacterial count of which may be between m and M, the samples still being considered acceptable if the bacterial count of the other samples is m or less.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/142/annex/IV/chapter/III/division/G/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-142/annex-IV/chapter-III/division-G/division-1
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