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Division (d) The manure must be mixed with quick lime (CaO) which has a medium to high reactivity of less than six minutes to achieve a 40 °C rise in temperature as per the criteria in the reactivity test 5.10 in the CEN EN 459-2:2002 method .F1

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The mixing must be carried out with two mixers which are operating in line, with two screws per mixer.

Both mixers must:

  1. (i)

    have a screw diameter of 0,55 m and a screw length of 3,5 m;

  2. (ii)

    operate with a power of 30 kW and a rotation speed of the screw of 156 rpm;

  3. (iii)

    have a treatment capacity of 10 tonnes per hour.

The mean blending duration must be approximately two minutes.

Annotations

Textual amendments

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Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 749/2011 of 29 July 2011 amending Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 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).

Footnotes

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CEN EN 459-2:2002 method CEN/TC 51 - Cement and building limes. European Committee for Standardisation,