# 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 2: Processing method

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

(a) The rendered fat must be submitted to a pre-treatment which consists at least of bleaching of the starting material, including rendered fats, with acid in the presence of bleaching clay and subsequent removal of the used bleaching clay and insoluble impurities by filtration.
Prior to this treatment rendered fat may be degummed with acid and/or caustic solution in order to remove impurities from the rendered fat by forming gums and subsequently separating those gums by centrifugation.
(b) The pre-treated materials must be submitted to a hydro-treatment process which consists of a catalytic hydro-treatment step, a stripping step followed by an isomerisation step.
The materials must be submitted to a pressure of at least 30 bars at a temperature of at least 265 °C for at least 20 minutes.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/142/annex/IV/chapter/IV/section/2/division/L/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-142/annex-IV/chapter-IV/section-2/division-L/division-2
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