# 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 CHAPTER II: HANDLING OF ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS AFTER THEIR COLLECTION

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

The requirements of this Chapter shall apply to the storage of animal by-products, as referred to in Article 24(1)(i) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 and to the following operations involving the handling of animal by-products after their collection, as referred to in Article 24(1)(h) of that Regulation:
(a)sorting;
(b)cutting;
(c)chilling;
(d)freezing;
(e)salting or other preservation processes;
(f)removal of hides and skins;
(g)removal of specified risk material;
(h)operations involving the handling of animal by-products which are carried out in compliance with obligations under veterinary legislation forming part of assimilated law, such as post-mortem examination or the taking of samples;
(i)hygienisation/pasteurisation of animal by-products destined for transformation into biogas or composting, prior to such transformation or composting in another establishment or plant in accordance with Annex V hereto;
(j)sieving;
(k)phase transition processes of Category 3 materials, such as blood thermocoagulation, blood centrifugation, containment as set out in Chapter V to Annex IX hereto, hydrolyzing of hooves, pig bristles, feathers and hair, destined for processing with processing methods set out in this Regulation.

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