# 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 B: Processing standards

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

Unless the fish oil or rendered fats have been produced in accordance with Sections VIII or XII of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, respectively, rendered fats must be produced using any of the processing methods 1 to 5 or processing method 7, and fish oils may be produced:
(a)using processing methods 1 to 7, as set out in Chapter III of Annex IV; or
(b)in accordance with another method which ensures that the product complies with the microbiological standards for derived products set out in Chapter I of this Annex.
Rendered fats derived from ruminant animals must be purified in such a way that the maximum level of remaining total insoluble impurities does not exceed 0,15 % in weight.
Fat derivatives from Category 3 rendered fats or fish oil shall be produced in accordance with one of the processing methods referred to in Chapter III of Annex IV.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/142/annex/X/chapter/II/section/3/division/B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-142/annex-X/chapter-II/section-3/division-B
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