# 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 Part III: Special requirements for centrifuge or separator sludge

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

Category 3 material comprising of centrifuge or separator sludge must have been subjected to a heat treatment of at least 70 °C for 60 minutes or of at least 80 °C for 30 minutes, before it may be placed on the market for feeding to farmed animals.
By way of derogation from the first paragraph, the competent authority may authorise alternative parameters for the heat treatment of centrifuge or separator sludge destined for uses within constituent nations whose appropriate authorities have authorised those alternative parameters, provided operators can demonstrate that the heat treatment according to the alternative parameters guarantees at least the same risk reduction as the treatment carried out according to the parameters set out in the first paragraph.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/142/annex/X/chapter/II/section/4/part/III (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-142/annex-X/chapter-II/section-4/part-III
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