# 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.

Tricalcium phosphate must be produced by a process that ensures:
(a)that all bone that is Category 3 material is finely crushed and degreased in counterflow with hot water (bone chips must be less than 14 mm);
(b)continuous cooking with steam at 145 °C during 30 minutes at 4 bars;
(c)separation of the protein broth from the hydroxyapatite (tricalcium phosphate) by centrifugation;
(d)granulation of the tricalcium phosphate after drying in a fluidised bed with air at 200 °C.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/142/annex/X/chapter/II/section/7/division/B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-142/annex-X/chapter-II/section-7/division-B
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