# 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 1: Prior to issuing an approval for a processing plant, as provided for in Article 44(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, the competent authority must check that a validation of the processing plant has been carried out by the operator in accordance with the following procedures and indicators:

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

(a)a description of the process by a process flow diagram;
(b)an identification of critical control points (CCPs) including the material process rate for continuous systems;
(c)the compliance with the specific process requirements laid down by this Regulation; and
(d)the achievement of the following requirements:
(i)particle size for batch-pressure and continuous processes, defined by the mincer hole or the anvil gap size;
(ii)temperature, pressure, processing time and, in the case of continuous processing systems, the material processing rate, as specified in points 2 and 3.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/142/annex/XVI/chapter/I/section/2/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-142/annex-XVI/chapter-I/section-2/division-1
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