Part I — Conditions of use of recycled hot water to rem

The recycled hot water must be obtained from heating and recycling potable water in a closed and separated system.

The recycled water must be submitted to:

1. (a)

   a minimal heating temperature/time regime before its application on carcases which must ensure compliance with microbiological parameters of the potable water;

2. (b)

   a renewal regime at the appropriate frequency including, where necessary, skimming of gross particles, filtration and addition of potable water, which must ensure compliance with the chemical parameters of potable water.

The recycled hot water must only be applied on entire carcases or half carcasses of domestic ungulates and farmed game, under controlled and verified conditions.

The recycled hot water must not be applied on carcases with visible faecal contamination.

The application of recycled hot water on carcases must not result in any irreversible physical modification of the meat.

The application of recycled hot water on carcases must be performed before the carcases are placed in the chilling or refrigerating room.

The conditions in points 2 and 3 of this paragraph must be integrated in the procedures based on the hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) principles including at least the criteria set out in Part II.