Paragraph 1 Meat products

Meat products fall within this paragraph if they have undergone any of the following treatments or are produced from meat which has undergone any of those treatments–

(a)

heat treatment in a hermetically sealed container at a level of at least F_O3;

(b)

heat treatment at a minimum temperature of 70°C, reached throughout the meat;

(c)

heat treatment in a hermetically sealed container to at least 60°C for a minimum of 4 hours, during which the core temperature must be at least 70°C for 30 minutes;

(d)

natural fermentation and maturation of not less than nine months, resulting in the following characteristics–

(i)

Aw value of not more than 0.93; or

(ii)

pH value of not more than 6.0;

(e)

heat treatment ensuring a core temperature of at least 65°C is reached for the time necessary to achieve a pasteurisation value equal to or more than 40.

Notes on the whole SSI

Textual amendments

F1: 1981 c. 22, amended by the Animal Health Act 1981 (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/3293). The functions conferred under the 1981 Act on “the Ministers” (as defined in section 86 of that Act) are now exercisable by the Scottish Ministers. They were transferred, so far as exercisable within devolved competence, by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998.