# The Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1994, Paragraph 10: Additional hygiene requirements relating to the preparation of rendered animal fat, greaves and by-products


Rendered animal fat, depending on type, shall meet the following standards:
Bovines
Edible tallow
Premier jus
Other
Tallow for refining
Pigs
Edible lard
Lard for refining
Other animal fat
Edible
For refining
FFA (m/m % oleic acid) maximum
0.75
1.25
3.0
0.75
2.0
1.25
3.00
Peroxyd maximum
4 meg/kg
4 meg/kg
6 meg/kg
4 meg/kg
6 meg/kg
4 meg/kg
10 meg/kg
Moisture and impurities
maximum 0.5%
Odour, taste, colour
normal

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3082/schedule/5/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/meat-products-hygiene-regulations-1994/schedule-5/paragraph-10
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