Paragraph 2 Standards applicable to premises collecting or processing raw materials

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch.5, Pt.llA, para.1 substituted by Meat Products (Hygiene) 1999 reg.2(11)(a)
Sch.5, Pt.llA, para.2(a) substituted by Meat Products (Hygiene) 1999 reg 2(11)(b)
Sch.5, Pt.llA. para.2(k) amended by Meat Products (Hygiene) 1999 reg.2(11)(c)
Sch.5, Pt.llB, para.9 rev.in Pt. by Meat Products (Hygiene) 1999 reg.2(11)(d)
Sch.5, Pt.III amended by Meat Products (Hygiene) 1999 reg.2(1 l)(f)
Sch 2. Pt.D added by uksi/2000/2216 reg.4(5)

The processing premises shall have at least:

(a)

a cold store, unless the raw materials are collected and rendered within the time limits laid down in paragraph B(c)(ii) and (iii) below;

(b)

a room or place to receive raw materials;

(c)

an installation to facilitate the visual inspection of raw materials;

(d)

if appropriate, an installation to crush raw materials;

(e)

equipment for the rendering of raw materials by heat or pressure or other appropriate method;

(f)

containers or tanks in which the fat can be kept in liquid state;

(g)

apparatus for plastification or crystallisation of the fat to facilitate market preparation and packaging, unless the establishment dispatches liquid rendered animal fat only;

(h)

a dispatch room, unless the establishment dispatches melted animal fat only by means of tankers;

(i)

watertight containers for the disposal of raw materials unfit for human consumption;

(j)

if appropriate, suitable equipment for the preparation of products consisting of rendered animal fat mixed with other foodstuffs and/or seasonings;

(k)

if greaves are produced, suitable facilities ensuring their hygienic collection, wrapping and packaging and storage under the conditions laid down in paragraph B(i) below.