# Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, Paragraph 10

Extent: N.I.

Rendered animal fat, depending on type, shall meet the following standards:
Bovines
Pigs
Other animal fat
Edible tallow
Tallow for refining
Edible pig fat
Lard and other pork fat for refining
Premier jus(1)
Other
Lard(2)
Other fat
Edible
For refining
FFA (m/m% oleic acid) maximum
0.75
1.25
3.0
0.75
1.25
2.0
1.25
3.00
Peroxyd maximum (meg/kg)
4
4
6
4
6
6
4
10
Moisture and impurities
maximum 0.5%
Odour, taste, and colour
normal
(1) Rendered animal fat obtained by the low-temperature rendering of fresh fat from the heart, caul, kidneys and mesentery of bovine animals, and fat from cutting rooms.
(1) Melted fat obtained from rendering the adipose tissues of swine.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/494/schedule/5/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/meat-products-hygiene-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/schedule-5/paragraph-10
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