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1980 No. 268 EXPORTS (MEAT) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 1

Second Schedule
The Second Schedule to the Exports (Meat) Regulations is amended by omitting
paragraph 26 in Part I and substituting the following paragraph: Edible offal

"26. (1) Edible offal-

   (a)  shall be treated in a room set apart for the treatment of edible
        offal;

   (b)  in the case of edible offal that is to be exported chilled-

        (i)    within 2 hours of being removed from the carcass, shall be
               placed under refrigeration for chilling;

        (ii)   within 12 hours of being removed from the carcass, shall be
               reduced to a temperature of 3 degrees Celsius; and

        (iii)  shall be kept at a temperature not higher than 3 degrees
               Celsius; and

   (c)  in the case of edible offal that is to be exported frozen-

        (i)    shall be treated in the manner specified in clause (b) before
               being packed into the container in which it is to be exported
               and placed under refrigeration for freezing; or

        (ii)   if not so treated, shall be packed into the container in which
               it is to be exported and, within 2 hours of being removed from
               the carcass, shall be placed under refrigeration for freezing.



"(2) The treatment of edible offal, other than washing, trimming, packing,
freezing or chilling, shall be carried out in a room the temperature of which,
during the treatment, is maintained by mechanical means at not higher than 10
degrees Celsius.



"(3) Edible offal shall have its associated lymph nodes incised but those
nodes shall not be removed unless the edible offal is subjected to a treatment
other than washing, trimming, packing, freezing or chilling.



"(4) Where edible offal is to be exported frozen, each container in which it
is to be exported shall be of a size that permits the rapid and efficient
freezing of the offal.



"(5) Edible offal that is wrapped in the course of packing shall be wrapped in
approved material.



"(6) Edible offal shall not be packed in a container other than -

   (a)  an approved container; or

   (b)  a container lined with approved material.



"(7) A reference in sub-paragraphs (1) to (4) (inclusive) to edible offal
shall be read as a reference to edible offal other than sausage casings.".



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