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S.I. No. 313/1993 - European Communities (Pig Carcase (Grading)) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993.
Statutory Text (5 Articles)
1. Grading of pig carcases is carried out by means of the method termed "Introscope/midline".
2. The Introscope shall be equipped with a hexagonal shaped probe of a maximum width of 12 millimetres (and of 19 millimetres at the blade on top of the probe) containing a viewing window and light source, a sliding barrel calibrated in millimetres and having a operating distance of between 8 and 50 millimetres.
3. The lean meat content of the carcase shall be calculated according the following formula
y =
68,84 — 0,7995 x
1
+ 0,0092 x
2
— 0,2728 x
3
where
y =
the estimated percentage of lean meat in the carcase,
x
1
=
the thickness of backfat (including rind) in millimetres, measured 6 centimetres off the midline of the split carcase between the third and fourth last ribs,
x
2
=
x
1
2
,
x
3
=
the minimum thickness of backfat (including rind) in millimetres, measured on the midline of the split carcase covering the lumbar muscle (M: glutaeus medius).
This formula shall be valid for carcases weighing between 40 and 100 kilograms."
GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 20th day of October, 1993.
JOE WALSH,
Minister for Agriculture, Food
and Forestry.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
These Regulations implement EC Regulations on the grading of pig carcases at slaughter plants.
They replace Annex II of the Pig Carcase (Grading) Regulation 1988 by a new Annex II, thus putting in place a new set of formulae for calculating the lean meat percentage of pig carcases.
4. The Principal Regulations are hereby amended by the substitution of the following Annex for Annex II
(1)
O.J. No. 146, 6-6-1987, P66.
(2)
O.J. No. 20, 25-1-1989, P33.
(3)
O.J. No. 123 19-5-1993 P34.
"Annex II
Methods for Grading Pig Carcases in Ireland
Part I
Fat-O-Meater (FOM)
S.I. No. 313 of 1993.
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (PIG CARCASE (GRADING)) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1993.
I, JOE WALSH, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by
section 3
of the
European Communities Act, 1972
(No. 27 of 1972), and for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Decision 87/293/EEC of 18 May 1987,
(1)
as amended by Commission Decision 89/52 EEC of 21 December 1988
(2)
and by Commission Decision 93/320/EEC of 6 May 1993,
(3)
hereby make the following Regulations