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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)78final
Brussels,22February1979
Modifiedproposalfor
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No2967/76layingdowncommon
standardsforthewatercontentoffrozenanddeep-frozen
chickens-hensandcocks
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommissionpursuantto
thesecondparagraphofArticle149oftheEECTreaty)
C0M(79)78final

EXPLANATORY MKMORAHDUT-I
J
CouncilRegulation(EEC)NO.2967/76includestwomethodsofchemicalannly:;ir;
fordeterminingthequantityofextraneouswaterinfrozenfowls.InJul.y1978
theCommissionproposedthatthemethoddescribedinAnnexIVofthisregulation
bewithdrawn(Doc.r/1957/78(AGRI601)of17.7.1978).Followingdiscussionin
aCouncilWorkingGroup,theSpecialCommitteeonAgriculturerequestedthe
CommissiontoreviewandimprovethemethoddescribedinAnnexIIIofthe
regulation,asaconditionofacceptingtheproposaltowithdrawAnnexIV.(Doc.
s/1454/78(CSA259))»Toallowtimeforfurtherstudyanddiscussion,theCouncil
regulationwaspostponeduntil1stApril1979(Reg.(EEC)No.2238/78of26.9.78;
J.O.L272of28.9.78,p.1).
Ad-ia"resultoffurtherworkandconsultation ,anagreementbythemajorityof
thescientistsinvolvedhasbeenreachedonthecontentofthemodifiedAnnexIII
whi-chiscontainedintheproposedregulation.Consequently ,theCommission
proposesthatAnnexIIIofCouncilRegulation(EEC)NO.2967/76bereplacedby
thatofthepresentregulation ,andthatAnnexIVbewithdrawn.
Thisproposition couldbeamalgamated withthosealreadybeforetheCouncil
concerningthewatercontentoffrozenfowls(R/l737/l/77(AGR475-rev.l),doc
S/241/78-(CSA41)anddoc.s/1753/78(CSA313)).

MODIFIED PROPOSAL FOR
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
amending Regulation (EEC)NO2967/76laying down common standards forthe
water content offrozen anddeep-frozen chickens ,hens and cocks
THE COUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC)No2977/75of29October 1975 °n"the
common organization ofthemarket inpoultrymeat (l),asamended byRegulation
(EEC)No369/76(2),andinparticular toArticle 2(2)thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC)No2967/76(3),aslast amended byRegulation (EEC)
No2238 /78(4),provides inter alia that twochemical methods ofcontrol ofwater
content inthese products maybeused ,thechoice being made bytheMember States ;
Whereas these twomethods were described inAnnexes IIIandIVtoRegulation
(EEC)No2967/76;
Whereas anevaluation ofthefirst results obtained from applying these methods
ledtofurther research inspecialized laboratories ;
Whereas this research hasshown that themanner inwhich themethod described in
Annex IVisapplied leads toconsiderable differences intheresults established ;
Whereas thesituation must beavoided where these differences should notbeslloued to
castdoubt ontheeffectiveness ofthecontrol suchthat itischallenged bythetrade
orconsumers ;
(1)OJNoL282,1.11.1975,p.77
(2)OJNoL45,21.2.1976,p.3
(3)OJNoL339/8.12.1976,p.1.
(4)OJNoL27£-28.9.1978.p.1

T,/nereas Annex IVtoRegulation (EEC)No2967/76should therefore berepealed andthe
appropriate amendments made totheRegulation andAnnex IIIthereto ,
HASADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Regulation (EEC)No2967/76isamended asfollows :
1.(a)Inthefirst subparagraoh ofArti-cle 1(1),thewords "themethods ofanalysis
described inAnnexes IIIand IV"shall read "themethod ofanalysis described
inAnnex III".
(b)Inthethird subparagraph ofArticle 1(1),thewords "thetest methods setout
inAnnexes IIIandIV"shall read "themethod ofanalysis described inAnnex II
2.Inthesecond subparagraph ofArticle 4(l),thewords "oneofthemethods of
analysis described inAnnexes IIIandIV,thechoice being made bytheMember
State "shall read "themethod ofanalysis described inAnnex III".
3.Inthefirst subparagraph ofArticle 4(2),thewords "oneofthemethods
described inAnnexes III andIV,thechoice being made bytheMember State "
shall read "themethod cfanalysis described inAnnex III".
4.Inthesecond subparagraph ofArticle 4(2),thewords "oneofthemethods of
analysis described inAnnexes IIIandIV"shall read "themethod ofanalysis
described inAnnex III".
5.Thefirst andsecond paragraphs ofArticle 8aredeleted .
6.Annex IIIisreplaced bytheAnnex tothis Regulation .
7.Annex IVisrepealed .
Article 2
T'niaRegulation shall enter into force onthedayfollowing itspublication in
tneOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
ThisRegulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable inall
Momber States * ►
Done atBrussels . Por the Council
The President

ANNEX :
"AMNEX III
SRiilHATION OPTHETOTAL WATER CONTENT OPCHICKENS ,HENS AMD COCKS
Object and scope
This method shall beused todetermine the total extraneous water content
offrozen anddeep-frozen chickens ,hens and cocks .Themethod shall involv
determination ofthewater andnitrogen content ofsamples from the
homogenized poultry carcase .Thetotal water content asdetermined shall
becompared with the limit value given bythecalculation indicated in
paragraph 6todetermine whether ornotexcess water hasbeen taken up
during processing .This method shall also beapplicable topoultry which
hasbeen treated with polyphosphates orother substances the effect of
which istoincrease water retention .Iftheanalyst suspects thepresence
ofanysubstance which mayinterfere with theassessment ,itshall befor
him orher totake thenecessary appropriate precautions .
Definitions
Water ananitrogen contents shall beexpressed ingrammes .
Pî-ineinle
Water andnitrogen shall bedetermined inaccordance with recognized ISO
methods orother methods ofanalysis approved bytheCouncil . .
Apparatus and reap-ontr ;
4.1 Scales forweighing thecarcases andwrappings ,capable ofweighing
with anaccuracy better than -1g.
4.2 Meat -axeorsawforcutting carcases into pieces ofappropriate size
for the mincer .
4.3 Heavy duty mincing machine andblender capable ofhomogenizing completf
frozen ordeep-frozen poultry pieces .
'■PTE Nospecial mincer shall berecommended .Itshould have sufficient powoi
tomince frozen ordeep-frozen meat andbones andshould befitted wit /
a4mm-hole disc .

k.t .Apparatus asspecified inISO1442 ,forthedetermination ofviator
content .
/i.5 Apparatus asspecified inISOR937 »forthedetermination oftotal
nitrogen content .
Procédure
5.1 Seven carcases snail betaken atrandom from thequantity ofpoultry to
bechecked andkept atatemperature nohigher than -12°G until each
carcase isanalyzed inaccordance with themethod described in5*2to xj.>.
5.2 Thecarcase shall beremoved from thefreezer andpreparation carried
out within the hour .
5.3 Thecarcane shall beremoved from anywrapping material andweighed tothe
nearest gramme togive PI.After cutting upofthecarcase into emmI .i
pieces ,thetotal weight ofthecarcase andoffal shall beaxljusted Tor
theweight ofwrapping material removed from the offals .
5.4 Thewhole carcase andalloftheedible offal which isfree ofanyvrarminf
material but includes ice from the carcase shall beminced twice through
4mm-holc disc (and ,ifnecessary ,with theuseofablender aswell )to
obtain ahomogeneous sample representative ofthe original carcase and
offal .Ifthehomogeni cation appears tobeuneven ,afurther mincing and
blending should becarried out toensure thorough uniformity .
5.5 Or.Gsample per carcase ofthehomogenized material shall betaken and u;;o <;
immediately todetermine thewater content induplicate inaccordance ,with
ISO1442 ,togive thewater content 'a%*.
5.6 Onesample percarcase ofthehomogenized material shall also betaken .".no
used immediately todetermine thenitrogen content induplicate in
accordance with ISOR937 •This nitrogen shall beexpressed as'h0/,*,and
notconverted toprotein asindicated inISOR937 •
5*7 Forroutine checks ,theprocedures under 5«1 "to5*6may "becarried out
onahomogeneous mass ofall 7carcases .

Calculation ofresults ,
6.1Theweightofwaterinthecarcasesh^ll"begivenbyaP^/lOOand"the
'/weightofnitrogen "bybP^/lOO. '
6.2Thetotalweightofwaterandofnitrogeninthesevenanalysedcarcases
shallbedetermined.Theaverageweightofwaterandnitrogenshallbe
calculated .
6.3Inthecaseofchickens,thewatercontentin'grammesasdeterminedby
thismethodshallbegivenby23.88bP^/lOO+33,thehighest
permissiblelimit.
6.4Inthecaseofhensorcocks,thewatercontentingrammesasdetermined
bythismethodshallbegivenby23.63bP^/lOO+33,thehighest
•permissiblelimit.
6.5Iftheaveragewatercontentofthesevencarcasesasdeterminedexceeds
thevaluegivenin6.3(chickens)or6.4(hensandcocks),thecarcases
shallbeassumedtocontaininexcessofthetechnically permissible
extraneous waterminimum.
6.6Iftheanalysisonsevencarcasesgivesalowerresultusingthismethod
ofanalysis,thequantityofpoultrysubjectedtothecheckshallbe
considered uptostandard.
6.7Theanalysisresultsinthecaseofcocks,hensandchickensbearingthe
description "drychilledpoultry"maynotexceedthefollowinglimits:
Chickens :22,13bPj/lOO+56
Cocksandhens:21,88bP./lOO+25"