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Paragraph (e) of point E Processing the olives Preparation ‘Cleaning, washing and weighing the olives:’ The following paragraph is deleted: ‘After the olives have been cleaned and/or washed, a sample must be taken from each delivery batch for physical/chemical analysis. The samples must be recorded.’ Justification: the olives are checked and graded on receipt and so a physical/chemical analysis of each delivery batch is unnecessary, since each lot of oil produced is analysed. Milling: The following paragraphs are deleted: ‘the time the olives spend in the mill varying depending on the size of the screen mesh in the mill.’ Justification: it is unnecessary to specify the time the olive may spend in the mill, since this does not affect product quality. ‘Under exceptional circumstances, where the necessary hygiene and health conditions are guaranteed, stone-milling may be authorised.’ Justification: the possibility of stone-milling is withdrawn. Stone-milling is no longer used. Beating the pomace: In the sentence: ‘Beating times depend on the variety of olive and its degree of ripeness.’ The following is inserted: ‘and may vary between one and three hours.’ Justification: a range of beating times is given because the number of vats that beaters have varies. Exceeding these times causes the pomace to overheat, resulting in poor-quality oils. In the paragraph: ‘The only authorised adjuvant is certified food-processing talc. This may be used only for olives with a high water content. If talc is used, the beater must have a talc metering device. The maximum authorised amount of talc is 2,5 %.’ The following is deleted: ‘This may be used only for olives with a high water content.’ Justification: its use in incorrect doses affects the fat yield, since the talc begins to absorb oil once it has absorbed all the moisture. Its use has no impact on the properties of the product. Phase separation: The following paragraph is deleted: ‘The traditional system of presses is authorised only if it offers the necessary hygiene, health and technological guarantees that it will produce oil with the properties of the “Antequera” Protected Designation of Origin.’ Justification: the possibility of using the traditional system of presses is withdrawn. This system is no longer used in the area. Separation of solids and liquids by continuous centrifugation: In the paragraph: ‘Checks to ensure that the water injected or added is of drinking quality and to determine its temperature. The temperature of the water added to the decanters must not exceed 35 °C.’ The following sentence is inserted in the Specification: ‘must ensure that the temperature of the oil contained in them’. Justification: it must be ensured that the temperature of the oil does not exceed 35 °C so that positive attributes are not lost through volatilisation. The water must therefore have a temperature of no more than 35 °C through heat exchange. There are closed systems that do not permit the water temperature to be measured. In the paragraph: ‘The added water must be of drinking quality and its temperature no more than 35 °C and the positive thermal gradient from the beater to the vertical centrifuge must be maintained.’ The following sentence is inserted in the Specification: ‘Where the water temperature cannot be measured, the oil temperature must not exceed 35 °C.’ Justification: it is not possible to measure the water temperature in closed systems and this provides the possibility of checking it using the oil temperature. The sentence: ‘The components of the vertical centrifuges must be cleaned on a regular basis.’ is replaced by: ‘The components of the vertical centrifuges must be cleaned when the quality of the oil is changed and before commencing a new operation.’ Justification: the new text specifies the frequency with which the components of the vertical centrifuges are cleaned. In the sentence: ‘An initial grading of the oil must be carried out by tasting and acidity analysis when it leaves the vertical centrifuge in order to obtain homogeneous lots.’ The words ‘must be carried out’ are replaced by ‘may be carried out’. Justification: initial grading at this stage of the process is not obligatory, since it is the physical/chemical and organoleptic analyses of the final lot that determine whether or not it qualifies as a designation of origin, and so the option of doing it or not is provided. Decanting: In the paragraph: ‘Adequate decanting capacity, at least six hours centrifugation and 36 hours gravity decantation.’ The following is deleted: ‘six hours centrifugation and’. Justification: decanting must be exclusively by gravity and not by centrifugation (the oil has already been centrifuged), as this is less aggressive and maintains the properties of the oil. In the sentence: ‘The temperature of the decanting room must be around 20 °C.’ the words ‘must be around 20 °C’ are replaced by: ‘must not exceed 25 °C.’ Justification: precise definition of the temperature in the decanting room to ensure that the oil will be kept in good condition. The sentence: ‘The oil should preferably be transferred from the vertical centrifuge to the tanks by gravity.’ is replaced by: ‘The oil must be transferred from the centrifuge to the tanks by gravity or directly to intermediate tanks.’ Justification: the word ‘preferably’ is deleted because it is ambiguous and the procedure for transferring the oil is described. In the sentence: ‘The tanks must be designed in such a way that they can be cleaned efficiently by regular purging using a valve intended for that purpose.’ The word ‘regular’ is replaced by ‘daily’. Justification: the frequency with which the tanks are cleaned is stipulated. In the sentence: ‘The tanks or decanters must be of inert material, preferably stainless steel.’ the words ‘inert material, preferably stainless steel’ are replaced by ‘inert, food-grade material’. Justification: the new text specifies that the tanks must be of food-grade material, which includes stainless steel, but they may also be of other materials. The following requirement is deleted: ‘Separation of the decanting room from the mill's other departments’. Justification: one of the requirements is that the decanters must be closed, therefore separation is not necessary. Storage in tanks in the warehouse until bottling In the paragraph: ‘The storage tanks must be completely sealed, be able to be cleaned properly, and be equipped with a system enabling periodic drainage and the taking of samples.’ The words ‘sealed, be able to be cleaned properly, and be equipped with a system enabling periodic drainage’ are replaced by ‘sealed and must have access to permit their proper cleaning, regular drainage’. Justification: to permit cleaning, the tanks must have an access, generally called a manhole. In the sentence: ‘The storage area must be climate-controlled to a temperature that ensures the oil does not spoil.’ The following is inserted: ‘of no more than 25 °C’. Justification: precise definition of the temperature in the warehouses to ensure that the oil will be kept in good condition.