Commission Regulation (EC) No 1197/2006 of  7 August 2006  amending Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85 laying down detailed rules for the application of the Community scale for grading pig carcases
Date: 2006-08-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: carcase, classification, meat processing industry, pigmeat, statistical method

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8.8.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1197/2006

of 7 August 2006

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85 laying down detailed rules for the application of the
Community scale for grading pig carcases

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

(5)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Pigmeat,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29
October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in
pigmeat (1), and in particular Articles 2 and 4(6) thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 of 13
November 1984 determining the Community scale for grading
pig carcases (2), and in particular Article 5(1) thereof,

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85 is amended as follows:

Whereas:

1. In Article 3, paragraphs 1 and 2 are replaced by the

following:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85 (3) lays down
detailed rules for the application of the Community scale
for grading pig carcases, and in particular the method for
assessing the lean meat content of pig carcases.

‘1.
The standard statistical method for assessing the lean
meat content of pig carcases authorised as a grading method
within the meaning of Article 2(3) of Regulation (EEC) No
rank
3220/84 shall be either ordinary least squares or
reduced methods, but other statistically proven methods
may be used.

in particular

The results of recent research regarding the grading of
the
pig carcases,
EUPIGCLASS project, have underlined the importance
to improve the quality of sampling and to simplify the
method for assessing the lean meat content of pig
carcases.

in the framework of

The method for assessing the lean meat content of pig
carcases and the calculation of the reference lean meat
percentage laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85
should therefore be adapted.

or

regional

production

The method shall be based on a representative sample of the
national
concerned,
pigmeat
least 120 carcases whose lean meat
consisting of at
content has been ascertained in accordance with the
dissection method laid down in Annex I to this Regulation.
If multiple sampling methods are used, the reference shall be
measured on at least 50 carcases and the precision shall be
at least equal to that obtained using the standard statistical
method on 120 carcases using the method in Annex I.

(1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 1. Regulation last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).

(2) OJ L 301, 20.11.1984, p. 1. Regulation last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 3513/93 (OJ L 320, 22.12.1993, p. 5).

(3) OJ L 285, 25.10.1985, p. 39. Regulation amended by Regulation

(EC) No 3127/94 (OJ L 330, 21.12.1994, p. 43).

2.
Grading methods shall be authorised only if the root
mean squared error of prediction (RMSEP), computed by a
full cross-validation technique, is less than 2,5. In addition,
any outliers shall be included in the calculation of RMSEP.’.

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2.

in Annex I, point 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2. The reference lean meat percentage is calculated as follows:

y = 0,89 × 100 ×

Weight of tender loin + weight of lean (fascia included)
in shoulder, loin, ham and belly
Weight of tender loin + weight of dissected cuts

The weight of the lean in those four cuts will be calculated by subtracting the total of the non-lean
elements of the four cuts from the total weight of the cuts before dissection.’.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of
the European Union.

It shall apply to grading methods for which authorisation is requested, as provided in Article 3(3) of
Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85, as from 1 July 2006.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 August 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission