2007/571/EC: Commission Decision of 21 August 2007 amending Decision 2005/307/EC authorising methods for grading pig carcases in Latvia (notified under document number C(2007) 3915)
Date: 2007-08-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Latvia, agricultural product nomenclature, carcase, measuring equipment, statistical method, swine

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DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 21 August 2007

amending Decision 2005/307/EC authorising methods for grading pig carcases in Latvia

(notified under document number C(2007) 3915)

(Only the Latvian text is authentic)

(2007/571/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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

(3)

(4)

the
Examination of
conditions for authorising these grading methods are
fulfilled.

revealed that

request has

this

The measures provided for
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Pigmeat,

in this Decision are in
the Management

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

(1)

(2)

Commission Decision 2005/307/EC (2) authorises one
method for grading pig carcases in Latvia.

Decision 2005/307/EC is amended as follows:

Article 1

The Latvian Government has asked the Commission to
authorise the use of a new formula for the authorised
method and two new methods of grading pig carcases
and has presented the results of its dissection trials in the
second part of the protocol provided for in Article 3(3)
of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85 of
24 October 1985 laying down detailed rules for the
application of
the Community scale for grading pig
carcases (3).

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

The use of the following methods is hereby authorised for
grading
(EEC)
pursuant
carcases
pig
No 3220/84 in Latvia.

to Regulation

(1) OJ L 301, 20.11.1984, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

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

(2) OJ L 98, 16.4.2005, p. 42.
(3) OJ L 285, 25.10.1985, p. 39. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1197/2006 (OJ L 217, 8.8.2006, p. 6).

— The manual method (ZP) and the assessment methods
related thereto, details of which are given in Part 1 of the
Annex,

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— the “Intrascope (Optical Probe)” apparatus and the
assessment methods related thereto, details of which
are given in Part 2 of the Annex,

2. The Annex to Decision 2005/307/EC is replaced by the

Annex to this Decision.

— the “PG 200 (Pork Grader)” apparatus and the assessment
methods related thereto, details of which are given in
Part 3 of the Annex.

This Decision is addressed to the Latvian Republic.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 21 August 2007.

The manual method (ZP) may be applied only in slaughter-
houses which do not exceed a weekly slaughtering of
200 pigs.’

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

METHODS FOR GRADING PIG CARCASES IN LATVIA

PART 1

Manual method (ZP)

1. Grading of pig carcases shall be carried out by use of the manual method (ZP).

2. This method may be implemented using a ruler, with the grading determined on the basis of the prediction equation.
It is based on the manual measurement on the midline of the split carcase of the thickness of the fat and of the
thickness of the muscle.

3. The lean meat content of carcases shall be calculated according to the following formula:

= 61,689 – 0,658x1 + 0,109x2

where:

= the estimated percentage of lean meat in the carcase,

x1 = the thickness of the visible fat on the midline of the split carcase, measured in the point G — thinnest part over

the gluteus medius muscle (in millimetres),

x2 = the thickness of the visible muscle on the midline of the split carcase, measured in point M — distance between
the cranial edge of the gluteus medius muscle and the dorsal edge of the vertebral canal (in millimetres).

The formula shall be valid for carcases weighing between 50 and 100 kilograms.

Intrascope (Optical Probe)
1. Grading of pig carcases shall be carried out by means of the apparatus termed “Intrascope (Optical Probe)” produced

by SFK, Denmark.

PART 2

2. The apparatus shall be equipped with a hexagonal-shaped probe of a maximum width of 12 millimetres (and of 19
millimetres at the blade at the top of the probe) containing a viewing window and a light source, a sliding barrel
calibrated in millimetres, and having an operating distance of between 8 and 50 millimetres.

3. The lean meat content of the carcase shall be calculated according to the following formula:

= 71,964 – 0,756x

where:

= the estimated percentage of lean meat in the carcase,

x = the thickness of back-fat in millimetres, measured on left side of carcase behind the last rib 6 cm of the midline

of the carcase.

The formula shall be valid for carcases weighing between 50 and 100 kilograms.

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PART 3

PG 200 (Pork Grader)
1. Grading of pig carcases shall be carried out by means of the apparatus termed “PG 200 (Pork Grader)” produced by

SFK, Denmark.

2. The apparatus shall be equipped with 1. manual measuring device, which has an operating distance of between 9 and
150 millimetres, and 2. linked computing system which records data and calculates lean meat content of carcase.

3. The lean meat content of the carcase shall be calculated according to the following formula:

= 71,938 – 0,928x1 + 0,013x2

where:

= the estimated percentage of lean meat in the carcase,

x1 = the thickness of back-fat in millimetres, measured on left side of carcase behind the last rib 7 cm of the midline

of the carcase,

x2 = the thickness of muscle in millimetres measured on left side of carcase behind the last rib 7 cm off the midline

of the carcase.

The formula shall be valid for carcases weighing between 50 and 100 kilograms.’