2008/177/EC: Commission Decision of 25 February 2008 amending Decision 96/550/EC authorising methods for grading pig carcases in Finland (notified under document number C(2008) 692)
Date: 2008-02-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, carcase, classification, pigmeat

L 57/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

1.3.2008

COMMISSION DECISION

of 25 February 2008

amending Decision 96/550/EC authorising methods for grading pig carcases in Finland

(notified under document number C(2008) 692)

(Only the Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic)

(2008/177/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

(4)

(5)

Decision 96/550/EC should therefore be
accordingly.

amended

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

in this Decision are in
the Management

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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Decision 96/550/EC (2)
methods
pe/Optical probe) for grading pig carcases in Finland.

(Hennessy grading probe (HGP4),

authorises

two
Intrasco-

Finland has asked the Commission to authorise the
update of one formula and the utilisation of one new
method 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).

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

revealed that

request has

this

Decision 96/550/EC is amended as follows:

1.

in the first paragraph of Article 1 the following indent is
added:

‘— the apparatus called “AutoFom” and the assessment
methods related thereto, details of which are given in
Part 3 of the Annex’;

2. the Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to this

Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Finland.

Done at Brussels, 25 February 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(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 236, 18.9.1996, p. 47. Decision as amended by Decision

2005/611/EC (OJ L 210, 12.8.2005, p. 44).

(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).

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ANNEX

The Annex to Decision 96/550/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1.

in Part 1, Point 3 is replaced by the following:

‘3. The lean content of the carcass shall be calculated according to the following formula:

Ŷ = 66,485 – 0,511 (cid:127) X1 – 0,418 (cid:127) X2 + 0,099 (cid:127) X3

Where:

Ŷ

=

the estimated percentage of lean meat in the carcass

X1 =

the thickness of backfat (incl. rind) in millimetres measured at 8 cm off the midline of the carcass behind
the last rib

X2 =

the thickness of backfat (incl. rind) in millimetres measured at 6 cm off the midline of the carcass
between the third and fourth last rib

X3 =

the thickness of muscle in millimetres measured at the same time and the same place as X2

The formula shall be valid for carcasses weighing between 51 and 120 kilograms.’;

2. the following Part 3 is added:

‘PART 3

AUTOFOM
1. Grading of pig carcasses is carried out by means of the apparatus termed “Autofom” (Fully automatic ultrasonic

carcass grading).

2. The apparatus shall be equipped with sixteen 2 MHz ultrasonic transducers (SFK Technology, K2KG), with an
operating distance between transducers of 25 mm. The ultrasonic data shall comprise measurements of backfat
thickness and muscle thickness. The results of the measurements shall be converted into estimates of the percentage
of lean meat by using a computer.

3. The carcasse’s lean meat percentage shall be calculated on the basis of 68 measurement points using the following

formula:

Ŷ

=

– 0,01317971 * x2

76 800 – 0,01167786 * x1
– 0,04896113 * x6
* x5
– 0,01666247 * x11
x10
– 0,01052488 * x16
* x15
– 0,01944423 * x44
* x43
– 0,02160008 * x51
x50
– 0,02252957 * x56
x55
– 0,03213609 * x61
x60
– 0,01564255 * x66
x65
– 0,01979112 * x71
x70
– 0,02202462 * x76
x75
– 0,03623326 * x81
x80
– 0,02137969 * x86
x85
– 0,02476005 * x91
x90

– 0,008025034 * x7
– 0,008599287 * x12
– 0,01585248 * x17
– 0,02164443 * x46
– 0,01571447 * x52
– 0,02000042 * x57
– 0,03414441 * x62
– 0,01840482 * x67
– 0,01872976 * x72
– 0,02235730 * x77
– 0,03634462 * x82
– 0,02150696 * x87
– 0,02936467 * x92

– 0,009175088 * x3

– 0,01613402 * x8
– 0,01388630 * x13
– 0,006577800 * x19
– 0,02921022 * x48
– 0,01747270 * x53
– 0,01807100 * x58
– 0,03224378 * x63
– 0,02092576 * x68
– 0,02209687 * x73
– 0,02216374 * x78
– 0,03638485 * x83
– 0,02101590 * x88
– 0,02118610 * x93

– 0,005996768 * x4

– 0,006821679 * x9
– 0,02382277 * x14

– 0,01173212
– 0,009693944 *
– 0,009909672
– 0,01006999 * x20 – 0,02106533
– 0,02278822 * x49 – 0,02547334 *
– 0,02080481 * x54 – 0,02177262 *
– 0,02179333 * x59 – 0,02585314 *
– 0,02679668 * x64 – 0,02288250 *
– 0,02055510 * x69 – 0,02120507 *
– 0,02208294 * x74 – 0,02225723 *
– 0,03553871 * x79 – 0,03541295 *
– 0,03605378 * x84 – 0,02140917 *
– 0,02077531 * x89 – 0,02098994 *

where:

Ŷ

=

the estimated lean meat content of the carcass,

x1, x2 … x93 are the variables measured by Autofom.

4. Descriptions of the measurement points and the statistical method can be found in part II of the Finnish protocol

forwarded to the Commission in accordance with Article 3(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85.

The formula shall be valid for carcasses weighing between 51 and 120 kilograms.’