SCHEDULE 11Sampling requirements and compositional and microbiological criteria for minced meat

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Compositional criteria:

Designations

Fat content (%)

Collagen content in meat protein (%)

“Lean minced”, used in relation to meat of any permitted species

<=7

<=12

“Minced pure”, used in relation to meat of bovine animals

<=20

<=15

“Minced”, used in relation to meat of any permitted species and containing pig meat

<=30

<=18

“Minced”, used on relation to sheepmeat or goat meat

<=25

<=15

For the purposes of this table “meat of any permitted species” means the meat referred to in regulation 7(1) or (2), as the case may be.