Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1474 of 27 August 2015 concerning the use of recycled hot water to remove microbiological surface contamination from carcases (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Regulation (EU) 2015/1474
• Articles: 3

Article 1

Food business operators may use recycled hot water to remove microbiological surface contamination from carcases in compliance with the conditions for use set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Part I — Conditions of use of recycled hot water to remove microbiological surface contamination from carcases

1.

The recycled hot water must be obtained from heating and recycling potable water in a closed and separated system.

2.

The recycled water must be submitted to:

(a)

a minimal heating temperature/time regime before its application on carcases which must ensure compliance with microbiological parameters of the potable water;

(b)

a renewal regime at the appropriate frequency including, where necessary, skimming of gross particles, filtration and addition of potable water, which must ensure compliance with the chemical parameters of potable water.

3.

The recycled hot water must only be applied on entire carcases or half carcasses of domestic ungulates and farmed game, under controlled and verified conditions.

4.

The recycled hot water must not be applied on carcases with visible faecal contamination.

5.

The application of recycled hot water on carcases must not result in any irreversible physical modification of the meat.

6.

The application of recycled hot water on carcases must be performed before the carcases are placed in the chilling or refrigerating room.

7.

The conditions in points 2 and 3 of this paragraph must be integrated in the procedures based on the hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) principles including at least the criteria set out in Part II.

Part II — Minimum HACCP criteria and control parameters

1.

Sampling of carcases for the purpose of assessing compliance within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 must be carried out before the application of recycled hot water on carcases.

2.

The minimal heating temperature/time regime applied to recycled water before its application on carcases must be continuously monitored by instrumental measurements, documented and recorded.

3.

The compliance of the recycled water applied on carcases with the microbiological and chemical parameters set up for potable water must be verified periodically by testing of water, documented and recorded.

4.

The compliance of the recycled water applied on carcases with indicator parameter of Clostridium perfringens set up for potable water be verified by periodic monitoring, documented and recorded.