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Official Journal of the European Union
14.7.2012
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 12 July 2012
amending Decision 2009/11/EC authorising methods for grading pig carcasses in Spain
(notified under document C(2012) 4711)
(Only the Spanish text is authentic)
(2012/384/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(7) Modifications
of
the
apparatus
or
grading
methods
should not be allowed, unless they are explicitly auth
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
orised by Commission Implementing Decision.
Union,
(8) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Decision
are
in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
accordance with the opinion of the Management
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri
Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agri
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri
cultural Markets,
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) ( 1 ), and in particular
Article 43(m), in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Whereas:
Article 1
(1) By
Commission
Decision
2009/11/EC
(
Decision 2009/11/EC is amended as follows:

2 ), the use of four
methods for grading pig carcasses in Spain was auth
orised.
(1) Article 1 is replaced by the following:
(2) Spain
has
stated
that
due
to
new
technological
devel
‘Article 1
opments and the development of new versions of two
devices authorised in Spain it is necessary to calibrate
The use of the following methods is authorised for grading
those new devices in order to obtain new formulas for
pig carcasses pursuant to point 1 of Section B.IV of Annex
their use in Spain.
V to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (*) in Spain:
(3) In
a
significant
group
of
slaughterhouses
in
Spain
the
(a) the “Fat-O-Meat’er (FOM)” apparatus and the assessment
number of slaughters does not exceed 500 pigs per
methods related thereto, details of which are given in
week on yearly average basis. A method for pig carcass
Part 1 of the Annex;
classification appropriate to their slaughter capacity is
therefore needed.
(b) the “Fully automatic ultrasonic carcase grading
(Autofom)” apparatus and the assessment methods
(4) Spain
has
requested
the
Commission
to
authorise
three
related thereto, details of which are given in Part 2 of
new methods for grading pig carcasses on its territory
the Annex;
and has presented a detailed description of the dissection
trial, indicating the principles on which those methods
are based, the results of its dissection trial and the
(c) the “Ultrafom 300” apparatus and the assessment
equations used for assessing the percentage of lean
methods related thereto, details of which are given in
meat in the protocol provided for in Article 23(4) of
Part 3 of the Annex;
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/2008 of
10 December 2008 laying down detailed rules on the
(d) the “Automatic vision system (VCS2000)” apparatus and
implementation of the Community scales for the classifi
the assessment methods related thereto, details of which
cation of beef, pig and sheep carcasses and the reporting
are given in Part 4 of the Annex;
of prices thereof ( 3 ).
(e) the “Fat-O-Meat’er II (FOM II)” apparatus and the
(5) Examination
of
that
request
has
revealed
that
the
assessment methods related thereto, details of which
conditions for authorising those grading methods are
are given in Part 5 of the Annex;
fulfilled. Those grading methods should therefore be
authorised in Spain.
(f) the “AutoFOM III” apparatus and the assessment
methods related thereto, details of which are given in
(6) Decision
2009/11/EC
should
therefore
be
amended
Part 6 of the Annex;
accordingly.
(g) the “manual method (ZP)” with a ruler and the
( 1 ) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 6, 10.1.2009, p. 79.
assessment methods related thereto, details of which
( 3 ) OJ L 337, 16.12.2008, p. 3.
are given in Part 7 of the Annex.

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The manual method ZP with a ruler, referred to in point (g)
Article 2
of the first paragraph, shall only be authorised for abattoirs:
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain.
(a) where the number of slaughters does not exceed 500
pigs per week on yearly average basis; and
(b) having a slaughter line with a capacity to process no
more than 40 pigs per hour.
Done at Brussels, 12 July 2012.
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(*) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.’;
For the Commission
(2) the Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to this
Dacian CIOLO
Decision.
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX
In the Annex to Decision 2009/11/EC the following Parts 5, 6 and 7 are added:
‘Part 5
FAT-O-MEAT’ER (FOM II)
1. The rules provided for in this Part shall apply when the grading of pig carcasses is carried out by means of the
apparatus known as “Fat-O-Meat’er (FOM II)”.
2. The apparatus is a new version of the Fat-O-Meat’er measurement system. The FOM II consists of an optical probe
with a knife, a depth measurement device having an operating distance of between 0 and 125 millimetres and a data
acquisition and analysis board — Carometec Touch Panel i15 computer (Ingress Protection IP69K). The results of the
measurements are converted into estimated lean meat content by the FOM II apparatus itself.
3. The lean meat content of a carcass shall be calculated according to the following formula:
= 64,53 – 0,876 × X 1 + 0,181 × X 2
where:
= the estimated percentage of lean meat in a carcass,
X 1 = the thickness of back-fat (including rind) in millimetres, measured perpendicularly to the back of the carcass at
6 cm of the split line, between the third and fourth last ribs,
X 2 = the thickness of the dorsal muscle in millimetres, measured at the same time, in the same place and in the same
way as X 1 .
This formula shall be valid for carcasses weighing between 60 and 120 kilograms (warm weight).
Part 6
AUTOFOM III
1. The rules provided for in this Part shall apply when the grading of pig carcasses is carried out by means of the
apparatus known as “AutoFOM III”.
2. The apparatus shall be equipped with sixteen 2 MHz ultrasonic transducers (Carometec A/S), with an operating
distance between transducers of 25 mm. The ultrasonic data shall comprise measurements of back fat thickness,
muscle thickness and related parameters. The results of the measurements are converted into estimates of the
percentage of lean meat by using a computer.
3. The lean meat content of a carcass shall be calculated according to the following formula:
= 68,44293415 – (0,35254288 × R2P10) – (0,31514342 × R2P15) – (0,19383319 × R2P16) + (0,02067879 ×
R3P3) + (0,03303812 × R3P5) + (0,02479771 × R3P6) + (0,02710736 × R3P7) + (0,02310621 × R3P9) –
(0,07075210 × R4P10)
where:
= the estimated percentage of lean meat in a carcass,
R2P10, R2P15, R2P16,R3P3, R3P5, R3P6, R3P7, R3P9 and R4P10 are the variables measured by AutoFOM III,
4. The measuring points are described in Part II of the protocol presented to the Commission by Spain in accordance
with Article 23(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/2008 (*).
This formula is valid for carcasses weighing between 60 and 120 kg (warm weight).
Part 7
MANUAL METHOD (ZP)
1. The rules provided for in this Part shall apply when the grading of pig carcasses is carried out by use of the “manual
method (ZP)” measuring by ruler.
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 carcass of the thickness of the fat and of the
thickness of the muscle.

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3. The lean meat content of carcasses shall be calculated according to the following formula:
= 59,89 – 0,821 × F + 0,157 × M
where:
= the estimated percentage of lean meat in the carcass,
F = the minimum thickness of visible fat (including rind), in millimetres, on the midline of the split carcass in
millimetres, covering the M. gluteus medius,
M = the visible thickness of the lumbar muscle, in millimetres, on the midline of the split carcass, measured as the
shortest connection between the front (cranial) end of the M. gluteus medius and the upper (dorsal) edge of the
vertebral canal.
This formula shall valid for carcasses weighing between 60 and 120 kg (warm weight).
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(*) OJ L 337, 16.12.2008, p. 3.’

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