2008/364/EC: Commission Decision of 28 April 2008 authorising methods for grading pig carcasses in Lithuania (notified under document number C(2008) 1595)

The use of the following methods is hereby authorised for grading pig carcasses pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 in Lithuania: 1. the Fat-O-Meat’er (FOM) apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 1 of the Annex, 2. the Hennessy Grading Probe (HGP 7) apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 2 of the Annex, 3. the IM-03 apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 3 of the Annex, 4. the Two point method (ZP) measuring by ruler (ruler method) apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 4 of the Annex. The manual method (ZP) may be applied only in slaughterhouses which do not exceed a weekly slaughtering of 200 pigs.

Modifications of the apparata or the assessment methods shall not be authorised.

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Lithuania.