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Find out the tests your plant needs to undertake by answering the simple questions below and then clicking the button at the foot of the page:
Does your plant process cattle into carcasses?
No
Yes, more than 400 carcasses per week
Yes, between 150 and 399 carcasses per week
Yes, between 30 and 149 carcasses per week
Yes, between 10 and 29 carcasses per week
Yes, less than 10 carcasses per week
Does your plant process sheep into carcasses?
No
Yes, more than 2,000 carcasses per week
Yes, between 750 and 1,999 carcasses per week
Yes, between 150 and 749 carcasses per week
Yes, between 50 and 149 carcasses per week
Yes, less than 50 carcasses per week
Does your plant process pigs into carcasses?
No
Yes, more than 2,000 carcasses per week
Yes, between 750 and 1,999 carcasses per week
Yes, between 150 and 749 carcasses per week
Yes, between 50 and 149 carcasses per week
Yes, less than 50 carcasses per week
Does your plant process chicken broilers or turkeys into carcasses?
No
Yes, more than 150,000 carcasses per week
Yes, between 20,000 and 149,999 carcasses per week
Yes, less than 20,000 carcasses per week
Does your plant manufacture minced meat intended to be eaten raw?
No
Yes
*Does your plant manufacture minced meat intended to be eaten cooked?
No
Yes, less than 2 tonnes per week on average
Yes, more than 2 tonnes per week on average
Does your plant manufacture meat preparations intended to be eaten raw?
No
Yes
*Does your plant manufacture meat preparations intended to be eaten cooked?
No
Yes, less than 2 tonnes per week on average
Yes, more than 2 tonnes per week on average
Does your plant manufacture mechanically-separated meat?
No
Yes
Does your plant manufacture meat products intended to be eaten raw?
No
Yes
Does your plant manufacture meat products from poultry meat intended to be eaten cooked?
No
Yes
Please Note: Meat products intended to be eaten cooked which are not made from poultry meat have no test requirements
*The 2 tonnes limit is for the
combined
amounts of minced meat and meat preparations produced by a plant. Furthermore, the weight should include added ingredients such as rusk pastry, sauce or crumb.