Presentazione degli animali alla macellazione: categorizzazione sulla base del grado di pulizia della pelle/vello nella specie bovina

EC Regulation 853/2004 will require that animals with hides, skins or fleeces posing an unacceptable risk of contamination to meat during slaughter cannot be slaughtered for human consumption unless they are cleaned beforehand. In order to comply with such provisions, the Operators must ensure that proper procedures have been established; the evaluation of such procedures is a prioriy fot the OV, who must rely on clearly defined standards of cleanliness. The Authors take into account two different guidance schemes from Belgian and UK Food Safety Authorities in order to better classify cattle cleanliness at slaughter