No L 339/26 Official Journal of the European Communities 2. 12. 86 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 18 November 1986 amending Annex I to Directive 64/433/EEC on health problems affecting intra- Community trade in fresh meat (86/587/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 64/433/EEC (*) of 26 June 1964 on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (3, and in particular Article 12 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas, in order to take into account recent advances in slaughter technology, it is opportune to lay down rules of hygiene under which the stomach can be emptied in the slaughterrooms, without any risk of contaminiation of fresh meat; N Whereas it is appropriate to consolidate the rules for post mortem health inspection for the different species of slaughter animals, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Annex I to Directive 64/433/EEC is hereby amended as follows : (1) the following shall be added to Chapter I, point 13 ¢) first indent: ‘Separate rooms will not, however, be necessary if these operations involving stomachs are carried out by means of closed-circuit mechanical equipment having an apporpiate system of ventilation and satisfying the following requirements : () OJ No 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 2012/64. () OJ No L 362, 31. 11. 1985, p. 8. (i) the equipment must be installed and arranged in such a manner that operations for separating intestines from the stomach and for the emptying and cleaning of stomachs are carried out hygieni- cally. It must be located in a special place which is clearly separated from any exposed fresh meat by a partition stretching from the floor to a height of at least three metres and surrounding the area where these operations are carried out; (ii) the design and operation of the machine must effectively prevent any contamination of the fresh meat ; (iif) an air extractor must be installed and must func- tion in such a fashion as to eliminate odours and any risk of aerosol contamination ; (iv) the machine must be equipped with a device permitting closed-circuit evacuation of the resi- dual water and the content of stomachs to the drainage system ; (v) the circuit followed by stomachs to and from the machine must be both clearly separated and at a distance from the circuit followed by other fresh meat. Immediately after they have been emptied and cleaned, the stomachs must be removed in a hygienic manner; (vi) stomach must not be handled by staff handling other fresh meat. Staff handling stomachs must not have access to other fresh meat.’; (2) in Chapter V point 25: (a) the first sentence shall be replaced by the follo- wing : ‘25. Animals must undergo ante-mortem inspec- tion on the day of their arrival at the slaught- erhouse or before the beginning of daily slaughtering.’