7Before the entry into force of Regulation No 853/2004, health aspects related to the production of mechanically separated meat were governed by Council Directive 64/433/EEC on health conditions for the production and marketing of fresh meat (OJ, English Special Edition 1963-1964, p. 185), as last amended by Council Directive 95/23/EC of 22 June 1995 (OJ 1995 L 243, p. 7). In accordance with Articles 2(c) and 6(1)(c) of that directive, ‘mechanically recovered meat’ was defined as ‘meat obtained by mechanical means from flesh-bearing bones apart from the bones of the head, the extremities of the limbs below the carpal and tarsal joints and, in the case of swine, the coccygeal vertebrae, and intended for establishments approved in accordance with Article 6 of [Council] Directive 77/99/EEC [of 21 December 1976 on health problems affecting the production and marketing of meat products and certain other products of animal origin (OJ 1977 L 26, p. 85), as amended and updated by Council Directive 92/5/EEC (OJ 1992 L 57, p. 1),]’ and had to undergo heat treatment as provided for in the latter directive.
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