
Article 1 
Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 5 May 2008.
For the Commission
Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

In Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, paragraph B(3) of Chapter II is replaced by the following:
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((a)) be subjected to a heat treatment of at least 90 °C throughout the substance of the final product;
((b)) be subjected to a heat treatment to at least 90 °C of the ingredients of animal origin; or
((c)) be produced as regards ingredients of animal origin exclusively using:

((i)) meat or meat products which have been subject to a heat treatment of at least 90 °C throughout their substance;
((ii)) the following animal by-products or processed products which have been processed in accordance with the requirements of this Regulation: milk and milk based products, gelatine, hydrolysed protein, egg products, collagen, blood products, processed animal protein including fishmeal, rendered fat, fish oils, dicalcium phosphate, tricalcium phosphate or flavouring innards.

After the heat treatment, every precaution must be taken to ensure that such processed petfood is not exposed to contamination.

The processed petfood must be packaged in new packaging.
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