ANNEX VII
Maximum water content in chicken carcasses referred to in Article 14(1)
The total water content in chickens, determined by the method of analysis described in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/344, is compared with the limit value given by the following formulae:
(a) | Air chilling Assuming that the minimum technically unavoidable water content absorbed during preparation amounts to 2 % (1), the highest permissible limit for the total water content (WG) in grams as determined by this method is given by the following formula (including confidence interval): chickens: WG = 3,65 × RPA + 42. |
(b) | Air-spray chilling Assuming that the minimum technically unavoidable water content absorbed during preparation amounts to 4,5 % (1), the highest permissible limit for the total water content (WG) in grams as determined by this method is given by the following formula (including confidence interval): chickens: WG = 3,79 × RPA + 42. |
(c) | Immersion chilling Assuming a technically unavoidable water absorption during preparation of 7 % (1) the highest permissible limit for the total water content (WG) in grams as determined by this method is given by the following formula (including confidence interval): chickens: WG = 3,93 × RPA + 42. |
(d) | Other chilling methods or a combination of two or more of the methods defined in Article 9 Assuming that the minimum technically unavoidable water content absorbed during preparation amounts to 2 % (1), the highest permissible limit for the total water content (WG) in grams as determined by this method is given by the following formula (including confidence interval): chickens: WG = 3,65 × RPA + 42. |
If the average water content (WA) of the seven carcases as calculated under point 6.2 of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/344 does not exceed the value given in point 1 (WG), the quantity of poultry subjected to the check shall be considered up to standard.
(1) Calculated on the basis of the carcase, exclusive of absorbed extraneous water.