The compromise text states that for products made from fresh poultry meat in accordance with this regulation, Member States may stipulate slight variations in the temperature requirements which are applied for an absolute minimum time and only to the extent required for allowing handling and cutting up operations in processing plants during the production of fresh poultry meat products.

Two weeks ago, a poultry-processing plant in Northern Ireland closed with the loss of over 400 jobs, not to mention the other jobs on the farms and in the feed compound mills.

My area of Brampton Centre is the home of one of Ontario's largest poultry processing plants.

2a. Category 3 processing plants shall carry out strict sorting of material deriving from cattle, pigs and poultry prior to, during and following processing.

(8) Whereas gelatine is prepared from bones, farmed ruminant and wild game hides and skins, pig and poultry skins, tendons and sinews and fish skins and bones; whereas supervided hygienic slaughtering of cattle in a slaughterhouse prevents contamination of hides with material presenting risks as regards transmissible spongiform encephalopathies; whereas it is appropriate that these raw materials originate from healthy animals and are dealt with hygienically when being collected, transported stored and handled; whereas in order to guarantee traceability of these raw materials it is appropriate to require collection centres and tannerie ...[+++]s which intend to supply these materials ot be authorised and registered, whereas, furthermore, it is appropriate to lay down a model of commercial document which should accompany these raw materials during transportation a time of delivery in the collection centres and in the tanneries and in the gelatine processing plants;