The sale of ground beef by slaughterhouses will have new rules from November 1st. According to an ordinance of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, the measure is aimed at establishments and industries that produce ground beef that are registered with the Federal Inspection Service (SIF) and the Brazilian Inspection System for Products of Animal Origin (Sisbi). -POA).
According to the folder, the measure aims to modernize production processes and industrial procedures. The new regulation aims to ensure the safety of products, in addition to providing more transparency to consumers. The establishments will have a period of one year to adapt to the conditions provided for in the ordinance. The measure does not apply to supermarkets and butchers that sell direct to the consumer.
The ground meat must be packaged immediately after grinding, and each package of the product must have a maximum weight of 1 kilo – Fabio Rodrigues-Pozzebom/Agência Brasil
New rules
The ground beef must be packaged immediately after grinding, and each package of the product must have a maximum weight of 1 kilo. It is not allowed to obtain ground meat from the grinding of meat obtained from scraping bones or obtained from any other mechanical separation processes of bones.
It is a mandatory ingredient in the manufacture of ground beef, the meat obtained from skeletal muscle masses. The maximum percentage of fat in the product must be informed on the main panel, next to the sales denomination.
The ordinance also establishes that the raw material for the manufacture of the product must be exclusively meat, submitted to prior cooling or freezing processing. The use of industrial meat for the manufacture of minced meat and the obtaining of minced meat from the grinding of offal is prohibited.
Chilled ground beef should be kept between 0°C and 4°C and ground beef frozen at a maximum temperature of -12°C. The product cannot leave the grinding equipment at a temperature above 7°C and must be immediately cooled or frozen.
