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Fat cover, defined as follows: Amount of fat on the outside of the carcass and in the thoracic cavity Member States shall be authorised to subdivide each of the classes provided for in points 1. and 2. into a maximum of three subclasses. Class of fat cover | Description 1 low | None up to low fat cover 2 slight | Slight fat cover, flesh visible almost everywhere 3 average | Flesh with the exception of the round and shoulder, almost everywhere covered with fat, slight deposits of fat in the thoracic cavity 4 high | Flesh covered with fat, but on the round and shoulder still partly visible, some distinctive fat deposits in the thoracic cavity 5 very high | Entire carcass covered with fat; heavy deposits in the thoracic cavity

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-07 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.