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- "Number of slaughtered equidae" is the number of carcasses of animals whose meat is deemed fit for human consumption.
"Live weight" is the live weight of slaughtered equidae before their slaughter, expressed as the empty body weight. "Carcass weight" is the cold weight after slaughter and dressing of slaughtered equidae whose meat is deemed fit for human consumption. "Carcass of equidae" means the body of a slaughtered animal as presented after bleeding, evisceration and skinning, without the head, the tail, the udder and parts of limbs; kidneys and kidney fat are part of the carcass; the pelvic fat is not included. "Equidae" means domestic animals of family Equidae, i.e. horses, donkeys, and their hybrids; meat of these animals is presented as horsemeat.
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