4. They may also take place in the same room if—
(a)the room shall be sufficiently large and so equipped that the hygiene of the operations is not compromised;
(b)where appropriate, the packaging and wrapping shall be enclosed in a sealed protective cover immediately after manufacture; this cover shall be protected from damage during transport to the meat products premises and stored under hygienic conditions in a room intended for that purpose;
(c)the rooms for storing the packaging material shall be free from amounts of dust which could constitute an unacceptable risk of contamination of the products and from vermin and have no atmospheric connection with rooms containing substances which might contaminate meat, minced meat, meat preparations or meat products. Packaging shall not be placed directly on the floor;
(d)packaging shall be assembled under hygienic conditions before being brought into the room; this requirement need not be complied with where the enforcement authority is satisfied that there is no risk of contamination of the meat products;
(e)packaging shall be brought to the room under hygienic conditions and used without delay. Where there is a risk of contamination it may not be handled by staff handling unwrapped meat, minced meat, meat preparations or meat products;
(f)immediately after packaging, the meat products shall be placed in the storage rooms provided for the purpose.