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* Carcasses of fallen stock on farms, pet animals and wild animals that are suspected of being diseased. | * Carcasses of fallen stock on farms, pet animals and wild animals that are suspected of being diseased. | ||
In the EU, over 20 million tons of ABPs emerge annually from slaughterhouses, plants producing food for human consumption, dairies and as fallen stock from farms. | In the EU, over 20 million tons of ABPs emerge annually from slaughterhouses, plants producing food for human consumption, dairies and as fallen stock from farms<ref name='ampr1' />. | ||
ABPs can spread animal diseases (e.g. BSE) or chemical contaminants (e.g. dioxins) and can be dangerous to animal and human health if not properly disposed of. EU rules regulate their movement, processing and disposal. | ABPs can spread animal diseases (e.g. BSE) or chemical contaminants (e.g. dioxins) and can be dangerous to animal and human health if not properly disposed of. EU rules regulate their movement, processing and disposal. | ||
ABPs are categorised according to their risk using the basic principles in Regulation (EC) 1069/2009 and its corresponding implementing Regulation (EC) 142/2011. In England, these Regulations are enacted via the Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2011 (and replace the Animal By-Products Regulations 2005 (SI 2347/2005) in England). | ABPs are categorised according to their risk using the basic principles in Regulation (EC) 1069/2009 and its corresponding implementing Regulation (EC) 142/2011. In England, these Regulations are enacted via the Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2011 (and replace the Animal By-Products Regulations 2005 (SI 2347/2005) in England).<ref name='ampr2'>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/69458/pb13688-animal-by-products-controls-111130.pdf</ref> | ||
The Regulations also regulate the use of animal by-products for example as feed (including pet food), fertiliser or for technical products and lay down rules for their transformation through composting and biogas and their disposal via rendering and incineration. It also continues to prevent catering waste from being fed to livestock. | The Regulations also regulate the use of animal by-products for example as feed (including pet food), fertiliser or for technical products and lay down rules for their transformation through composting and biogas and their disposal via rendering and incineration. It also continues to prevent catering waste from being fed to livestock. | ||
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==Definition== | ==Definition== | ||
Animal by-products are defined in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) 1069/2009 as “entire bodies or parts of animals, products of animal origin or other products obtained from animals that are not intended for human consumption”. | Animal by-products are defined in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) 1069/2009 as “entire bodies or parts of animals, products of animal origin or other products obtained from animals that are not intended for human consumption”<ref name='ampr2' />. | ||
This includes catering waste, used cooking oil, former foodstuffs, butcher and slaughterhouse waste, blood, feathers, wool, hides and skins, fallen stock, pet animals, zoo and circus animals, hunt trophies, manure, ova, embryos and semen not intended for breeding purposes. | This includes catering waste, used cooking oil, former foodstuffs, butcher and slaughterhouse waste, blood, feathers, wool, hides and skins, fallen stock, pet animals, zoo and circus animals, hunt trophies, manure, ova, embryos and semen not intended for breeding purposes<ref name='ampr2' />. | ||
==Categories== | ==Categories== | ||
Under Regulation (EC) 1069/2009 animal by-products can fall into one of three categories. | Under Regulation (EC) 1069/2009 animal by-products can fall into one of three categories<ref name='ampr2' />. | ||
===Category 1=== | ===Category 1=== | ||
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fertilisers or soil improvers have been applied within unless grazing restrictions have been | fertilisers or soil improvers have been applied within unless grazing restrictions have been | ||
observed. In England the grazing ban is 8 weeks for pigs and 3 weeks for all other farmed | observed. In England the grazing ban is 8 weeks for pigs and 3 weeks for all other farmed | ||
animals. | animals<ref name='ampr2' />. | ||
==Disposal and Use of Animal By-Products== | ==Disposal and Use of Animal By-Products== | ||
===Disposal and use of Category 1 material=== | ===Disposal and use of Category 1 material<ref name='ampr2' />=== | ||
Article 12 of Regulation (EC) 1069/2009 sets out the disposal routes for category 1 material. As the highest risk material, this material must be destroyed by incineration, or by rendering followed by incineration. These are the only options for TSE suspect materials. | Article 12 of Regulation (EC) 1069/2009 sets out the disposal routes for category 1 material. As the highest risk material, this material must be destroyed by incineration, or by rendering followed by incineration. These are the only options for TSE suspect materials. | ||
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Other category 1 material is also permitted to be pressure-rendered and disposed of in an authorised landfill site. International catering waste may be disposed directly in an authorised landfill site. | Other category 1 material is also permitted to be pressure-rendered and disposed of in an authorised landfill site. International catering waste may be disposed directly in an authorised landfill site. | ||
===Disposal and Use of Category 2 material=== | ===Disposal and Use of Category 2 material<ref name='ampr2' />=== | ||
Article 13 of Regulation (EC) 1069/2009 sets out the disposal routes for category 2 material. The basic options of incineration and rendering followed by incineration are permitted, as with category 1 material. All category 2 material can also be pressure-rendered and disposed of in an authorised landfill site. | Article 13 of Regulation (EC) 1069/2009 sets out the disposal routes for category 2 material. The basic options of incineration and rendering followed by incineration are permitted, as with category 1 material. All category 2 material can also be pressure-rendered and disposed of in an authorised landfill site. | ||
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Category 2 material can be pressure-rendered and then used for the production of organic fertilisers and soil improvers. It can also be pressure-rendered and used in an approved composting or anaerobic digestion plant. A very limited number of category 2 materials (manure, digestive tract content, milk and milk-based products and colostrum) may be applied directly to land without processing provided there is no risk of transmitting a disease. | Category 2 material can be pressure-rendered and then used for the production of organic fertilisers and soil improvers. It can also be pressure-rendered and used in an approved composting or anaerobic digestion plant. A very limited number of category 2 materials (manure, digestive tract content, milk and milk-based products and colostrum) may be applied directly to land without processing provided there is no risk of transmitting a disease. | ||
===Disposal and Use of Category 3 material=== | ===Disposal and Use of Category 3 material<ref name='ampr2' />=== | ||
Article 14 of Regulation (EC) 1069/2009 sets out the use and disposal routes for category 3 | Article 14 of Regulation (EC) 1069/2009 sets out the use and disposal routes for category 3 | ||