Animal by-products: Publications and guidance
We have produced a number of official publications and guidance notes which are intended to clarify Defra’s policies on animal by-products. More specific guidance on the requirements for animal by-products premises can also be found on the relevant application form.
Guidance
| Subject |
Details |
Last updated |
| ABP collectors | Guidance note on locating animal by-products collectors. | |
Animal
By-Products & Catering Waste  (112 KB) |
Guidance note on the disposal of animal by-products
and catering waste. Parts of this guidance are now out of date. |
January 2001 |
| Approval
of intermediate plants at abattoirs for the reception of vertebral
column returned from butchers (61 KB) |
Abattoirs are not approved to receive animal by-products but it may be possible to approve intermediate plants on the abattoir premises to receive only this material. | 7 September 2006 |
Composting
and Biogas plants |
Guidance note on composting and biogas plants. | December 2004 |
| Disposal
of ABPs, including Former Foodstuffs, from Food Outlets (69 KB) |
Guidance note on the disposal of animal by-products, including former foodstuffs of animal origin, from food outlets. Includes Annex A on types of businesses covered by Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002. | Issued - 4 January 2006 |
| Annex B (22 KB) on former foodstuffs covered by the Commission's Draft Regulation on the collection, transport, treatment, use and disposal of former foodstuffs. | ||
| Annex C (20 KB) on animal by-products which still need processing or treatment in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002. | ||
| Feeding of ABPs to Zoo Animals
(74 KB) |
Guidance to zoos and similar establishments with regard to the feeding of animal by-products to 'zoo animals'. | Issued - 7 June 2005 |
| Hides and Skins at Slaughterhouses
(39 KB) |
Guidance on handling of hides and skins at abattoirs. | Issued - 27 June 2007 |
| High-Capacity Incinerators
(83 KB) |
Controls on high capacity animal carcase incineration plants. | 16 January 2006 |
| Intermediate Plants
(27 KB) |
Guidance note for intermediate plants. | Issued -
17 December 2004 |
| Guidance on the loading and unloading of animal by-products. | 17 December 2004 |
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| Low-Capacity Incinerators
(103 KB) |
Controls on low capacity animal carcase incineration plants. Please contact your local animal health office for further advice regarding low-capacity incinerators. | 16 January 2006 |
| Manure and digestive
tract content (26 KB) |
Guidance note on the controls on manure and digestive tract content. | July 2006 |
| Milk and milk products
(40 KB) |
Guidance on the disposal, treatment and use of milk and milk products not intended for human consumption under the animal by-products Regulation | Issued - 1 November 2006 |
| Petfood
from butchers (40 KB) |
Letter to LACORS (Local Authority Co-ordinators of Regulatory Services) advising on the legal position in relation to the practice of butchers supplying bones etc. to domestic pet owners. | |
| Rendering plants
(32 KB) |
Separation of material at rendering plants in the UK. | 28 March 2007 |
| Salting of Hides
& Skins (25 KB) |
Guidance note about on-farm intermediate plants salting hides and skins. | Issued - 28 September 2005 |
| Technical Plants (36
KB) |
Summary of provisions relating to the production of technical products. | 12 January 2006 |
| Think
before you Bin! (589 KB) |
Guidance leaflet on the disposal of former foodstuffs from retail premises. | |
| Toxins in ABPs (28 KB) |
Guidance on toxins in animal by-products. | Issued -
|
| Used Cooking
Oils (75 KB) |
Guidance on the use of waste cooking oil from catering premises. | |
| Wool (24 KB) |
Guidance on the temporary storage of wrapped wool in England, Scotland and Wales | May 2008 |
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