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Disposing of animal by-products
Animal by-products (ABPs) are animal carcases, parts of carcases or products of animal origin that are not intended for human consumption. 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. Devolved administrations are responsible for ABP policy in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Fallen stock & other animal carcases
Information on the disposal of fallen stock, as well as pets,
wild animals and horses. Information on the National Fallen Stock Scheme.
Animal by-products approved premises
Lists of approved ABP premises and application
and inspection forms.
Catering waste and waste food of
animal origin
Guidance on the disposal of catering waste, raw meat &
fish, used cooking oils and former foodstuffs of animal
origin.
Composting & biogas
Guidance on composting and biogas production.
Incinerators
Guidance on the approval and operation of high and low
capacity animal by-product incinerators, and a list of type approved low
capacity incinerators.
Latest news
14 November 2009: New Animal By-Products Regulation agreed in Brussels. The European Parliament and Council have jointly adopted a regulation revising the EU rules for Animal By-Products, following a first-reading agreement. The new regulation introduces a more risk-proportionate approach to controls on animal by-products and clarifies the rules, including their interaction with other EU legislation. The Regulation will to come into force in February 2011 to give time for detailed rules to be agreed under implementing legislation.
13 February 2009 - The transitional measures relating to former foodstuffs have been extended to 31 July 2011.
9 February 2009 - The Consultation on the Review of the Animal By-Products Regulation (EC) No.1774/2002 has now closed.
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Page last modified: 16 November 2009