The Animal By-Products Regulations 2003

Made: 4th June 2003

Laid before Parliament: 9th June 2003

Coming into force: 1st July 2003

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PART 1 — Introduction

Title, extent and commencement

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Interpretation

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Approvals, etc.

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PART 2 — Collection, transportation, storage, handling, processing and disposal of animal by-products

Category 1 material

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Category 2 material

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Category 3 material

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Mixing mammalian and non-mammalian by-products

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Collection, transportation and storage

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PART 3 — Restrictions on access to animal by-products and their use

Access to animal by-products

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Restrictions on use

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Pasture land

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Intra-species recycling of fish

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PART 4 — Approved premises and competent authorities

The competent authority

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Approval of premises

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Biogas and composting plants

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Composting catering waste on the premises on which it originates

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Processing and intermediate plants' own checks

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Sampling at processing plants

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Sampling at biogas and composting plants

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Samples sent to laboratories

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Laboratories

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PART 5 — Placing animal by-products and processed products on the market

Placing on the market of processed animal protein and other processed products that could be used as feed material

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Placing on the market of petfood, dogchews and technical products

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Placing on the market of compost or digestion residues for use on agricultural land

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PART 6 — Derogations

Competent authority for Chapter V of the Community Regulation

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Derogations regarding the use of animal by-products

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Collection centres

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Burial of pet animals

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Remote areas

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Burial in the event of a disease outbreak

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Burning and burial of bees and apiculture products

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PART 7 — Records

Records

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Records for consigning, transporting or receiving animal by-products

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Records for burying or burning of animal by-products

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Records for disposal or use on premises

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Delivery records to be kept by operators of biogas and composting plants

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Treatment records for biogas and composting plants

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Records for approved laboratories

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Records to be kept for consignments of compost or digestion residue

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PART 8 — Administration and enforcement

Grant of approvals

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Suspension, amendment and revocation of approvals and registrations

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Appeals

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Notice requiring the disposal of animal by-products or catering waste

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Cleansing and disinfection

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Compliance with notices

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Powers of entry

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Obstruction

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Penalties

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Enforcement

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Transitional measures

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Amendments and revocations

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SCHEDULE 1 — ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR BIOGAS AND COMPOSTING PLANTS

PART 1 — PREMISES

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• (1) There shall be—

• (a) a reception area in which untreated animal by-products (including catering waste) are received;

• (b) an area in which vehicles and containers are cleansed and disinfected with adequate facilities for doing this; and

• (c) a clean area in which treated compost or digestion residues are stored.

• (2) The clean area shall be adequately separated from the reception area and the area in which vehicles and containers are cleansed and disinfected so as to prevent contamination of the treated material. Floors shall be laid so that liquid cannot seep into the clean area from the other areas.

• (3) The reception area shall be easy to clean and disinfect and shall have an enclosed and lockable place or container to receive and store the untreated animal by-products.

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The animal by-products shall be unloaded in the reception area and either—

• (a) treated immediately; or

• (b) stored in the reception area and treated without undue delay.

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The plant shall be operated in such a way that—

• (a) treated material is not contaminated by untreated or partially treated material or liquids arising from it; and

• (b) partially treated material is not contaminated with material which has not been treated to the same extent or liquids arising from it.

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The operator shall identify, control and monitor suitable critical points in the operation of the plant to demonstrate that—

• (a) these Regulations and the Community Regulation are complied with;

• (b) treated material is not contaminated by untreated or partially treated material or liquids arising from it; and

• (c) partially treated material is not contaminated with material which has not been treated to the same extent or liquids arising from it.

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PART II — TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND PARAMETERS FOR CATERING WASTE

Composting plants

Biogas plants

SCHEDULE 2 — TESTING METHODS

PART I — METHOD FOR THE ISOLATION OF CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS

Time of testing

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Tests shall be begun on receipt of the sample or on the first working day which allows this method to be completed. If the test is not begun on the day of receipt the sample shall be stored in a refrigerator at between 2°C and 8°C until required. If the sample has been refrigerated it shall be removed from the refrigerator and stored at room temperature for at least one hour before the test is started.

Samples

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Tests shall be carried out using two 10 gram portions of each sample submitted for testing. Each 10 gram sample shall be placed aseptically in a sterile container containing 90 ml Clostridium perfringens diluent consisting of 0.1% peptone and 0.8% sodium chloride at a pH of 7 and mixed thoroughly until the sample is evenly suspended.

Inoculations

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For each portion of the sample 1 ml of solution shall be transferred to a sterile 90 mm petri dish (in duplicate), to which 15 ml of Shahidi - Ferguson agar (SF agar)[^f00026] at a temperature of 47°C±1°C shall be added and immediately gently mixed by swirling the dish with 5 clockwise and 5 anticlockwise circular movements.

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Once the agar has set, each agar plate shall be overlaid with a further 10 ml SF agar at a temperature of 47°C±1°C. Once the overlay has set and with the plate lids uppermost the plates shall be incubated anaerobically at 37°C±1°C for 20 hours±2 hours.

Samples with colonies of Clostridium perfringens

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After incubation each set of duplicate plates shall be examined for colonies characteristic of Clostridium perfringens (black). The sample provisionally fails if any colonies characteristic of Clostridium perfringens are present, in which case the following procedure shall be followed to establish whether or not the colonies are Clostridium perfringens.

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In the case of each plate, 10 characteristic colonies of Clostridium perfringens shall be subcultured on to a further SF agar plate. If there are less than 10 colonies on the plate, all characteristic colonies shall be subcultured on to the further plate. The plates shall be incubated anaerobically at 37°C±1°C for 20 hours±2 hours.

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If the surface area of the plates is overgrown and it is not possible to select well isolated characteristic colonies, 10 suspect colonies shall be subcultured on to duplicate SF agar plates and incubated anaerobically at 37°C±1°C for 20 hours±2 hours.

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One characteristic colony from each plate shall be subcultured on to SF agar and incubated anaerobically at 37°C±1°C for 20 hours±2 hours.

Subcultured colonies

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After incubation each plate shall be examined for colonies characteristic of Clostridium perfringens. All colonies characteristic of Clostridium perfringens shall be—

• (a) stab inoculated into motility nitrate medium[^f00027]; and

• (b) inoculated into either lactose gelatin medium[^f00028] or charcoal gelatin discs[^f00029];

and incubated anaerobically at 37°C±1°C for 20 hours±2 hours.

Examination of subcultures

Motility

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The motility nitrate medium shall be examined for the type of growth along the stab line. If there is evidence of diffuse growth out into the medium away from the stab line, the bacteria shall be considered to be motile.

Reduction of nitrate to nitrite

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After examination of the motility nitrate medium, 0.2 ml to 0.5 ml of nitrite detection reagent shall be added to it. The formation of a red colour confirms that the bacteria have reduced nitrate to nitrite. Cultures that show a faint reaction (i.e. a pink colour) should be discounted. If no red colour is formed within 15 minutes, a small amount of zinc dust shall be added and the plate allowed to stand for 15 minutes. If a red colour is formed after the addition of zinc dust no reduction of nitrate to nitrite has taken place.

Production of gas and acid from lactose and liquefaction of gelatin

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The lactose gelatin medium shall be examined for the presence of small gas bubbles in the medium.

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Control Tests

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PART II — METHODS FOR THE ISOLATION OF SALMONELLA

A. BACTERIOLOGICAL METHOD

Day 1

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Day 5

B. ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE METHOD

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Tests shall be begun on receipt of the sample or on the first working day which allows the following method to be completed. If the test is not begun on the day of receipt the sample shall be stored in a refrigerator until required. If the sample has been refrigerated it shall be stored at room temperature for at least four hours before the test is started.

Day 1

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Tests shall be carried out in duplicate using two 25 gram portions of each sample submitted for testing. Each 25 gram sample shall be placed aseptically in a sterile container containing 225 ml Buffered Peptone Water/Lysine/Glucose (BPW/L/G)[^f00036] and incubated at 37°C for 18 hours.

Day 2

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The incubated BPW/L/G shall be added to Selenite Cystine Trimethylamine-N-Oxide Dulcitol (SC/T/D)[^f00037] and Lysine Decarboxylase Glucose (LD/G)[^f00038] media in electrical conductance cells or wells. For cells or wells containing more than 5 ml medium 0.2 ml of the BPW/L/G shall be added and for cells or wells containing 5 ml or less medium 0.1 ml of the BPW/L/G shall be added. Cells or wells shall be connected to appropriate electrical conductance measuring equipment set to monitor and record changes in electrical conductance at 6 minute intervals over a 24 hour period. The temperature of cells and wells shall be kept at 37°C.

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Day 4

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The plates shall be examined and a minimum of 3 colonies from each plate showing suspicion of Salmonella growth shall be subcultured—

• (a) on to a blood agar plate;

• (b) on to a MacConkey agar plate; and

• (c) into biochemical media suitable for the identification of Salmonella.

Day 5

PART III — METHOD FOR THE ISOLATION OF ENTEROBACTERIACEAE

Samples

Inoculations

Samples with colonies of Enterobacteriaceae

Examination of subcultures

Controls

SCHEDULE 3 — TRANSITIONAL MEASURES

PART I — TRANSITIONAL MEASURES REGARDING THE INTRA-SPECIES RECYCLING BAN FOR FISH

In accordance with Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 811/2003 implementing Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the intra-species recycling ban for fish, the burial and burning of animal by-products and certain transitional measures, the prohibition on the feeding of fish with processed animal protein derived from the bodies or parts of bodies of fish of the same species in Article 22(1)(a) of the Community Regulation shall not apply.

PART II — THE COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION AND DISPOSAL OF FORMER FOODSTUFFS

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• (1) The Secretary of State shall be the competent authority for granting approvals under Commission Regulation (EC) No. 813/2003 on transitional measures under Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the collection, transport and disposal of former foodstuffs.

• (2) Instructions for the purposes of Article 3(3) of that Regulation may be issued by an inspector.

Collection, transport and disposal of former foodstuffs

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For the purposes of Article 1.1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 813/2003, by way of derogation from Article 6(2)(f) and Article 7 of the Community Regulation, former foodstuffs which have not been mixed with any other animal by-products (other than Category 3 catering waste) may be collected, transported and disposed of or treated in the same way as catering waste.

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Where former foodstuffs are mixed with Category 1 or Category 2 material any person in possession or control of the material shall ensure that it is disposed of in accordance with Article 1(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 813/2003; and any person who fails to do so shall be guilty of an offence.

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Where former foodstuffs are sent for disposal in an approved landfill site, any person in possession or control of the material shall comply with Article 1(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 813/2003 and any person who fails to do so shall be guilty of an offence.

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Any person who fails to comply with any instructions given by an inspector under Article 3(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 813/2003 shall be guilty of an offence.

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In this Part “former foodstuffs” does not include waste from the production of products which are intended to be cooked before they are eaten.

PART III — USED COOKING OIL IN ANIMAL FEED

Scope

Approvals

General obligations

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