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The Animal By-Products Order 1999

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I INTRODUCTION

    1. 1.Title and commencement

    2. 2.Extension of definitions of “animals” and “poultry”

    3. 3.Interpretation and scope

  3. PART II DISPOSAL OF HIGH RISK AND LOW RISK MATERIAL

    1. 4.Scope of Part II

    2. 5.Restrictions on disposal of animal by-products

    3. 6.Collection and transport of animal by-products

    4. 7.Approval of premises and equipment for rendering animal by-products

    5. 8.Operation of approved rendering plants

    6. 9.Sampling the rendered product

    7. 10.Incineration

    8. 11.Burial of animal by-products

    9. 12.Petfood, pharmaceutical and technical premises

    10. 13.Registration of premises used for the feeding of animal by-products to zoo, circus or fur animals, recognised packs of hounds or maggots farmed for fishing bait

    11. 14.Approval of knackers' yards

    12. 15.Operation of knackers' yards and supply of feedingstuffs from knackers' yards

    13. 16.Approval and operation of laboratories

    14. 17.Records for animal by-products

    15. 18.Records for approved laboratories

  4. PART III CATERING WASTE INTENDED FOR FEEDING TO PIGS AND POULTRY

    1. 19.Feeding catering waste to ruminants, pigs and poultry

    2. 20.Catering waste from a means of transport from outside Great Britain

    3. 21.Transporting unprocessed catering waste

    4. 22.Approval of premises producing swill from catering waste

    5. 23.Operation of premises approved to process catering waste

    6. 24.Records for premises approved to process catering waste

  5. PART IV SWILL FOR USE AS FEEDINGSTUFFS

    1. 25.Consigning swill

    2. 26.Feeding swill to pigs or poultry

  6. PART V GENERAL

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

    2. 28.Cleansing and disinfection

    3. 29.Powers of inspectors

    4. 30.Form of approvals, etc.

    5. 31.Compliance with notices

    6. 32.Form of records

    7. 33.Enforcement

    8. 34.Transitional provisions

    9. 35.Revocations and consequential amendments

  7. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1:

      Requirements for rendering plants

    2. SCHEDULE 2:

      Rendering

    3. SCHEDULE 3:

      Sampling and testing methods

    4. SCHEDULE 4:

      Requirements for knackers' yards

    5. SCHEDULE 5:

      Requirements for premises processing catering waste

    6. SCHEDULE 6:

      Revocations and consequential amendments

  9. Explanatory Note

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