The Animal By-Products Regulations 2005

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 Introduction

    1. 1.Title, extent and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Approvals, etc.

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

    1. 4.Category 1 material

    2. 5.Category 2 material

    3. 6.Category 3 material

    4. 7.Mixing mammalian and non-mammalian by-products

    5. 8.Collection, transportation and storage

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

    1. 9.Restrictions on feeding catering waste and other animal by-products

    2. 10.Intra-species recycling

    3. 11.Access to catering waste and other animal by-products

    4. 12.Pasture land

  5. PART 4 Approved premises and the competent authority

    1. 13.The competent authority

    2. 14.Approval of premises

    3. 15.Biogas and composting plants

    4. 16.Composting catering waste on the premises on which it originates

    5. 17.Processing and intermediate plants' own checks

    6. 18.Sampling at processing plants

    7. 19.Sampling at biogas and composting plants

    8. 20.Samples sent to laboratories

    9. 21.Laboratories

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

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

    2. 23.Placing on the market of petfood, dogchews and technical products

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

  7. PART 6 Derogations

    1. 25.Competent authority for Chapter V of the Community Regulation

    2. 26.Derogations regarding the use of animal by-products

    3. 27.Collection centres

    4. 28.Burial of pet animals

    5. 29.Remote areas

    6. 30.Burial in the event of a disease outbreak

    7. 31.Burning and burial of bees and apiculture products

  8. PART 7 Records

    1. 32.Records

    2. 33.Records for consigning, transporting or receiving animal by-products

    3. 34.Records for burying or burning of animal by-products

    4. 35.Records for disposal or use on premises

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

    6. 37.Treatment records for biogas and composting plants

    7. 38.Records for approved laboratories

    8. 39.Records to be kept for consignments of compost or digestion residue

  9. PART 8 Administration and enforcement

    1. 40.Grant of approvals, etc.

    2. 41.Suspension, amendment and revocation of approvals, etc.

    3. 42.Representations to an appointed person

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

    5. 44.Cleansing and disinfection

    6. 45.Compliance with notices

    7. 46.Powers of entry

    8. 47.Obstruction

    9. 48.Penalties

    10. 49.Enforcement

    11. 50.Transitional measures: technical products

    12. 51.Transitional measures: photographic products from gelatine

    13. 52.Transitional measures: milk

    14. 53.Transitional measures with expiry dates

    15. 54.Repeals and revocation

  10. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Additional requirements for biogas and composting plants

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Ruminant derived fluid

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Testing Methods

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Transitional Measures

  12. Explanatory Note