Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilDangos y teitl llawn

Article 10 U.K. Category 3 material

Category 3 material shall comprise the following animal by-products:

(a)

carcases and parts of animals slaughtered or, in the case of game, bodies or parts of animals killed, and which are fit for human consumption in accordance with [F1 retained EU law], but are not intended for human consumption for commercial reasons;

(b)

carcases and the following parts originating either from animals that have been slaughtered in a slaughterhouse and were considered fit for slaughter for human consumption following an ante-mortem inspection or bodies and the following parts of animals from game killed for human consumption in accordance with [F1 retained EU law]:

(i)

carcases or bodies and parts of animals which are rejected as unfit for human consumption in accordance with [F1 retained EU law], but which did not show any signs of disease communicable to humans or animals;

(ii)

heads of poultry;

(iii)

hides and skins, including trimmings and splitting thereof, horns and feet, including the phalanges and the carpus and metacarpus bones, tarsus and metatarsus bones, of:

• animals, other than ruminants requiring TSE testing, and

• ruminants which have been tested with a negative result in accordance with Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001;

(iv)

pig bristles;

(v)

feathers;

(c)

animal by-products from poultry and lagomorphs slaughtered on the farm as referred to in Article 1(3)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, which did not show any signs of disease communicable to humans or animals;

(d)

blood of animals which did not show any signs of disease communicable through blood to humans or animals obtained from the following animals that have been slaughtered in a slaughterhouse after having been considered fit for slaughter for human consumption following an ante-mortem inspection in accordance with [F1 retained EU law]:

(i)

animals other than ruminants requiring TSE testing; and

(ii)

ruminants which have been tested with a negative result in accordance with Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001;

(e)

animal by-products arising from the production of products intended for human consumption, including degreased bones, greaves and centrifuge or separator sludge from milk processing;

(f)

products of animal origin, or foodstuffs containing products of animal origin, which are no longer intended for human consumption for commercial reasons or due to problems of manufacturing or packaging defects or other defects from which no risk to public or animal health arise;

(g)

petfood and feedingstuffs of animal origin, or feedingstuffs containing animal by-products or derived products, which are no longer intended for feeding for commercial reasons or due to problems of manufacturing or packaging defects or other defects from which no risk to public or animal health arises;

(h)

blood, placenta, wool, feathers, hair, horns, hoof cuts and raw milk originating from live animals that did not show any signs of disease communicable through that product to humans or animals;

(i)

aquatic animals, and parts of such animals, except sea mammals, which did not show any signs of disease communicable to humans or animals;

(j)

animal by-products from aquatic animals originating from establishments or plants manufacturing products for human consumption;

(k)

the following material originating from animals which did not show any signs of disease communicable through that material to humans or animals:

(i)

shells from shellfish with soft tissue or flesh;

(ii)

the following originating from terrestrial animals:

• hatchery by-products,

• eggs,

• egg by-products, including egg shells,

(iii)

day-old chicks killed for commercial reasons;

(l)

aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates other than species pathogenic to humans or animals;

(m)

animals and parts thereof of the zoological orders of Rodentia and Lagomorpha, except Category 1 material as referred to in Article 8(a)(iii), (iv) and (v) and Category 2 material as referred to in Article 9(a) to (g);

(n)

hides and skins, hooves, feathers, wool, horns, hair and fur originating from dead animals that did not show any signs of disease communicable through that product to humans or animals, other than those referred to in point (b) of this Article;

(o)

adipose tissue from animals which did not show any signs of disease communicable through that material to humans or animals, which were slaughtered in a slaughterhouse and which were considered fit for slaughter for human consumption following an ante-mortem inspection in accordance with [F1 retained EU law];

(p)

catering waste other than as referred to in Article 8(f).

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Regulation substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), reg. 12(2)