Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

ANNEX VI U.K. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROCESSING OF CATEGORY 1 AND 2 MATERIAL AND FOR BIOGAS AND COMPOSTING PLANTS

CHAPTER I U.K. Specific requirements for the processing of Category 1 and Category 2 material

The following requirements apply in addition to the general requirements laid down in Annex V.

A.

Premises

1.

The layout of Category 1 and Category 2 processing plants must ensure the total separation of Category 1 material from Category 2 material from reception of the raw material until dispatch of the resulting processed product.

2.

However, the competent authority may authorise the temporary use of a Category 2 processing plant for the processing of Category 1 material when a widespread outbreak of an epizootic disease or other extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances leads to a lack of capacity at a Category 1 processing plant.

The competent authority must re-approve the Category 2 processing plant in accordance with Article 13 before it processes Category 2 material again.

B.

Processing standards

3.

The critical control points that determine the extent of the heat treatments applied in processing must be identified for each processing method as specified in Annex V, Chapter III. The critical control points may include:

(a)

raw material particle size;

(b)

temperature achieved in the heat treatment process;

(c)

pressure applied to the raw material; and

(d)

duration of the heat treatment process or feed rate to a continuous system.

Minimum process standards must be specified for each applicable critical control point.

4.

Records must be maintained for at least two years to show that the minimum process values for each critical control point are applied.

5.

Accurately calibrated gauges/recorders must be used to monitor continuously the processing conditions. Records must be kept to show the date of calibration of gauges/recorders.

6.

Material that may not have received the specified heat treatment (e.g. material discharged at start up, or leakage from cookers) must be recirculated through the heat treatment or collected and reprocessed.

7.

Animal by-products must be processed in accordance with the following processing standards.

(a)

Processing method 1 must be applied to:

(i)

[F1 Category 2 material (other than manure, digestive tract content separated from the digestive tract, milk and colostrum), destined for biogas or composting plants or intended to be used as organic fertilisers or soil improvers, and]

(ii)

Category 1 and Category 2 material destined for landfill.

(b)

Any of processing methods 1 to 5 must be applied to:

(i)

Category 2 material from which the resulting protein is destined for incineration or co-incineration,

(ii)

Category 2 material from which the rendered fat is destined for a Category 2 oleochemical plant, and

(iii)

Category 1 or Category 2 material destined for incineration or co-incineration.

[ F2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

C.

Processed products

8.

Processed products derived from Category 1 or 2 materials, with the exception of liquid products destined for biogas or composting plants, must be permanently marked, where technically possible with smell, using a system approved by the competent authority. Detailed rules for such marking may be laid down under the procedure referred to in Article 33(2).

9.

Samples of processed products destined for biogas or composting plants or landfill, taken directly after heat treatment, must be free from heat-resistant pathogenic bacteria spores (Clostridium perfringens absent in 1 g of the products).

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 808/2003 of 12 May 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption (Text with EEA relevance).

F2 Deleted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 808/2003 of 12 May 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption (Text with EEA relevance).

CHAPTER II U.K. Specific requirements for the approval of biogas and composting plants

A.

Premises

1.

[F1 If the biogas plant is located on premises where farmed animals are kept, the plant shall be located at an adequate distance to the area where animals are kept and there must be in any case total physical separation between that plant and the animals and their feed and bedding, with fencing where necessary. The biogas plant must be equipped with:

(a)

a pasteurisation/hygienisation unit, which cannot be by-passed, with:

(i)

installations for monitoring temperature against time;

(ii)

recording devices to record continuously the results of those measurements; and

(iii)

an adequate safety system to prevent insufficient heating; and

(b)

adequate facilities for the cleaning and disinfecting vehicles and containers upon leaving the biogas plant.

However, a pasteurisation/hygienisation unit is not mandatory for biogas plants that transform only animal by-products that have undergone processing Method 1.

In addition, a pasteurisation/hygienisation unit is not mandatory for biogas plants that transform only Category 3 material that has undergone pasteurisation/hyginesation elsewhere.

2.

If the composting plant is located on premises where farmed animals are kept, the plant shall be located at an adequate distance to the area where animals are kept and there must be in any case total physical separation between that plant and the animals and their feed and bedding, with fencing where necessary. The composting plant must be equipped with:

(a)

a closed composting reactor, which cannot be by-passed, with:

(i)

installations for monitoring temperature against time;

(ii)

recording devices to record, where appropriate continuously, the results of those measurements; and

(iii)

an adequate safety system to prevent insufficient heating; and

(b)

adequate facilities for cleaning and disinfecting vehicles and containers transporting untreated animal by-products.

However, other types of composting systems may be allowed provided they:

(i)

ensure that there is no access by vermin;

(ii)

are managed in such a way that all the material in the system achieves the required time and temperature parameters, including, where appropriate, continuous monitoring of the parameters;

(iii)

comply with all other requirements of this Regulation.]

3.

Each biogas plant and composting plant must have its own laboratory or make use of an external laboratory. The laboratory must be equipped to carry out the necessary analyses and approved by the competent authority.

B.

Hygiene requirements

4.

Only the following animal by-products may be transformed in a biogas or composting plant:

(a)

Category 2 material, when using processing method 1 in a Category 2 processing plant;

(b)

[F1 manure and digestive tract content separated from the digestive tract, milk and colostrum, and]

(c)

Category 3 material.

[F3 However, resulting materials from the processing of Category 1 material may be transformed in a biogas plant, provided that the processing was done pursuant to an alternative method approved in accordance with Article 4(2)(e) and, except as otherwise specified, the biogas production is part of that alternative method and the resulting material is disposed of in accordance with the conditions laid down for the alternative method.]

5.

Animal by-products referred to in paragraph 4 must be transformed as soon as possible after arrival. They must be stored properly until treated.

6.

Containers, receptacles and vehicles used for transporting untreated material must be cleaned in a designated area. This area must be situated or designed to prevent risk of contamination of treated products.

7.

Preventive measures against birds, rodents, insects or other vermin must be taken systematically. A documented pest-control programme must be used for that purpose.

8.

Cleaning procedures must be documented and established for all parts of the premises. Suitable equipment and cleaning agents must be provided for cleaning.

9.

Hygiene control must include regular inspections of the environment and equipment. Inspection schedules and results must be documented.

10.

Installations and equipment must be kept in a good state of repair and measuring equipment must be calibrated at regular intervals.

11.

Digestion residues must be handled and stored at the plant in such a way as to preclude recontamination.

C.

Processing standards

12.

Category 3 material used as raw material in a biogas plant equipped with a pasteurisation/hygienisation unit must be submitted to the following minimum requirements:

(a)

maximum particle size before entering the unit: 12 mm;

(b)

minimum temperature in all material in the unit: 70 ^oC; and

(c)

minimum time in the unit without interruption: 60 minutes.

13.

Category 3 material used as raw material in a composting plant must be submitted to the following minimum requirements:

(a)

maximum particle size before entering the composting reactor: 12 mm,

(b)

minimum temperature in all material in the reactor: 70 ^oC; and

(c)

minimum time in the reactor at 70 ^oC (all material): 60 minutes.

14.

[F1 However, pending the adoption of rules in accordance with Article 6(2)(g), the competent authority may, when catering waste is the only animal by-product used as raw material in a biogas or composting plant, authorise the use of specific requirements other than those laid down in this Chapter provided that they guarantee an equivalent effect regarding the reduction of pathogens. Those specific requirements may also apply to catering waste when it is mixed with manure, digestive tract content separated from the digestive tract, milk and colostrum provided that the resulting material is considered as if it were from catering waste.

Where manure, digestive tract content separated from the digestive tract, milk and colostrum are the only material of animal origin being treated in a biogas or composting plant, the competent authority may authorise the use of specific requirements other than those specified in this Chapter provided that it:

(a)

does not consider that those material present a risk of spreading any serious transmissible disease;

(b)

considers that the residues or compost are untreated material.]

D.

Digestion residues and compost

15.

Samples of the digestion residues or compost taken during or on withdrawal from storage at the biogas or composting plant must comply with the following standards:

• Salmonella: absence in 25 g: n = 5, c = 0, m = 0, M = 0

• Enterobacteriaceae: n = 5, c = 2, m = 10, M = 300 in 1 g

• where:

  n

  =

  number of samples to be tested;

  m

  =

  threshold value for the number of bacteria; the result is considered satisfactory if the number of bacteria in all samples does not exceed m;

  M

  =

  maximum value for the number of bacteria; the result is considered unsatisfactory if the number of bacteria in one or more samples is M or more; and

  c

  =

  number of samples the bacterial count of which may be between m and M, the sample still being considered acceptable if the bacterial count of the other samples is m or less.

Textual Amendments

F3 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 92/2005 of 19 January 2005 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards means of disposal or uses of animal by-products and amending its Annex VI as regards biogas transformation and processing of rendered fats (Text with EEA relevance).

CHAPTER III U.K. Treatment standards for the further processing of rendered fats

The following processes may be used to produce fat derivatives from rendered fats derived from Category 2 material:

1.

transesterification or hydrolysis at least 200 ^oC, under corresponding appropriate pressure, for 20 minutes (glycerol, fatty acids and esters); or

2.

saponification with NaOH 12M (glycerol and soap):

(a)

in a batch process at 95 ^oC for three hours; or

(b)

in a continuous process at 140 ^oC 2 bars (2 000 hPa) for eight minutes, or under equivalent conditions laid down in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 33(2).

[F3 However, other processes may be used for further processing of animal fats derived from Category 1 material, provided these processes are approved as alternative method in accordance with Article 4(2)(e).]