The Animal By-Products (Wales) Regulations 2006 (revoked)

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 Introduction

   1. 1. Title, application 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. Repeals and revocation

10. Signature

11. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       Additional requirements for biogas and composting plants

       1. PART I Premises

          1. 1. (1) There must be– (a) a reception area in which...

          2. 2. The animal by-products must be unloaded in the reception area...

          3. 3. The plant must be operated in such a way that–...

          4. 4. The operator must identify, control and monitor suitable critical points...

          5. 5. Containers, receptacles and vehicles used for transporting untreated animal by-products...

       2. PART II Treatment systems and parameters for catering waste

          1. 1. Unless an approval specifically permits a different system, catering waste...

          2. 2. The approval must normally specify one of the methods in...

          3. 3. Composting plants

          4. 4. Biogas plants

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       Ruminant derived fluid

       1. 1. Treatment or discharge of fluid from processing ruminant by-products

       2. 2. Measurement of treated fluid

       3. 3. Records

       4. 4. Records of consignment

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       Testing Methods

       1. PART I METHOD FOR THE ISOLATION OF CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS

          1. 1. Time of testing

          2. 2. Samples

          3. 3. Inoculations

          4. 4. Once the agar has set, each agar plate must be...

          5. 5. Samples with colonies of Clostridium perfringens

          6. 6. In the case of each plate, 10 characteristic colonies of...

          7. 7. If the surface area of the plates is overgrown and...

          8. 8. One characteristic colony from each plate must be subcultured on...

          9. 9. Subcultured colonies

          10. 10. Motility

          11. 11. Reduction of nitrate to nitrite

          12. 12. Production of gas and acid from lactose and liquefaction of gelatin

          13. 13. The lactose gelatin medium must be examined for colour. A...

          14. 14. The lactose gelatin medium must be chilled for one hour...

          15. 15. The presence of Clostridium perfringens must be determined on the...

          16. 16. Control Tests

          17. 17. 10 gram portions of the rendered animal protein must be...

          18. 18. One colony of Clostridium perfringens must be placed in 10...

          19. 19. These are then treated and examined in the same way...

       2. PART II METHODS FOR THE ISOLATION OF SALMONELLA

          1. A. BACTERIOLOGICAL METHOD

             1. 1. (1) Tests must be begun on receipt of the sample...

             2. 2. Day one

             3. 3. Day two

             4. 4. Day three

             5. 5. The residual RV broth must be reincubated at 41.5°C±0.5°C for...

             6. 6. Day four

             7. 7. These media must be incubated at 37°C overnight.

             8. 8. Day five

             9. 9. The plates referred to in paragraph 7 must be examined...

          2. B. ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE METHOD

             1. 10. Tests must be begun on receipt of the sample or...

             2. 11. Day one

             3. 12. Day two

             4. 13. Day three

             5. 14. Day four

             6. 15. Day five

       3. PART III METHOD FOR THE ISOLATION OF ENTEROBACTERIACEAE

          1. 1. Tests must be begun on receipt of the sample or...

          2. 2. Samples

          3. 3. Inoculations

          4. 4. Once the agar has set, each agar plate must be...

          5. 5. Samples with colonies of Enterobacteriaceae

          6. 6. After counting the colonies, characteristic colonies must be taken at...

          7. 7. Examination of subcultures

          8. 8. If not all of the colonies prove to be Enterobacteriaceae,...

          9. 9. Controls

          10. 10. A 10 gram portion of the rendered animal protein must...

          11. 11. One colony of Escherichia coli must be placed in 10...

          12. 12. This is then treated and examined in the same way...

12. Explanatory Note