SCHEDULE 4Transitional Provisions
PART 5Oleochemical plants using rendered fats from category 2 and 3 materials52
General obligations
1
By way of derogation from Article 14 of the Community Regulation, the Scottish Ministers may approve the use of oleochemical plants to process rendered fats derived from both Category 2 and Category 3 material providing they comply with the following conditions.
2
1
Approval shall be suspended immediately if the conditions under which it was granted are not fulfilled.
2
Once suspended, the approval shall only be reinstated subject to fulfilment of the requirements of the Community Regulation in their entirety.
3
Any material not processed in accordance with this Part or the Community Regulation shall be disposed of as instructed by an inspector.
3
The approval shall only be granted to premises and facilities that operated in that way on 1st November 2002.
Specific requirements4
1
Only rendered fats derived from Category 2 and Category 3 materials may be used.
2
Rendered fats derived from category 2 materials shall be processed in accordance with the standards in Chapter III of Annex VI to the Community Regulation.
3
Additional processes such as distillation, filtration and processing with absorbents shall be used to further improve the safety of the tallow derivatives.