The Animal By-Products Order 1999

Restrictions on disposal of animal by-products E+W+S

5.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this article, any person who has in his possession or under his control any animal by-product shall without undue delay consign it for, or dispose of it by—

(a) rendering or part-rendering in approved premises;

(b) incineration;

(c) burning other than in an incinerator, or burying, if—

(i) it is is a place where access is difficult; or

(ii) the quantity of by-product and the distance to premises in which disposal is otherwise permitted under this article do not justify transporting it;

(d) use for diagnostic, educational or research purposes;

(e) in the case of low risk material, production of petfood or pharmaceutical or technical products, or storage for the production of petfood, at premises registered under article 12;

(f) treatment at an approved knacker’s yard, or feeding to zoo, circus or fur animals, recognised packs of hounds or maggots farmed for fishing bait at premises registered under article 13, provided that the material consigned is—

(i) a by-product referred to in paragraph (b), (c) or (g)(i) of the definition of high risk material in article 3(1) (provided that it is not from an animal slaughtered as a result of the presence or suspected presence of a notifiable disease listed in Annex I to Council Directive 82/894/EEC (on the notification of animal diseases within the Community)(1)); or

(ii) low risk material; or

(g) export from Great Britain.

(2) If the appropriate Minister serves on the person in charge by any animal by-product a notice certifying that—

(a) the by-product is from animals infected with, or suspected of being infected with, an epizootic disease and should not be transported because of health risks;

(b) the by-product contains, or is suspected of containing, residues or pathogens which could constitute a risk to human or animal health and which could survive rendering; or

(c) there is a lack of capacity at rendering premises or incinerators;

then that person shall, without undue delay, dispose of the by-product by burning or by burial as may be specified in the notice.

(3) No person shall feed to any ruminant animal, pig or poultry, or allow any such animal to have access to, any unrendered animal by-product.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 5 in force at 1.4.1999, see art. 1

(1)

OJ No. L 378, 31.12.82, as amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3768/85 (OJ No. L 362, 31.12.85, p. 8), Commission Decision 89/162/EEC (OJ No. L 61, 4.3.89, p. 48) and Commission Decision 92/450/EEC (OJ No. L 248, 28.8.92, p. 77).