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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I INTRODUCTION

    1. 1.Title and commencement

    2. 2.Extension of definitions of “animals” and “poultry”

    3. 3.Interpretation and scope

  3. PART II DISPOSAL OF HIGH RISK AND LOW RISK MATERIAL

    1. 4.Scope of Part II

    2. 5.Restrictions on disposal of animal by-products

    3. 6.Collection and transport of animal by-products

    4. 7.Approval of premises and equipment for rendering animal by-products

    5. 8.Operation of approved rendering plants

    6. 9.Sampling the rendered product

    7. 10.Incineration

    8. 11.Burial of animal by-products

    9. 12.Petfood, pharmaceutical and technical premises

    10. 13.Registration of premises used for the feeding of animal by-products to zoo, circus or fur animals, recognised packs of hounds or maggots farmed for fishing bait

    11. 14.Approval of knackers' yards

    12. 15.Operation of knackers' yards and supply of feedingstuffs from knackers' yards

    13. 16.Approval and operation of laboratories

    14. 17.Records for animal by-products

    15. 18.Records for approved laboratories

  4. PART III CATERING WASTE INTENDED FOR FEEDING TO PIGS AND POULTRY

    1. 19.Feeding catering waste to ruminants, pigs and poultry

    2. 20.No person shall feed to any livestock or allow any...

    3. 21.Transporting unprocessed catering waste

    4. 22.Approval of premises producing swill from catering waste

    5. 23.Operation of premises approved to process catering waste

    6. 24.Records for premises approved to process catering waste

  5. PART IV SWILL FOR USE AS FEEDINGSTUFFS

    1. 25.Consigning swill

    2. 26.Feeding swill to pigs or poultry

  6. PART V GENERAL

    1. 27.Notice requiring the disposal of animal by-products or catering waste

    2. 28.Cleansing and disinfection

    3. 29.Powers of inspectors

    4. 30.Form of approvals, etc.

    5. 31.Compliance with notices

    6. 32.Form of records

    7. 33.Enforcement

    8. 34.Transitional provisions

    9. 35.Revocations and consequential amendments

  7. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      REQUIREMENTS FOR RENDERING PLANTS

      1. 1.General requirements

      2. 2.Animals and unauthorised persons shall not be permitted to enter...

      3. 3.Floors shall be impervious, cleanable and be laid so that...

      4. 4.The premises shall be drained by a waste water disposal...

      5. 5.Adequate lavatories, changing areas and washbasins shall be available for...

      6. 6.Clean and unclean areas

      7. 7.Unrendered animal by-products shall be unloaded in the reception area...

      8. 8.If carcases are de-skinned or de-haired, there shall be adequate...

      9. 9.Rendered material shall be handled, processed and stored in the...

      10. 10.Persons who have been in the unclean area shall not...

      11. 11.Cleansing and disinfection facilities

      12. 12.Equipment

      13. 13.The premises shall have equipment capable of producing sufficient hot...

      14. 14.(1) ... Rendering premises shall be equipped with suitable rendering...

      15. 15.Installations and equipment shall be kept in a good state...

      16. 16.Laboratories

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      RENDERING

      1. PART I RENDERING STANDARDS

        1. 1.Mammalian animal by-products

        2. 2.High risk material

        3. 3.Low-risk material

        4. 4.Part-rendering

        5. 5.Non-mammalian animal by-products used for the production of swill

        6. 6.Gelatin and rendered fats

        7. 7.Hides

        8. 8.Re-rendering material

      2. PART II RENDERING METHODS

        1. METHOD 1 CONTINUOUS OR BATCH PRESSURE

          1. 1.Reduction

          2. 2.Time, temperature and pressure

          3. 3.The rendering may be carried out in batch or continuous...

        2. METHOD 2 NATURAL FAT BATCH

          1. 1.Reduction

          2. 2.Time and temperature

          3. 3.The rendering shall be carried out in a batch system....

          4. 4.The animal by-products may be cooked such that the time-temperature...

        3. METHOD 3 NATURAL FAT

          1. 1.Reduction

          2. 2.Time and temperature

          3. 3.The rendering may be carried out in batch or continuous...

          4. 4.The animal by-products may be cooked such that the time-temperature...

        4. METHOD 4 ADDED FAT

          1. 1.Reduction

          2. 2.Time and temperature

          3. 3.The rendering may be carried out in batch or continuous...

          4. 4.The animal by-products may be cooked such that the time-temperature...

        5. METHOD 5 DEFATTED

          1. 1.Reduction

          2. 2.Time and temperature

          3. 3.The rendering may be carried out in batch or continuous...

          4. 4.The animal by-products may be cooked such that the time-temperature...

        6. METHOD 6 AQUATIC ANIMALS

          1. 1.The animal by-products shall be reduced to a size specified...

          2. 2.They shall then be heated to a temperature specified in...

          3. 3.After heat treatment, the product shall be separated into liquid,...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      SAMPLING AND TESTING METHODS

      1. PART I MANNER OF SAMPLING

        1. 1.METHOD 1

        2. 2.Each aggregate sample shall be placed into a separate sterile...

        3. 3.Approximately equal amounts shall be taken from each aggregate sample...

        4. 1.METHOD 2

        5. 2.Each aggregate sample shall be placed into a separate sterile...

        6. 3.Approximately equal amounts shall be taken from each aggregate sample...

      2. PART II 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 shall 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 shall be subcultured on...

        9. 9.Subcultured colonies

        10. Examination of subcultures

        11. 10.Motility

        12. 11.Reduction of nitrate to nitrite

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

        14. 13.The lactose gelatin medium shall be examined for colour. A...

        15. 14.The lactose gelatin medium shall be chilled for one hour...

        16. 15.The presence of Clostridium perfringens shall be determined on the...

        17. 16.Control Tests

        18. 17.10 gram portions of the rendered animal protein shall be...

        19. 18.One colony of Clostridium perfringens shall be placed in 10...

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

      3. PART III METHODS FOR THE ISOLATION OF SALMONELLA

        1. A. BACTERIOLOGICAL METHOD

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

          2. 2.Day 1

          3. 3.Day 2

          4. 4.Day 3

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

          6. 6.Day 4

          7. 7.The reincubated RV both shall be plated out as described...

          8. 8.Day 5

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

        2. B. ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE METHOD

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

          2. 2.Day 1

          3. 3.Day 2

          4. 4.Day 3

          5. 5.Day 4

          6. 6.Day 5

      4. PART IV METHOD FOR THE ISOLATION OF ENTEROBACTERIACEAE

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

        2. 2.Samples

        3. 3.Inoculations

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

        5. 5.Samples with colonies of Enterobacteriaceae

        6. 6.After counting the colonies, characteristic colonies shall 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 shall...

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

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

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      REQUIREMENTS FOR KNACKERS' YARDS

      1. 1.General requirements

      2. 2.Preventive measures against birds, rodents, insects and other vermin shall...

      3. 3.Floors shall be laid so that liquids drain away. The...

      4. 4.Adequate lavatories, changing rooms and washbasins shall be available for...

      5. 5.Clean and unclean areas in premises producing feedingstuffs for animals whose flesh is not intended for human consumption

      6. 6.Reception and storage facilities in premises not producing feedingstuffs

      7. 7.Hides

      8. 8.Cleansing and disinfection facilities

      9. 9.Repair of installations

      10. 10.Products of knackers' yards

      11. 11.Feedingstuffs

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      REQUIREMENTS FOR PREMISES PROCESSING CATERING WASTE

      1. 1.General requirements

      2. 2.. . . . . . . . . ....

      3. 3.. . . . . . . . . ....

      4. 4.Clean and unclean areas

      5. 5.. . . . . . . . . ....

      6. 6.. . . . . . . . . ....

      7. 7.. . . . . . . . . ....

      8. 8.Processing standards

      9. 9.Cleansing and disinfection facilities

      10. 10.Equipment

      11. 11.. . . . . . . . . ....

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      REVOCATIONS AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

      1. PART I REVOCATIONS

      2. PART II AMENDMENTS

        1. 1.The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) Order 1996

  9. Explanatory Note

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