The Animal By-Products Order 1999

PART III CATERING WASTE INTENDED FOR FEEDING TO PIGS AND POULTRY

Feeding catering waste to ruminants, pigs and poultry

19.—(1) No person shall feed to any ruminant animal, or allow any ruminant animal to have access to, any catering waste to which this Part applies, or any feedingstuffs which have been in contact with it.

(2) No person shall feed to any pig or poultry, or allow any pig or poultry to have access to, any catering waste to which this Part applies unless it has been processed in accordance with this Part.

(3) No person shall feed to any pig or poultry, or allow any pig or poultry to have access to, any feedingstuffs which have been in contact with unprocessed catering waste unless the feedingstuffs have subsequently been processed as catering waste in accordance with this Part.

(4) The requirements in this Part shall apply in relation to catering waste which contains or has been in contact with animal carcases, parts of animal carcases (including blood) or products of animal origin (other than milk, eggs, rennet or melted fat which have been incorporated into another product).

Catering waste from a means of transport from outside Great Britain

20.  No person shall feed to any ruminant animal, pig or poultry, or allow any such animal to have access to, any catering waste imported into Great Britain and originally intended for consumption on the means of transport in which it was imported, or any feedingstuffs which have been in contact with it.

Transporting unprocessed catering waste

21.—(1) Any person collecting or transporting unprocessed catering waste intended for feeding to pigs or poultry shall—

(a) use adequately covered leak-proof containers or vehicles;

(b) maintain vehicles, tarpaulins or other covers and reusable containers in a clean condition; and

(c) take it without undue delay to approved processing premises.

(2) No person shall bring unprocessed catering waste on to any premises where ruminant animals, pigs or poultry are kept.

(3) No person shall carry processed catering waste in a vehicle containing unprocessed catering waste.

Approval of premises producing swill from catering waste

22.—(1) No person shall process catering waste to produce swill for feeding to pigs or poultry except on premises approved under this article.

(2) The appropriate Minister shall grant approval under this article for premises and equipment for processing catering waste to produce swill for feeding to pigs or poultry if he is satisfied that—

(a) the premises comply with the requirements in Schedule 5 and will be maintained and operated in accordance with that Schedule;

(b) the catering waste will be processed in accordance with Schedule 5;

(c) the catering waste will not be fed to ruminants;

(d) the premises are not used to render animal by-products other than for the production of swill; and

(e) the conditions of this Order will be complied with.

(3) The approval shall specify—

(a) the operator of the premises;

(b) the address of the premises;

(c) the parts of the premises in which catering waste may be received and processed;

(d) the cooking parameters if these are different from those specified in Schedule 5; and

(e) any other conditions which the appropriate Minister considers necessary to ensure that this Order is complied with.

Operation of premises approved to process catering waste

23.—(1) Any person holding an approval under article 22 shall maintain and operate the premises and equipment in accordance with the requirements in Schedule 5 and shall process the catering waste in accordance with that Schedule.

(2) No person shall render animal by-products (except for the production of swill) on any premises approved under article 22.

Records for premises approved to process catering waste

24.  The occupier of premises processing catering waste shall record—

(a) the date on which the incoming waste arrived;

(b) the address of the premises from which the waste was collected;

(c) the quantity and description of the incoming waste; and

(d) the name of the haulier who transported it.