Animal By-Products Category Definition

Below are the definitons of the animal by-products categories, as described in the The Animal By-Products (Scotland) Regulations 2003 Explanatory note.

category 1 material where the by-products (a) are body parts of animals suspected of being infected with, confirmed with or killed in the eradication of, a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy including animals which are not farmed or wild (unless the wild animals are suspected of being infected with transmissible diseases), in particular including pet animals, zoo animals and circus animals, and experimental animals; (b) are specified risk material ("SRM") under Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001[ 75], and the entire bodies of dead animals containing SRM if it was not removed on disposal; (c) have been administered with or contain residues of certain environmental contaminants; (d) are collected from treating waste water from category 1 processing plants or premises where SRM is removed; (e) are catering waste from means of transport operating internationally; and (f) are category 1 material mixed with category 2 and 3 material;

category 2 material where the by-products (a) are manure and digestive tract content;(b) are collected from treating waste from slaughterhouses other than the type noted above; (c) contain residues of veterinary drugs and certain contaminants; (d) are not category 1 material but are imported from non-member States and fail Community import inspections but are not re-exported or accepted under the Community import rules; (e) are animals and parts of animals that are not category 1 material that were not slaughtered for human consumption; (f) are category 2 material mixed with category 3 material; and (g) are not either category 1 or category 3 material;

category 3 material where the by-products derive from animals which are fit for human consumption in accordance with Community legislation and are (a) parts of such animals not intended for human consumption for commercial reasons; (b) unfit parts of animals themselves fit for human consumption; (c) hides, skins, hooves, horns, pig bristles and feathers from animals identified as fit for human consumption from inspections before slaughter in a slaughterhouse; (d) non-ruminant blood from such animals; (e) derived from the production of products intended for human consumption; (f) former foodstuffs of animal origin other than catering waste no longer intended for human consumption for commercial reasons or due to defects which present no risk to humans; (g) raw milk from animals showing no clinical signs of a disease communicable through that product; (h) sea animals, except sea mammals, caught in the open sea for the purposes of fishmeal production; (i) fresh by-products from fish from plants manufacturing fish products for human consumption; (j) shells, hatchery and cracked egg by-products (and (k) blood, hides, skins, hooves, feathers, wool, horns, hair and fur) from animals showing no clinical signs of a disease communicable through that product; and (l) catering waste other than from means of transport operating internationally.

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