Disposal of Animal By-Products from Retail Premises
Do you produce Catering Waste and Waste Food of Animal Origin?
If you are a retailer, distributor, manufacturer, wholesaler, convenience store, food market, bakers or caterer for food and you are left with raw or lightly cooked meats or fish that are no longer destined for human consumption (e.g. raw meat past it's sell by or use by date) then these regulations will affect you.
Animal By-Products Regulations 2005
On 28th September 2005 the Regulations came into force which lay down the rules for the storage, handling, collection and disposal of animal by-products. These regulations aim to control the risks to both animals and the public.
Animal By-Products (ABP's) are defined as parts of a slaughtered animal that are not directly consumed by humans, including animals which die on farms, waste from slaughter houses and butchers shops and catering waste that has been in contact with meat products whether cooked or uncooked.
Category 3 Material, the lowest risk category, which is fit for but not intended for human consumption, these include raw meat and fish from food manufacturers and retailers, catering waste, eggs and other by-products that do not show signs of transmissible disease.
Category 2 Material is high risk material (i.e. condemned meat, fallen stock, digestive tract contents)
Category 1 Material is very high risk material (i.e. animals suspected or confirmed of being infected by a TSE e.g. BSE, animals killed in the context of TSE, Specified Risk Material and International Catering.)
Disposing of Catering Waste and Waste Food of Animal Origin
Catering waste and waste food of animal origin become animal by-products (ABP's) when they are no longer intended for human consumption
The waste material must be clearly labelled 'not for human consumption' and 'category 3 material' and stored in leak-proof sealed containers so as not to be left exposed to animals or wild birds.
ABPs must be collected and transported in leak- proof, covered vehicles and kept separate from other categories of bi-product
All transportation of ABPs must be accompanied by a Transfer Note, this will include a record of the origin, quantity and description of the material, the date of transport, the carrier and the destination. A copy of this Transfer Note must be retained for two years by your business and made available for inspection by authorised inspectors.
You are advised to make plans in case of an emergency e.g. a freezer breakdown or product recall when you may have to destroy large amounts of animal bi-product at short notice.
For further information about Animal By-Products visit the DEFRA website.
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| Document Name | Disposal of Food Waste |
| Document Narrative | Disposal of waste food by retail premises under the Animal By-Products Regulation (ABPR) |
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