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Find out how to carry out a processing test, which is part of validation for continuous animal by-product processing facilities.
How to prove your abattoir is complying with the Pig Carcase Grading Scheme.
Check the tariff classification for oilcake and other residues resulting from the extraction of olive oil.
Check the tariff classification for bones with some meat, fat and tendons (so called soup bones).
How to stop harmful weeds spreading onto land used for grazing livestock or growing crops, how to dispose of them and how to report them if they’ve spread.
The S2 waste exemption allows you to store specific waste at a secure intermediate site, separate to where the waste was produced, before transportation to another site for recovery.
If your abattoir slaughters 150 or more bovines aged 8 months or over per week (on a rolling annual average) you must be registered with the Beef Carcase Classification (BCC) scheme.
The T19 exemption allows small-scale physical and chemical treatment of waste edible oils and fat to produce fuel.
Animal by-products (ABPs) you can use to make pet food, how to provide samples, and how to package your products.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
Find out what animal by-products (material with animal content) you can use in a small scale compost heap and if your heap needs approval.
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
Find out if and by when you need to apply for a medium combustion plant directive (MCPD) environmental permit to meet air quality requirements.
How to import or move animal by-products from the EU to Great Britain.
How to import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries.
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Find out what you must do before you get a pet pig, how to register as a keeper and get a pig walking licence and what you can feed pet pigs.
Find out what animal by-products you can use to make biodiesel, whether you need approval, how to process them and how to use the products.
Product descriptions for equipment eligible for the Energy Technology List, explaining the energy and cost savings
Secretary of State determinations on applications for exemptions from the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2012 (the RoHS regulations).
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