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What animal by-products (ABPs) are, how to set up a site that uses them safely, the paperwork you need, and how to dispose of them.
Animal by-products (ABPs) you can use to make pet food, how to provide samples, and how to package your products.
The carnivores you can feed, when your site must be registered, authorised, or recognised, and the animal by-products you can use.
A collection of guides for anyone working with animal by-products (ABPs), including how to process, transport, store and dispose of them.
How to use and supply animal by-products (ABPs) as farm animal feed or in feed, and how to get your site registered and approved.
How to get a handling or storage site approved, how to store animal by-products (ABPs) and derived products, and how to build the site.
How to minimise the risk of disease from animal wool and hair, register your site, and dispose of materials you don't want.
What sites are collection centres, the animal by-products (ABPs) you can treat at one, and how you must treat them.
How to import or move animal by-products from the EU to Great Britain.
Form to apply for approval to operate a handling or storage plant for animal by-products.
Find out how to make fertiliser from processed ABPs including bonemeal, and if you need approval to manufacture, store or transport it.
How to register to move animal by-products (ABPs) safely, how they should be moved, and the paperwork you need.
Form for premises and sites that handle or use animal by-products (ABPs) to register.
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.
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export other animal by-products to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
Find out how to propose your own (method 7) method for processing animal by-products (ABPs) instead of using one of the 6 standard methods.
Form to apply for approval to feed category 1 animal by-products (ABPs) to zoo animals.
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
Find out when you can apply ash, shellfish shells and eggshells to land as fertiliser without processing.
Find out how to take samples from processed ABPs and find laboratories to test them, and what to do if one of your samples fails a test.
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