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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 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.
Fees for animal by-product premises inspection and approval or conditional approval services provided by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
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 for a compost or biogas plant to apply for approval to treat animal by-products or catering waste.
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.
Rules to follow if you’re moving animals or animal products from one country to another and transiting through Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), known as ‘landbridge’ movements.
How to set up a compost or biogas site, UK and EU standards explained, and alternative treatment methods for animal by-products (ABPs).
Information for farmers about inspections the Animal and Plant Health Agency carries out where livestock, poultry, fish or shellfish matter is incinerated.
Suppliers and transporters of animal by-products (ABP) can use this template to create a commercial document to accompany ABP being exported to Great Britain.
Check the tariff classification for dried buffalo ears and dried beef meat scraped off from the throat, for use as animal feed.
Find out what methods you can use to process ABPs, how to test your products for bacteria and how to permanently mark high risk material.
Form to apply for approval to incinerate animal by-products (ABPs) at your processing facility or incineration site.
Find out how to store fertiliser made from processed animal by-products (ABPs) on farms and about grazing restrictions after you apply them.
Guidance explaining the different categories of animal by-products, how they should be used or disposed of, and where this can be done.
Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.
Find out where you can source milk or milk products to feed to animals on your farm, and if you need to be on the national milk register.
How to get your site approved, the category your site falls into, the type of incinerator you need and how it must be maintained.
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 products to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
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