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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.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
A collection of guides for anyone working with animal by-products (ABPs), including how to process, transport, store and dispose of them.
Animal by-products (ABPs) you can use to make pet food, how to provide samples, and how to package your products.
Find out about the Fruit and Vegetables Aid Scheme.
Find out how to make fertiliser from processed ABPs including bonemeal, and if you need approval to manufacture, store or transport it.
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 assess household and non-household packaging from 2024 onwards if you’re a UK organisation affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
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 what methods you can use to process ABPs, how to test your products for bacteria and how to permanently mark high risk material.
How to import or move animal by-products from the EU to Great Britain.
How a product complies with EU safety, health and environmental requirements, and how to place a CE marking on your product.
Form to apply for approval to operate a handling or storage plant for animal by-products.
Form for approval to process animal by-products (ABPs) at your processing facility.
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 register to move animal by-products (ABPs) safely, how they should be moved, and the paperwork you need.
The carnivores you can feed, when your site must be registered, authorised, or recognised, and the animal by-products you can use.
Form for a compost or biogas plant to apply for approval to treat animal by-products or catering waste.
What sites are collection centres, the animal by-products (ABPs) you can treat at one, and how you must treat them.
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