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What sites are collection centres, the animal by-products (ABPs) you can treat at one, and how you must treat them.
Find out when you can apply ash, shellfish shells and eggshells to land as fertiliser without processing.
What you need to do to comply with regulations on manufactured products you place on the market in Great Britain.
Get help to classify pharmaceutical products used to treat or prevent diseases or ailments (in humans or animals), including comparators used in clinical trials and placebos.
Find out how to carry out a processing test, which is part of validation for continuous animal by-product processing facilities.
Find out how to store fertiliser made from processed animal by-products (ABPs) on farms and about grazing restrictions after you apply them.
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.
Treating and disposing of non-hazardous farm waste, sending to landfill, burying waste, incinerating fallen stock and recycling waste fuel oil.
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.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
How to minimise the risk of disease from animal wool and hair, register your site, and dispose of materials you don't want.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
Form to apply for approval to incinerate animal by-products (ABPs) at your processing facility or incineration site.
What you need to do to export or move animal bones, protein and other by-products.
Find out about the legal definitions of biofuel products, excise duty rates and the roles and responsibilities of producers from 1 April 2022.
How the MHRA makes decisions on what is a medicinal product (borderline products).
How to set up a compost or biogas site, UK and EU standards explained, and alternative treatment methods for animal by-products (ABPs).
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.
Details of approved and registered animal by-product (ABP) operating plants in Great Britain and the Channel Islands.
Use these general provisions to help you determine the origin of your products.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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