Animal By-Products Order (Northern Ireland) 2002

Made: 29th May 2002

Coming into operation: 8th July 2002

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Part I — Introduction

Citation and commencement

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Interpretation and scope

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Extension of definitions of animals and poultry

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Part II — Disposal of High Risk and Low Risk Material

Scope of Part II

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Restrictions on disposal of animal by-products

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Collection and transport of animal by-products

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Approval of premises and equipment for rendering animal by-products

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Operation of approved rendering plants

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Sampling the rendered product

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Authorisation and operation of laboratories

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Records for authorised laboratories

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Incineration

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Burial of animal by-products

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Information to be furnished to the Department

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Petfood, pharmaceutical and technical premises

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Registration of premises used for the feeding of animal by-products to zoo, circus or fur animals, recognised packs of hounds or maggots farmed for fishing bait

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Approval of knackers' yards

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Operation of knackers' yards and supply of feeding stuffs from knacker’s yards

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Records for animal by-products

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Part III — Catering waste intended for feeding to livestock

Scope of Part III

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Feeding catering waste to livestock

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Holding catering waste

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Disposal of catering waste

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Transport of catering waste

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Catering waste from a means of transport from outside Northern Ireland

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Part IV — General

Notice requiring the disposal of animal by-products or catering waste

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Cleansing and disinfection

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Compliance with notices

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Tampering with samples

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Keeping of records

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Registrations, approvals, authorisations and licences

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Transitional provisions

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Revocations

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SCHEDULE 1 — Requirements for rendering plants

General requirements

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Clean and unclean areas

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Cleansing and disinfection facilities

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Equipment

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Laboratories

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SCHEDULE 2 — Rendering

Part I — Rendering Standards

Mammalian animal by-products

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High risk material

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Low-risk material

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Part-rendering

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Gelatine and rendered fats

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Hides

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Re-rendering material

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Part II — Rendering Methods

Method 1 — Continuous or Batch Pressure

Reduction

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Time and temperature

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Method 2 — Natural Fat Batch

Reduction

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Time and temperature

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Method 3 — Natural Fat

Continuous or Batch

Reduction

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Time and temperature

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Method 4 — Added Fat

Continuous or Batch

Reduction

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Time and temperature

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Method 5 — Defatted

Continuous or Batch

Reduction

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Time and temperature

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Method 6 — Aquatic Animals

Combined Acidification and Heat Treatment

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SCHEDULE 3 — Sampling and Testing Methods

Part I — Manner of Sampling

Method 1

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Method 2

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Part II — Method for the Isolation of clostridium perfringens

Time of testing

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Samples

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Inoculations

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Samples with colonies of Clostridium perfringens

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Subcultured colonies

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Examination of subcultures

Motility

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Reduction of nitrate to nitrite

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Production of gas and acid from lactose and liquefaction of gelatine

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Control Tests

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Part III — Methods for the Isolation of Salmonella

A. Bacteriological Method

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Day 1

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Day 2

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Day 3

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Day 4

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Day 5

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B. Electrical conductance method

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Day 1

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Day 2

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Day 3

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Day 4

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Day 5

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Part IV — Method for the isolation of enterobacteriaceae

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Samples

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Inoculations

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Samples with colonies of Enterobacteriaceae

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Examination of subcultures

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Controls

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SCHEDULE 4 — Requirements for knackers' yards

General requirements

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Clean and unclean areas in premises producing feeding stuffs for animals whose flesh is not intended for human consumption

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Reception and storage facilities in premises not producing feeding stuffs

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Hides

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Cleansing and disinfection facilities

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Repair of installations

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Products of knackers' yards

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Feeding stuffs

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Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 29th May 2002.

R. S. Johnston — A senior officer of the — Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: The Department was renamed by S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Art. 3(4)

[^f00002]: S.I. 1981/1115 (N.I. 22) as amended by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Art. 17 and S.I.1994/1891 (N.I. 6) Arts. 19, 22 and 23

[^f00003]: S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1972 No. 16 as amended by S.R.& O. 1975 No. 69 and S.R. 1995 No. 467

[^f00004]: O.J. No. L175, 19.07.93, p. 1

[^f00005]: S.R. 1997 No. 552 as amended by S.R. 1999 No. 157, S.R. 1999 No. 431, S.R. 2000 No. 295, S.R. 2001 No. 48, S.R. 2001 No. 196 and S.R. 2001 No. 376

[^f00006]: S.R. 1997 No. 551 as amended by S.R. 2001 No. 1 and S.R. 2001 No. 377

[^f00007]: O.J. No. L378, 31.12.82 as amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3768/85 (O.J. No. L362, 31.12.85. p. 8), Commission Decision 89/162/EEC (O.J. No. L61, 4.3.89, p. 48), and Commission Decision 92/450/EEC (O.J. No. L248, 28.8.92, p. 77)

[^f00008]: Published by the British Standards Institute, British Standards House, 389 Chiswick High Road, London W4 4AL

[^f00009]: Published by the British Standards Institute; see above

[^f00010]: Published by the British Standards Institute; see above

[^f00011]: Published by the Nordic Committee on Food Analysis, National Veterinary Institute, Department of Food and Hygiene, PO Box 8156, N-0033, Oslo, Norway

[^f00012]: Published by the British Standards Institute; see above

[^f00013]: S.R. 1989 No. 347 as amended by S.R. 1992 No. 62 and S.R.1993 No. 193

[^f00014]: S.R. 1993 No. 192 as amended by S.R. 1998 No. 108; these Regulations were revoked by S.R. 2002 No. 210

[^f00015]: S.R. 1992 No. 62

[^f00016]: S.R. 1993 No. 193

[^f00017]: S.R. 2001 No. 286

[^f00018]: EY- free TSC agar. See Hauschild, A.H.W. and Hilsheimer, R. (1974) Applied Microbiology 27:78–82. American Society for Microbiology, 1913 1 St N.W., Washington DC 20006, USA

[^f00019]: Motility nitrate medium. See Hauschild AHW, Gilbert RJ, Harmon SM, O'Keefe MF, Vahlefeld R, (1997) ICMSF Methods Study VIII, Canadian Journal of Microbiology 23, 884–892. National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa ON K1A OR6, Canada

[^f00020]: Lactose gelatine medium. See Hauschild AHW, Gilbert R J, Harmon S M, O'Keefe M F, Vahlefeld R, (1997) ICMSF Methods Study VIII, Canadian Journal of Microbiology 23, 884–892

[^f00021]: Charcoal gelatine discs. See Mackie and McCartney, (1996) Practical Medical Microbiology 14,509. Churchill Livingstone, Robert Stevenson House, 1–3 Baxter’s Place, Leith Walk, Edinburgh EH1 3AF

[^f00022]: The National Collection of Type Cultures, Central Public Health Laboratory, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT.

[^f00023]: Buffered Peptone Water. See Edel, W. and Kampelmacher, E.H. (1973) Bulletin of World Health Organisation, 48: 167–174, World Health Organisation Distribution and Sales, CH-1211, Geneva 27, Switzerland (ISSN 0042-9686)

[^f00024]: Rappaport Vassiliadis Broth. See Vassiliadis, P., Pateraki, E., Papaiconomou, N., Papadakis, J. A,. and Trichopoulos, D. (1976) Annales de Microbiologie (Institut Pasteur) 127B; 195–200. Elsevier, 23rue Linois, 75724 Paris, Cedex 15, France

[^f00025]: Brilliant Green Agar. See Edel, W and Kampelmacher, E.H. (1969) Bulletin of World Health Organisation, 41:297–306, World Health Organisation Distribution and Sales, CH-1211, Geneva 27, Switzerland (ISSN 0042-9686)

[^f00026]: Xylose Lysine Deoxycholate Agar. See Taylor, W.I. (1965) American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 44:471–475, Lippincott and Raven, 227 E. Washington Street Philadelphia PA19106, USA

[^f00027]: MacConkey agar. See (1963) International Standards for Drinking Water. World Health Organisation Distribution and Sales, CH-1211, Geneva 27, Switzerland

[^f00028]: Donaghy and Madden. See Donaghy, J.A. and Madden R.H. (1993) International Journal of Food Microbiology. 17;281–288

[^f00029]: Violet Red Bile Glucose Agar-See Mossel, D.A.A., Eelderink, I. Koopmans, M., van Rossem, F. (1978) Laboratory Practice 27 No. 12 1049–1050; Emap Maclaren, PO Box 109, Maclaren House, 19 Scarbrook Road, Croydon CR9 1QH.

[^f00030]: An arithmetic mean of 30 is equivalent to 3×10² colony forming units per gramme of original sample

Editorial notes