Animal By-Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Made: 1st December 2003

Coming into operation: 3rd December 2003

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PART I — INTRODUCTION

Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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Approvals, etc.

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PART II — COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION, STORAGE, HANDLING, PROCESSING AND DISPOSAL OF ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS

Category 1 material

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Category 2 material

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Category 3 material

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Mixing mammalian and non-mammalian by-products

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Collection, transportation and storage

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PART III — RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS TO ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS AND THEIR USE

Access to animal by-products

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Restrictions on use

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Pasture land

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Intra-species recycling of fish

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PART IV — APPROVED PREMISES AND COMPETENT AUTHORITIES

The competent authority

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Approval of premises

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Biogas and composting plants

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Composting catering waste on the premises on which it originates

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Processing and intermediate plants' own checks

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Sampling at processing plants

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Sampling at biogas and composting plants

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Samples sent to laboratories

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Laboratories

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PART V — PLACING ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS AND PROCESSED PRODUCTS ON THE MARKET

Placing on the market of processed animal protein and other processed products that could be used as feed material

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Placing on the market of petfood, dogchews and technical products

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Placing on the market of compost or digestion residues for use on agricultural land

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PART VI — DEROGATIONS

Competent authority for Chapter V of the Community Regulation

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Derogations regarding the use of animal by-products

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Collection centres

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Burial of pet animals

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Burial in the event of a disease outbreak

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Burning and burial of bees and apiculture products

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PART VII — RECORDS

Records

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Records for consigning, transporting or receiving animal by-products

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Records for burying or burning of animal by-products

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Records for disposal or use on premises

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Delivery records to be kept by operators of biogas and composting plants

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Treatment records for biogas and composting plants

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Records for approved laboratories

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Records to be kept for consignments of compost or digestion residue

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PART VIII — ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT

Grant of approvals

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Suspension, amendment and revocation of approvals and registrations

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Appeals

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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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Powers of entry

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Obstruction

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Penalties

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Enforcement

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Transitional measures

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Amendments

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Revocations

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SCHEDULE 1 — ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR BIOGAS AND COMPOSTING PLANTS

PART I — premises

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PART II — treatment systems and parameters for catering waste

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Composting plants

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Biogas plants

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SCHEDULE 2 — TESTING METHODS

PART I — method for the isolation ofclostridium 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 II — methods for the isolation ofsalmonella

A. BACTERIOLOGICAL METHOD

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Day 1

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Control Tests

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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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Control Tests

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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 III — method for the isolation ofenterobacteriaceae

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Samples

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Controls

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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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SCHEDULE 3 — TRANSITIONAL MEASURES

PART I — transitional measures regarding the intra-species recycling ban for fish

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PART II — the collection, transportation and disposal of former foodstuffs

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Collection, transport and disposal of former foodstuffs

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PART III — used cooking oil in animal feed

Scope

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Approvals

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General obligations

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Collection and transportation of used cooking oil

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Approved premises and the operation of blending premises

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Approved premises

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Operators' own-checks

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Hygiene requirements in approved premises

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Specification for used cooking oil for use in animal feed

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Commercial documents

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Records

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List of premises

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PART IV — mammalian blood

General obligations

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PART V — oleochemical plants using rendered fats from category 2 and category 3 materials

General obligations

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Specific requirements

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PART VI — low capacity incineration or co-incineration plants which do not incinerate or co-incinerate specified risk materials or carcases containing them

General obligations

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SCHEDULE 4 — AMENDMENTS TO THE TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY (NORTHERN IRELAND) REGULATIONS 2002

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SCHEDULE 5 — REVOCATIONS

Brucellosis Control Order (Northern Ireland) 1972[^f00042]	In Article 16(4) the words “(a) bury the foetus and cleansings within ground; and (b)”
Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981[^f00043]	1 Article 40 (1) and in paragraphs (2) and (3) the words “buried or” wherever they occur 2 Article 52(2)(l)
The Dogs (Northern Ireland) Order 1983[^f00044]	Article 32
The Animal By-Products Order (Northern Ireland) 2002	The whole Order

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland on 1st December 2003.

Liam McKibben — A Senior Officer of the — Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2000/2812

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68

[^f00003]: O.J. No. L273, 10.10.2002, p. 1

[^f00004]: O.J. No. L117, 13.5.2003, p. 1

[^f00005]: O.J. No. L117, 13.5.2003, p. 14

[^f00006]: O.J. No. L117, 13.5.2003, p. 22

[^f00007]: O.J. No. L117, 13.5.2003, p. 24

[^f00008]: O.J. No. L117, 13.5.2003, p. 30

[^f00009]: O.J. No. L117, 13.5.2003, p. 42

[^f00010]: O.J. No. L117, 13.5.2003, p. 44

[^f00011]: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

[^f00012]: Chapter VII was added to Annex IV by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 808/2003

[^f00013]: These paragraphs were added by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 808/2003

[^f00014]: O.J. No. L182 16.7.1999, p. 4

[^f00015]: Published by the British Standards Institute, British Standards House, 389 Chiswick High Road, London W4 4AL

[^f00016]: Published by the Nordic Committee on Food Analysis, National Veterinary Institute, Department of Food and Hygiene, PO Box 8156, N-0033, Oslo, Norway

[^f00017]: Published by the British Standards Institute; see above

[^f00018]: S.R. 2002 No. 209

[^f00020]: E-Y free TSC agar – See Hauschild, and Hilsheimer, R (1974) Applied Microbiology 27: 78-82

[^f00021]: 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

[^f00022]: Lactose gelatine medium – See Hauschild AHW, Gilbert R J, Harmon S M, O'Keefe MF, Vahlefeld R, (1997) ICMSF Methods Study VIII, Canadian Journal of Microbiology 23, 884-892

[^f00023]: The National Collection of Type Cultures, Central Public Health Laboratory, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT.

[^f00024]: 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)

[^f00025]: 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)

[^f00026]: Van Schothurst M., Renauld A., and Van Beek C. (1987) Food Microbiology 4: 11-18.

[^f00027]: 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).

[^f00028]: 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

[^f00029]: MacConkey aga – See (1963) International Standards for Drinking Water, World Health Organisation Distribution and Sales, CH-1211, Geneva 27, Switzerland

[^f00030]: Buffered Peptone Water – See Edel, W. and Kampelmacher, E. H. (1973) Bulletin of World Health Organisation, 167-174, World Health Organisation Distribution and Sales, CH-1211, Geneva 27, Switzerland (ISSN 0042-9686)

[^f00031]: Donaghy and Madden – See Donaghy, J. A. and Madden R. H. (1993) International Journal of Food Microbiology. 17; 281-288

[^f00032]: 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.

[^f00033]: An arithmetic mean of 30 is equivalent to 3 × 10² colony forming units per gramme of original sample

[^f00042]: S.R. 1972 No. 94 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations

[^f00043]: S.I. 1981/1115 (N.I. 22) to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations

[^f00044]: S.I. 1983 No. 764 (N.I. 8) to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations

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