Animal By-Products Regulations 2005
Animal By- Products Regulations 2005.
The Regulations require retail premises to dispose of waste food in accordance with strict controls. It would seem that the majority of Convenience Store retailers operate through a compliance scheme that handles the whole process and ensures they are on the right side of the law.
Food that cannot go to landfill (see list below) must be disposed of separately in a marked bin. This particular waste must be:
• Stored away from cooked food
• Labelled “NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION”
• Sent to an approved plant (it is for the retailer to check that the collector disposes of the waste at an approved plant)
• Strictly recorded as to type, where it is sent, who transports it and the date. These records must be kept for at least two years.
Approved plants are those outlets licensed to receive the particular waste:
• Rendering plant
• Incinerator
• Alkaline hydrolysis plant
• Technical plant
• Composting or Biogas plant
• Pet food plant
Food that can go to landfill (see below) should be stored in ordinary waste disposal bins but you must further separate those products permitted to be fed to livestock if you intend to dispose of them in that way.
IMPORTANT – You must check with your local authority before allowing anything to be fed to livestock.
Food that CANNOT go to landfill
Raw Meat and Fish
Includes:
• Raw sausages, bacon and gammon
• Raw burgers
• Rare cooked meat (pink meat)
• Beef jerky
• Salami, Parma and Serrano ham
• Raw poultry
• Raw fish
• Smoked salmon
• Sashimi frozen raw meat
Other
• Raw eggs
Food that CAN go to landfill
Cooked Meat and Fish
Includes:
• Cooked ham
• Ready meals
• Cooked pies
• Lard and goose fat
• Tinned meat and fish
• Dips with cooked meat
• Pies and pasties (including sausage rolls)
• Frankfurters and cocktail sausages
Bakery Products
Includes:
• Bread
• Cakes
• Pastry
• Biscuits
• Pasta
Other
Includes:
• Honey in bulk (in sealed containers)
• Chocolate
• Breakfast cereal
All unsold fruit and vegetables
The food items listed above are for guidance only. The list is not intended to be exhaustive. If you are unsure into which disposal category a particular item of food falls please check with your Local Authority.
The Regulations are policed by Trading Standards Officers.
For more information contact your Local Authority. Local DEFRA Animal Health Office or DEFRA’s Helpline on 0845 9 33 55 77.
For DEFRA’s guidance on this derogation please go to http://www.defra.gov.uk/food-farm/byproducts/