Animal By-Products Regulations

The Animal By-Products Regulations (No 1069/2009) (SI 142/2011) allows for the treatment of some animal by-products in composting and biogas plants (anaerobic digesters). The following article describes procedures required to allow solid outputs (compost, digestate) from composting plants and anaerobic digesters onto land in the United Kingdom.

Must all be destroyed, not for use in composting or biogas plants

Can be used in composting and biogas plants after rendering (133C, 3 bar pressure) Manure and gut contents only can be used after pretreatment

Can be used in composting and biogas plants without pretreatment

Closed reactor

Housed windrow

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:300:0001:0033:EN:PDF

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1408379493755&uri=CELEX:32011R0749

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