# The Animal By-Products (Amendment) Order 1996, Article 10: Approval of animal by-products rendering premises


Schedule 4 to the principal Order shall be amended—
(a) by inserting in paragraph 6(ii) of Section B of Part I after the words “in Commission Decision No 92/562/EEC” the words “as amended and as read, in the case of animal by-products of ruminant origin, with Commission Decision No 94/382/EC on the approval of alternative heat treatment systems for processing animal waste of ruminant origin, with a view to the inactivation of spongiform encephalopathy agents, as amended”, and
(b) by adding at the end of Section B of Part II the following paragraph—
“9 In the case of animal by-products of ruminant origin rendering must be carried out either:
(i) so that
(a) material is heated to a core temperature of at least 133°C for 20 minutes at a pressure of 3 bar. The particle size of the raw material prior to processing must be reduced to at least 50 mm by means of a prebreaker or grinder; and
(b) recording thermographs are provided at the critical points of the heating process to monitor the heat treatment; or
(ii) using any of the systems of heat treatment described in Commission Decision No 92/562/EEC, as amended and as read with Commission Decision No 94/382/EC as amended.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/827/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/animal-by-products-amendment-order-1996/article-10
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