# Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 (Animal by-products Regulation), Article 8: Category 1 material

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Category 1 material shall comprise the following animal by-products:
(a)entire bodies and all body parts, including hides and skins, of the following animals:
(i)animals suspected of being infected by a TSE in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 or in which the presence of a TSE has been officially confirmed;
(ii)animals killed in the context of TSE eradication measures;
(iii)animals other than farmed and wild animals, including in particular pet animals, zoo animals and circus animals;
(iv)animals used in a procedure or procedures defined in Article 3 of Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes , in cases where the competent authority decides that such animals or any of their body parts have the potential to pose serious health risks to humans or to other animals, as a result of that procedure or those procedures without prejudice to Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003;
(v)wild animals, when suspected of being infected with diseases communicable to humans or animals;
(b)the following material:
(i)specified risk material;
(ii)entire bodies or parts of dead animals containing specified risk material at the time of disposal;
(c)animal by-products derived from animals which have been submitted to illegal treatment as defined in Article 1(2)(d) of Directive 96/22/EC ... reading that Article as if for references to “Community legislation” there were substituted references to “assimilated law”;
(d)animal by-products containing residues of other substances and environmental contaminants listed in Group B(3) of Annex I to Directive 96/23/EC, if such residues exceed the permitted level laid down by retained EU law or, in the absence thereof, by other national legislation;
(e)animal by-products collected during the treatment of waste water required by implementing rules adopted under point (c) of the first paragraph of Article 27:
(i)from establishments or plants processing Category 1 material; or
(ii)from other establishments or plants where specified risk material is being removed;
(f)catering waste from means of transport operating outside the British Islands;
(g)mixtures of Category 1 material with either Category 2 material or Category 3 material or both.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1069/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1069/article-8
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