Article 19 Requirements concerning certain approved establishments and plants handling animal by-products and derived products

Operators shall ensure that establishments and plants under their control which have been approved by the competent authority, comply with the requirements set out in the following Chapters of Annex IX hereto where they carry out one or more of the following activities referred to Article 24(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009:

1. (a)

   Chapter I, where they manufacture petfood as referred to in Article 24(1)(e) of that Regulation;

2. (b)

   Chapter II, where they store animal by-products as referred to in Article 24(1)(i) of that Regulation and where they handle animal by-products after their collection, by way of the following operations referred to in Article 24(1)(h) of that Regulation:

   1. (i)

      sorting;

   2. (ii)

      cutting;

   3. (iii)

      chilling;

   4. (iv)

      freezing;

   5. (v)

      salting;

   6. (vi)

      preservation by other processes;

   7. (vii)

      removal of hides and skins or removal of specified risk material;

   8. (viii)

      operations involving the handling of animal by-products which are carried out in compliance with obligations under F1veterinary legislation forming part of F2assimilated law;

   9. (ix)

      hygienisation/pasteurisation of animal by-products destined for transformation into biogas/composting, prior to such transformation or composting in another establishment or plant in accordance with Annex V hereto;

   10. (x)

       sieving;

   11. (xi)

       F3phase transition processes of Category 3 materials, such as:

       • blood thermocoagulation,

       • blood centrifugation,

       • containment as set out in Chapter V to Annex IX hereto,

       • hydrolysing of hooves, pig bristles, feathers and hair

       destined for processing with processing methods set out in this Regulation;

3. (c)

   F4Chapter III, where they store derived products for certain intended purposes as referred to in Article 24(1)(j) of that Regulation;

4. (d)

   F5Chapter V, where they store on the farm animal by-products as referred to in point (h) or (i) of Article 24(1) of that Regulation, provided that unprocessed animal by-products are subsequently disposed of as referred to in Article 4 of that Regulation;

5. (e)

   Where the operations referred to in points (i) to (vii) and (xi) of point (b) take place on the site of the approved establishment or plant referred to in Article 26(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 generating those materials, the competent authority may authorise the operation without registration in accordance with Article 23 or approval in accordance with Article 24(1)(h) of that Regulation, provided that the animal by-products are stored, transported and disposed of or used as unprocessed animal by-products in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009.