Article 3 Rendering of ruminant animal by-products and treatment and discharge of ruminant related fluid
No person shall render or part render any ruminant animal by-product on any premises unless—
(a)
he subjects all the ruminant related fluid arising to such treatment on the premises as will ensure the fluid has—
(i)
a biochemical oxygen demand of no more than 60mg/litre; and
(ii)
a level of suspended solids of no more than 80 mg/litre; or
(b)
he discharges or releases or disposes or consigns for disposal all the ruminant related fluid—
(i)
into a public sewer in accordance with a trade effluent consent or agreement from the relevant sewerage undertaker under the Water Industry Act 1991f1; or
(ii)
into controlled waters in compliance with a discharge consent from the Environment Agency under the Water Resources Act 1991.
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