# The Rendering (Fluid Treatment) (England) Order 2001, 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 1991; 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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1515/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rendering-fluid-treatment-england-order-2001/article-3
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