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This training session in Kutaisi focused on the regulations set by EU Regulation No. 1069/2009 regarding the handling of animal by-products not for human consumption. Learn about the categorization and treatment options for fallen stock, including incineration, composting, biogas generation, and more. Understand the importance of proper handling to prevent the spread of diseases and ensure environmental safety.
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Integrated Solid Waste Management Kutaisi Training on Waste Management Planning on February 2017 in Kutaisi HANDLING OF FALLEN STOCK AND PETS
Legislation in the EU • 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) • regulates the handling of animal by-products from slaughterhouses, plants producing food for human consumption, dairies and as fallen stock from farms (over 20 million tons of ABPs emerge annually in the EU) • categorized according to their risk into three categories with different handling options, e.g. Category 1:animals suspected of being infected by or killed in the context of a TSE, pet animals, zoo animals and circus animals, animals used for experiments, diseased wild animals Category 2:animals and parts of animals, other than those referred to in categories 1 or 3, that died other than by being slaughtered or killed for human consumption, including animals killed for disease control purposes Category 3: slaughtered animals unfit for human consumption but without diseases
Handling Options Category 1: has to be incinerated or used as secondary fuel with or without prior treatment Category 2: like category 1; can also be landfilled composted, used for biogas generation or as a manure after prior treatment Category 3: like category 2; can also be used as animal feed after prior treatment
Handling Options Prior treatment (rendering) pressure sterilization: the processing of animal by-products, after reduction in particle size to not more than 50 mm, to a core temperature of more than 133 °C for at least 20 minutes without interruption at an absolute pressure of at least 3 bar
Handling Options Prior treatment (rendering) Final result: Carcass meal
Handling Options Incineration or co-incineration • combustion of carcass meal in waste incineration plants, cement kilns or coal power plants • also possible without prior treatment, but not energy-efficient
Handling Options Direct incineration • only used for pet animals, sometimes for horses • expensive!
Handling Options Burial • only allowed for pet animals (minimum depth 0.5 m, only on private grounds)
Handling Options Burial (including landfilling) or incineration on site • Forbidden! • only in emergency cases in order to control an outbreak of a serious transmissible disease (e.g. in remote areas, in case of limited rendering or incineration capacity)