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CATEGORIES OF ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS


  • Category 1: Very high Risk

  • Category 2: High risk

  • Category 3: Low risk



Category 1


Must all be destroyed, not for use in composting or biogas plants


Category 2


Can be used in composting and biogas plants after rendering (133C, 3 bar pressure)
Manure and gut contents only can be used without pretreatment


Category 3

  • Catering waste from households, restaurants

  • Former foodstuffs

  • Much slaughter house waste e.g. waste Blood & Feather s


Can be used in composting and biogas plants without pretreatment


TREATMENT STANDARDS


Composting


Closed reactor
  • Maximum particle size 40cm, minimum temperature 60C, minimum time at that temperature 2 days

  • Maximum Particle size 6cm, minimum temperature 70C, minimum time at that temperature 1 hour


Housed windrow
  • Particle size 40cm, minimum temperature 60C, minimum time at that temperature 8 days



Biogas plants


  • Maximum particle size 5cm, minimum temperature 57C, minimum time at that temperature 5 hours

  • Maximum particle size 6cm, minimum temperature 70C, minimum time at that temperature 1 hour



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