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d.
Animal by-products containing residues of other
substances and environmental contaminants listed in
Group B(3) of Annex I to Directive 96/23/EC, if such
residues exceed the permitted level laid down by
Community legislation or, in the absence thereof, by
national legislation
e.
Animal by-products collected during the treatment of
waste water required by implementing rules adopted
under point (c) of the first paragraph of Article 27:
i
From establishments or plants processing Category
1 material
ii
From other establishments or plants where SRM is
being removed
f.
Catering waste from means of transport operating
internationally
g.
Mixtures of Category 1 material with either Category
2 material or Category 3 material or both
permitted levels as referred to in Article 15(3) of
Directive 96/23/EC
d.
Products of animal origin which have been declared
unfit for human consumption due to the presence of
foreign bodies in those products
e.
Products of animal origin, other than Category 1
material, that are
i
Imported or introduced from a third country and
fail to comply with Community veterinary legisla-
tion for their import or introduction into the
Community except where Community legislation
allows their import or introduction subject to spe-
ciic restrictions or their return to the third
country
ii
Dispatched to another Member State and fail to
comply with requirements laid down or author-
ised by Community legislation except where they
are returned with the authorisation of the compe-
tent authority of the Member State of origin
f.
Animals and parts of animals, other than those
referred to in Article 8 or Article 10,
i
hat died other than by being slaughtered or killed
for human consumption, including animals killed
for disease control purposes
ii
Foetuses
iii
Oocytes, embryos and semen which are not des-
tined for breeding purposes
iv
Dead-in-shell poultry
g.
Mixtures of Category 2 material with Category 3
material
h.
Animal by-products other than Category 1 material
or Category 3 material
Examples of Category 1
•
Whole bodies of cattle, sheep, goats, water buffalo and
bison either rejected at ante-mortem inspection, or
found dead on arrival, or found dead in the lairage
(unless SRM has been removed at the point of disposal)
•
Carcases, blood and all parts (including hide/skin)
from animals which do not prove negative for a TSE
following testing
•
All parts (including hides, skins and blood) of TSE-
sampled carcases disposed of prior to test results being
obtained
•
Products suspected of containing EC-prohibited non-
medicinal treatments or illegal substances, for example,
elevated dioxin or heavy metal contaminants (but does
NOT include products containing residues of permitted
veterinary medicinal products)
•
Bodies of wild game animals affected by disease com-
municable to humans or animals
Examples of Category 2
•
Any carcase, part of a carcase or offal which comes
from an animal or bird which was not presented for
full ante-mortem inspection, or not presented with
food chain information
•
Any carcases, parts of carcases or offal which comes
from an animal or bird and was not presented for post-
mortem inspection, at whatever stage it was rejected, for
example, unskinned lambs heads, tails, udders and the
penis; post-mortem rejects containing pathological
lesions indicating disease communicable to man or
animal, for example, septicaemic carcases, pneumonic
lungs, cysticercus bovis lesions, pericarditis, muscle
abscesses, septic arthritic joints, tuberculous lesions, etc.
•
Whole bodies of pigs or poultry either rejected at
ante-mortem inspection, found dead on arrival or
found dead in the lairage
•
Meat found to contain pathological lesions during
cutting, for example, abscesses
Category 2
Category 2 material shall comprise the following animal
by-products:
a.
Manure, non-mineralised guano and digestive tract
content
b.
Animal by-products collected during the treatment of
waste water required by implementing rules adopted
under point (c) of the first paragraph of Article 27:
i
From establishments or plants processing
Category 2 material
ii
From slaughterhouses other than those covered
by Article 8(e)
c.
Animal by-products containing residues of autho-
rised substances or contaminants exceeding the
