Animal By Products

Question 1

Define Specified Risk Material (SRM)

Answer 1

Specified risk material (SRM) is those parts of cattle, sheep and goats that are most likely to pose a risk of infectivity if the animal from which it comes from was infected with a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) disease.

Question 2

What is an Edible Co-Product (ECoPs)?

Answer 2

An Edible Co-Product is a term used to describe products that, although technically fit for human consumption are not suitable for human consumption in their unprocessed state.

Question 3

Outline categories of ABP

Answer 3

CAT 3 to CAT 1
CAT 3 being the best

Question 4

Outline Cat 1 (Highest Risk)

Answer 4

All SRM
Entire bodies/parts of animals containing SRM
All body parts, including hides and skins, of animals suspected or confirmed as being infected by a TSE
Animal material (sludge) or animal by-products collected from waste water drain screenings in ruminant slaughterhouses and other premises in which SRM is removed
International catering waste (e.g. from ports and airport)

Question 5

What is SRM for cattle of all ages

Answer 5

Tonsils
Last 4 metres of small intestine
Caecum
Mesentary

Question 6

What is SRM for cattle over 12 months

Answer 6

Skull excluding mandible, including brain eyes and spinal cord

Question 7

What is SRM for cattle over 30 months

Answer 7

Vertebral column excluding some parts

Question 8

Countries with controlled risk of BSE

Answer 8

Taipei
Ecuador
Greece
Russia
Scotland/England/Wales

Question 9

SRM for sheep and goat under 12 months

Answer 9

No SRM

Question 10

SRM FOR sheep and goat over 12 months

Answer 10

Skull
Spinal cord

Question 11

Outline Cat 2 (High risk)

Answer 11

ABPs not defined as Category 1 or 3
Carcases or parts of carcases rejected at or following post-mortem that contain pathological lesions indicating disease communicable to human or animal, for example, some parasitic diseases: C. bovis, Hydatid cysts, generalised conditions: septicaemia (e.g salmonellosis) or pyaemia: local conditions: septic lungs, joints: specific conditions/diseases: tuberculosis, etc.

Question 12

Outline Cat 1 (Low risk)

Answer 12

Parts of animals passed as fit but not going for human consumption

Question 13

What is the stain used for Cat 1 product

Answer 13

No stain

Question 14

What is the stain used for Cat 3 product

Answer 14

Blue

Question 15

What is the stain used for Cat 2 product

Answer 15

Any stain