RMOP
Required method of operation
Animal by-product
the entire body, part of an animal, or product of animal origin which is not intended for human consumption.
Once material becomes ABP, it cannot revert to being a foodstuff.
Edible co-product
Not the same time ABP!
Products intended for human consumption after further processing e.g. fats, stomachs, intestines, gelatine
What part of the sheep carcass must you stain to prevent reselling on the black market?
Sheep heads
What are the types of ABP?
- Category 1 - risk to human or animal health
- Category 2 - unfit for human or animal consumption
- Category 3 - fit but not intended for human consumption
What is Category 1 ABP?
- ABP that pose the highest risk to human or animal health. Includes all SRM.
- Animal carcasses or parts with confirmed or suspected TSEs. Animals killed in the context of TSE eradication measures.
- Animal carcasses or parts with certain diseases communicable to other animals or humans (e.g. FMD, bTB).
- Products derived from animals treated with prohibited substances.
- Dead pets, lab animal carcasses, dead zoo animals.
- International catering waste.
If Category 1 ABP has been mixed with Category 2 or 3, which category does it become?
Category 1
What is Category 2 ABP?
- Carcasses or parts of carcasses that are unfit for human or animal consumption.
- Animals that die other than by being slaughtered for human consumption (e.g. kill for disease control UNLESS this falls into Cat 1)
- Products with residues/contaminants above permitted levels.
- Carcasses from animals which arrived without FCI.
- Carcasses from animals which did not receive ante-mortem inspection.
- Manure and digestive tract contents.
- Most post-mortem rejections due to pathology (total carcass or organ rejections) unless they fall specifically into Cat 1 or 3.
What is Category 3 ABP?
- Parts that are fit but not intended for human consumption.
- Parts of the animals that passed ante-mortem inspection:
- Poultry heads and feathers
- Pig bristles
- Feet
- Hides and skins
- Horns
- Blood of pigs and poultry (if passed at AMI)
- Blood of ruminants (if passed at PMI)
- PM rejections not posing a risk to animal health e.g. over-scalded carcasses
Livers with ………………… and/or ……………. …………………… lesions are Category 3 ABP because they do not pose a risk to animal health.
- Ascaris suum
- Fasciola hepatica
True/false: financially, it is often easier for the abattoir to put Category 3 ABP into the Category 2 bin, so the Cat 3 products end up not being used.
True
How do you dispose of Category 1 ABP?
Options:
- Approved incinerators
- Pressure sterilisation followed by permanent marking and landfill
- Fuel combustion at approved combustion plant
- Burial at authorised landfill (international waste only)
How do you dispose of Category 2 ABP?
- After processing, use as fertilisers and soil improvers, or for fuel combustion, cosmetics, medical devices, and safe industrial technical uses.
- Manure can be spread onto land.
- Gut room waste can be applied to non-pasture land without any processing needed.
How do you dispose of Category 3 ABP?
- Pet food plants
- Technical plants (e.g. pharmaceutical)
- Biogas plants
- Tanneries
Where does raw food come from?
- Raw pet food comes from Category 3 ABP, but it can only be used if certain standards are adhered to. These include:
- It must be stored and transported at <7ºC
- It must be labelled as ‘pet food only’ during transport
- It must be repackaged to prevent leakage
- Must be prevented from contamination from point of production to point of sale
- Sampled for Salmonella and Enterobacteria (doesn’t happen at the abattoir)
- i.e. it is treated as though it will be human food, but is obviously not intended for humans.
True/false: all categories of ABP can go for diagnostic/research/educational/taxidermy purposes.
True
Which category ABP is an over-scalded pig carcass?
Category 3
Which category ABP is meat containing residues of unauthorised veterinary drugs?
Category 1
Regarding ABP the abattoir FBO must comply with its which regulations?
1069/2009
The FSA OV in the UK will supervise and enforce ABP regs in:
- abattoir only
- abattoir and some cutting plants
- ABP plant
- all butcher shops
- abattoir only
- abattoir and some cutting plants
- ABP plant
- all butcher shops
What colour is SRM stained in?
Blue
Which of the following tissues is SRM in a 6 month old cow:
- Skull
- Spinal cord
- Mesentery
- Spleen
- Skull
- Spinal cord
- Mesentery
- Spleen
True/false: in a pig abattoir you would not expect to have SRM.
True
Where would you put the brain from a 5 year old sheep?
Category 1
