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Scott Reaney, APHA
1. APHA โ ANIMAL BY-
PRODUCTS UPDATE
#ADBARegDay @adbioresources
SCOTT REANEY
APHA ADVISOR โ ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS, ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY
2. Anaerobic Digestion & Biogas Association Regulator Day
21st May 2015
APHA โ Animal By-Products โ Update
Scott Reaney
3. Overview
Last year:
โข ABP Approval and routine inspection process
Updates
โข Update on testing
โข Definition of digestate
โข Update on charging
โข Guidance (Gov.UK)
4. Regulations
โข Control Regulation (EC) 1069/2009
โข Implementing Regulation (EC) 142/2011
โข Animal By-Products (Enforcement) Regulations 2013
Can treat:
โข Category 3 material, including catering waste
โข Manure and gut contents, milk
โข Pressure cooked category 2 material
5. Regulations
Sites are approved and inspected by APHA against the
requirements of the regulation
No AHVLA approval needed if plant only treat:
โข Manure, digestive tract content separated from
โข digestive tract
โข Milk and milk-based products
โข Colostrum
6. Laboratory Testing Update
Testing requirements
โข Salmonella
โข E.coli (or Enterococcaceae)
Sampling points:
โข Salmonella - during or on withdrawal from storage
โข E. coli (or Enterococcaceae) - during or immediately after
transformation.
11. Laboratory Testing Update
Results
Salmonella : nil
Escherichia coli: n = 5, c = 1, m = 1,000, M = 5,000 in 1g:
โข the result is unsatisfactory if the bacterial count in one or
more sub-samples is 5,000 cfu/g or more
โข the result is satisfactory if the bacterial counts in all five sub-
samples do not exceed 1,000 cfu/g, or if the bacterial counts in
one sub-sample are between 1,000 and 5,000 cfu/g and the
bacterial counts in the remaining four sub-samples are 1,000
cfu/g or less.
12. Laboratory Testing Update
Results
Salmonella : nil
Escherichia coli: n = 5, c = 1, m = 1,000, M = 5,000 in 1g:
โข the result is unsatisfactory if the bacterial count in one or
more sub-samples is 5,000 cfu/g or more
โข the result is satisfactory if the bacterial counts in all five sub-
samples do not exceed 1,000 cfu/g, or if the bacterial counts in
one sub-sample are between 1,000 and 5,000 cfu/g and the
bacterial counts in the remaining four sub-samples are 1,000
cfu/g or less.
13. Laboratory Testing Update
Results:
โข Non-compliant results must be reported to APHA
โ ABP testing
โ PAS testing
โข Restrictions
โข HACCP
Change:
โข Laboratories are also required to notify APHA of ABP
non-compliant results.
14. Legislation Update
Commission Regulation (EU) 294/2013:
โThe production of biogas leads to the generation of solid
or liquid fractions. It is necessary to clarify that the
requirements on the disposal of those residues apply to
both fractions.โ
Definition:
โdigestion residues means residues, including the liquid
fraction, resulting from the transformation of animal by-
products in a biogas plant.
15. Legislation Update
โข Both liquid and solid material is in scope of the
regulation.
โข If liquid is discharged to sewer or tankered to a Waste
Water Treatment Works (WWTW) then the WWTW will
need to meet ABPR requirements:
โข Documentation
โข traceability
โข grazing ban
16. Legislation Update
โข However, the WWTW does not require approval by
APHA.
โข Once treated through the WWTW the liquid phase is no
longer under ABP controls
โข In practice many WWTW may already be compliant with
the ABP documentation and grazing ban requirements
through observance of the Safe Sludge Matrix.
17. Charging Update
โข 2014: APHA held meetings to get early views on the
impact of introducing a charge for ABP inspection.
โข We continue to explore options for charging for
approvals and inspections.
โข There is no confirmed timescale for introduction of a
charge for ABP visits.
โข Review of ABP delivery approach to ensure a high quality,
efficient process.
18. Charging Update
Initial improvements:
โข Update to inspection forms
โข Making the inspection forms available to businesses
โข Review of the visit frequency risk model
โข Mapping processes
โข Efficiencies
โข Best practice
โข Internal quality auditing
19. Charging Update
Future communications:
โข As the situation progresses we will continue to engage with ADBA
โข Further details are available at:
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140707135733/http://ww
w.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/tests-and-services/charges-for-ahvla-services/
20. Guidance Update
โข Moved from APHA website to Gov.UK
โข Change in format
โข Change in language
โข Change in detail