HC Deb 01 July 1996 vol 280 cc363-4W
Mr. Callaghan

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what temperature requirements he imposes on rendering plants for the heating of animal material; and if he will make a statement. [35059]

Mrs. Browning

The various temperature requirements which have to be met by rendering plants are laid down in Council directive 90/667/EEC, implemented in Great Britain by the Animal By-Product Order 1992, as amended, and the Specified Bovine Material (No. 2) Order 1996.