Clarification on Animal By-products waste disposal regulations

The following products must be disposed of at approved premises by one of the methods prescribed in the Regulations, e.g. by rendering, incineration, or disposal at an approved biogas or composting plant – not to landfill.
Raw meat, poultry and fish - includes meat and fish off-cuts.
Lightly cooked/processed meat, poultry and fish.
Meat, poultry and fish products that require cooking before consumption: e.g. raw cuts of meat, poultry and fish; raw sausages/burgers/bacon.
Rare cooked meat (pink meat), beef jerky, Parma and Serrano ham, raw eggs, honey (not as an ingredient) smoked salmon. Products that contain raw meat, fish or poultry - chicken kiev, scampi.

The following categories of former foodstuffs CAN still go to Landfill
Cooked / processed meat, poultry and fish (or products there from) e.g. cooked ham/chicken/beef/pork, cooked pies, tinned meat and fish, ready meals (where meat, fish or poultry is precooked).
Bakery Products - e.g. bread, cakes, biscuits, pasta, pastry, chocolate.
All unsold fruit and vegetables.

For more guidance / information visit the DEFRA web site at: www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/by-prods/default.htm