This guide explains animals euthanised with barbiturates in plain terms. When a horse, farm animal or other large animal is put to sleep by a vet using a barbiturate injection, the carcass cannot be treated like an ordinary fallen animal, because the drug residue places it in the highest risk category of animal by-product. Martlands […]
Safe On-Farm Storage of Fallen Stock Before Collection – A Practical Guide
The hours between an animal dying and the collection vehicle arriving are when good fallen stock management is really tested, and how you store a carcass in that window matters for biosecurity, compliance and the speed of collection itself. Martlands advises farmers on safe storage as part of our fallen stock and ABP collection service, […]
Environmental Health Inspections – The Butchers Waste and ABP Evidence Officers Check
Environmental health inspections test how well a butchers shop stores and records its waste. An environmental health visit can come with little warning, and for any premises handling meat the way you manage butchers waste and animal by-products is one of the things an officer will scrutinise. Martlands keeps butchers and food businesses inspection-ready as […]
Fallen Stock Collection During a Bovine TB Breakdown – What Cattle Farmers Need to Know
A bovine TB breakdown is one of the most stressful events a cattle farmer can face, and amid the testing, movement restrictions and reactor removals it is easy to overlook how fallen stock arising during a breakdown must be handled. Martlands supports cattle farmers through these periods with licensed collection as part of our fallen […]
Preparing for a Red Tractor Assurance Audit – Your Fallen Stock and ABP Records
Use this guide to prepare for a Red Tractor assurance audit with confidence. A Red Tractor assessment looks at far more than animal welfare and feed records, and how you dispose of fallen stock and the paperwork behind it is squarely within the assessor’s scope. Martlands helps farmers walk into an audit with their disposal […]
Poultry Farm Fallen Stock Collection – Managing Daily Mortality on Broiler and Laying Units
Poultry units run at scale, and even on a well-managed broiler or laying farm, a baseline level of daily mortality is unavoidable. Handling that mortality lawfully and hygienically is a core part of running a compliant unit, and Martlands provides licensed poultry fallen stock collection as part of our wider fallen stock and ABP collection […]
Farm Shop and On-Site Butchery ABP Collection – Handling By-Products From Field to Counter
Farm shops with their own butchery or cutting room have become a thriving part of rural enterprise, and the trimmings, bone and processing by-products they generate need licensed handling under the ABP rules. Martlands collects butchery by-products as part of our fallen stock and ABP collection service, working from our family-run, DEFRA approved base in […]
Livestock Markets and Auction Marts – Fallen Stock and ABP Duties on Sale Day
Livestock markets and auction marts carry their own fallen stock and ABP duties on sale day. An auction mart on sale day moves large numbers of animals through its pens, and inevitably some will die on site or arrive dead, creating fallen stock obligations the mart operator must meet. Martlands supports markets as part of […]
Game Shoots and Game Dealers – ABP and Fallen Stock Obligations Through the Season
The shooting season brings a concentrated flow of by-products through larders and game dealers, and the gralloch, carcasses and trimmings involved all fall within the animal by-product rules. Martlands supports shoots and game dealers as part of our fallen stock and ABP collection service, working from our family-run, DEFRA approved base in Burscough, Lancashire. For […]
Aquaculture and Fish Farm ABP Collection – Compliant Handling for an Often-Overlooked Sector
Fish farming sits within the animal by-product framework just as terrestrial livestock does, yet aquaculture operators are often less familiar with their obligations around mortalities and processing by-products. Martlands provides licensed collection for the sector as part of our fallen stock and ABP collection service, working from our family-run, DEFRA approved base in Burscough, Lancashire. […]