Mixed livestock farms often produce several categories of animal by-product in the same week. A farm running cattle, sheep and pigs together, perhaps alongside some on-farm processing, can find itself dealing with more than one category of animal by-product at the same time, and keeping the categories straight is the key to staying compliant. Martlands […]
Animals Euthanised With Barbiturates – Why They Are Category 1 ABP and How to Dispose of Them
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Care Home and Hospital Catering Waste – Compliant Food Waste and ABP Collection
Care homes, hospitals and other institutional kitchens cook in volume every single day, and the catering waste they generate carries both food waste duties and animal by-product obligations. Martlands provides compliant collection for these settings as part of our fallen stock and ABP collection service, operating from our family-run, DEFRA approved base in Burscough, Lancashire. […]
Former Foodstuffs and Bakery Waste as Category 3 ABP – Compliant Collection for Producers and Retailers
Out-of-date sandwiches, surplus bakery lines, recalled ready meals and products that never made it to sale are not simply rubbish, and where they contain meat, fish, dairy or eggs they are Category 3 animal by-products that must be collected by a licensed operator. Martlands handles former foodstuffs as part of our fallen stock and ABP […]
Deer and Venison Farm Fallen Stock and ABP Collection – Compliance for a Growing Sector
Farmed deer and venison production has grown steadily across the UK, and like any livestock enterprise it generates fallen stock and animal by-products that must be handled under the ABP framework. Martlands provides licensed deer farm fallen stock and ABP collection within our wider fallen stock and ABP collection service, operating from our family-run, DEFRA-approved […]