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 […]
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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. […]
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. […]
Why Prompt Fallen Stock Collection Is Critical During Hot Weather
Summer brings welcome warmth and longer days to the UK farming calendar, but it also creates particular challenges for fallen stock management. When temperatures rise, the decomposition of animal carcasses accelerates dramatically, creating a range of biosecurity, environmental, and practical problems that make prompt collection even more important than at other times of year. Martland’s […]
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 […]