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37.3 When was the Policy Introduced?
Regulation EC 1774/2002 was transposed into Irish Law on May 1 2003 by the
Animal By-Product Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 248 of 2003) 717 and by the Animal By-
Products (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 707 of 2005) 718 . The legislation
permitted Member States to introduce national legislation to complement and
enforce the EU rules. EU Regulation No. 208/2006 719 provides for composting plants
to operate to other standards subject to appropriate validation and a full risk
assessment of the standards. Ireland introduced the following legislation to
complement the EU rules:
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� S.I. No. 612 (Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies and Animal By-
Products) Regulations 2006 implements EU Regulation No. 181 of 2006; and
� S. I. No. 615 (Diseases of Animals Act 1966) (Transmissible Spongiform
Encephalopathies) (Fertilisers and Soil Improvers) Order 2006 applies stricter
national rules for organic fertilisers and soil improvers under EU Regulation
No. 181 of 2006.
Following a consultation process, these statutory instruments were subsequently
amended in 2008 to the following:
� S.I. No. 252 of 2008 (European Communities (Transmissible Spongiform
Encephalopathies and Animal By-Products) Regulations 2008; and
� S.I. No. 253 of 2008 (Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Transmissible
Spongiform Encephalopathies) (Fertilisers and Soil improvers) Order 2008.
In addition milk and dairy products can be fed to animals, subject to the restrictions
set out in EU Regulation 79/2005 720 . The Swill Order (S.I. 597/2001) 721 bans the
feeding to farm animals of ‘any broken or waste foodstuff (including table, catering or
kitchen refuse, scraps or waste)’. However, the order makes an exception for cereal
grains, edible material of plant or vegetable origin, bread and dough (including
biscuits) and chocolate that has not been in contact with an animal or animal
product. On January 20 2009, S.I. No. 12 of 2009 722 amended Statutory Instrument
No. 597/2001 permitting the collection, assembly, processing and storage of swill at
approved composting plants.
717 S.I. No. 248 of 2003, Animal By-Product Regulations 2003.
718 S.I. No. 707 of 2005, Animal By-Products (Amendment) Regulations 2005.
719 EC No.208/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards processing standards
for biogas and composting plants and requirements for manure.
720 EC No. 79 of 2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council implementing Regulation (EC)
No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of milk, milk-based
products and milk-derived products, defined as Category 3 material in that Regulation.
721 S.I. No. 597 of 2001. Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Prohibition on the Use of Swill) Order, 2001.
722 S.I. No. 12 of 2009 Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Prohibition on the Use of Swill) (Amendment)
Order 2009.
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