Animal by-products
If you plan to start a business that transports, handles, treats, converts, processes, stores, places on the market, distributes, uses, or disposes of animal by-products or products derived from them, you must notify the facility to the Swedish Board of Agriculture (Jordbruksverket).
Certain types of facilities require approval from the Swedish Board of Agriculture, including processing plants, incineration plants, fuel boilers, pet food manufacturing facilities, organic fertilizer and soil improver facilities, biogas and composting plants, and facilities for handling or storing unprocessed animal by-products. For other facilities, registration is sufficient. The Swedish Board of Agriculture is the supervisory authority for most facilities.
Requirements
- Notification: Required for facilities handling animal by-products or derived products. Food establishments or animal keepers where by-products arise only as a by-product do not need to notify.
- Approval: Required for processing plants, incineration plants, fuel boilers, pet food facilities, organic fertilizer and soil improver facilities, biogas and composting plants, and facilities for handling or storing unprocessed animal by-products.
- Registration: For other facilities, registration is sufficient.
- Feed: Facilities handling feed must also comply with feed regulations.
Procedure
- Notification: Send notification to the Swedish Board of Agriculture. Use form "Notification - facility handling animal by-products and derived products" or "Notification feed facility" if handling feed.
- Registration: If the facility only needs registration, you will receive confirmation of registration.
- Approval: If the facility requires approval, the notification is handled as an application. You will be contacted by a case officer. A fee is charged for inspection and approval.
- Inspection: The Swedish Board of Agriculture is the supervisory authority for most facilities. Municipalities inspect incineration facilities in primary production (farm boilers).