These Regulations enforce EU health controls in Scotland over animal by‑products (ABPs) materials not intended for human consumption. Their primary aim is to protect public and animal health by ensuring ABPs are handled, transported, stored, and disposed of in a safe and regulated manner, especially fallen farm animals and potentially risky materials like specified risk material (SRM).
These Regulations apply to anyone handling animal by‑products in Scotland, including farmers, waste handlers, transporters, fallen‑stock collectors, rendering plants, and other operators involved in ABP disposal or processing. Essentially, anyone involved in the ABP chain must comply with categorisation, labelling, transportation, disposal, record-keeping, and (for cattle) BSE monitoring requirements.
Commercial documentation must accompany every consignment of animal by‑products. This commercial document which can also serve as your record must include:
The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 updated references and enforcement powers to ensure the 2013 Regulations continued to operate effectively after the UK’s exit from the European Union under retained EU law.
The Animal By‑Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 inserted a new regulation 7A into the 2013 Regulations to authorise additional disposal routes and revoked previous authorisation C3 to reflect changes in disposal options.
The Food (Scotland) Act 2015 (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 2015 made transitional and consequential adjustments to the 2013 Regulations to align them with the legislative framework introduced by the Food (Scotland) Act 2015.
The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 updated environmental permitting requirements referenced in the 2013 Regulations to ensure consistency with reforms to Scotland’s environmental authorisations regime.
The Scottish Regulations themselves do not clearly define exemptions. The only pragmatic flexibility (remote area disposal) is limited and under consultation, not a formal exemption.
The Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations 1991
Scotland-only amendments clarify that animal by‑products transported under the 2013 Regulations are subject to waste-carrier registration and vehicle seizure provisions.
The Animal By‑Products (Identification) Regulations 1995
The 2013 Regulations revoke these older rules and replace requirements for identifying, marking, storing and transporting animal by‑products under the updated enforcement regime.
The Bovine Offal (Prohibition) (England, Wales and Scotland) (Revocation) Regulations 1995
No changes by the 2013 Regulations—they had already revoked the original prohibition and are unaffected.
The Animal By‑Products (Identification) (Amendment) Regulations 1997
These 1997 amendments are repealed and superseded, as the 2013 Regulations fully replace the identification rules.
The Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (Scotland) Regulations 2000
References and transitional provisions that applied to earlier animal-by‑product controls are updated, removing references to repealed ID Regulations.
The Animal By‑Products (Identification) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2002
These are revoked; the 2013 Regulations replace 2002 changes regarding marking, sterilisation and storage rules.
The Animal By‑Products (Identification) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2003
Similarly revoked and replaced by the consolidated and updated identification requirements of the 2013 Regulations.
The Food Hygiene (Scotland) Regulations 2006
Minor consequential amendments: requirements for handling animal by‑products in food premises align with the updated enforcement regime.
The Older Cattle (Disposal) (Scotland) Regulations 2006
No direct amendments noted; disposal requirements were already aligned prior to 2013.
The Foot‑and‑Mouth Disease (Scotland) Order 2006
No material amendments; disease-specific disposal rules remain separate and unaffected by the 2013 Regulations.
The Animal By‑Products (Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2011
Revoked and replaced by the 2013 Regulations, which incorporate and update enforcement provisions.
The Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011
Amended to include animal by‑products within waste licensing and disposal frameworks under the 2013 enforcement scheme.
The Animal By‑Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2012
Revoked; any additional amendments are now consolidated within the 2013 Regulations.
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