Biosecurity Regulation 2017

A person must not feed restricted animal material to a ruminant unless the feeding of the restricted animal material to the ruminant is otherwise authorised by this clause.

A person may feed the following restricted animal material to a ruminant—

gelatin,

tallow,

milk of Australian origin,

milk, a milk product or a milk by-product legally imported into Australia for the purpose of feeding a particular animal,

a milk product made in Australia and derived from the following—

milk of Australian origin,

milk, a milk product or a milk by-product legally imported into Australia for the purpose of feeding a particular animal,

used cooking oil,

mineralised sea bird guano.

A person may feed restricted animal material to a ruminant by allowing the ruminant access to the material if it would not be reasonable in the circumstances for the person to prevent the ruminant from having access to the material, including in, but not limited to, the following circumstances—

a ruminant having access to a placenta,

a ruminant licking another ruminant,

a ruminant finding the bones of wildlife or herd mates,

a ruminant having access to the naturally deposited faeces of wildlife or herd mates.

In this clause—

contains rendered fats and oils from an animal, and

has been rendered in accordance with AS 5008—2007, Hygienic rendering of animal products (or any standard that replaces that standard), and

complies with a specification of a maximum of 2% M+I (moisture plus insoluble impurities) as measured by the American Oil Chemists’ Society (AOCS).

was previously used, in Australia, for the purposes of cooking, and

has been collected, processed and packaged in accordance with the National Standard for Recycling of Used Cooking Fats and Oils Intended for Animal Feeds.