Meat processing
25 Meat processing
Meat processing (the relevant activity) consists of either of the following—
processing 1,000t or more of meat or meat products in a year, whether or not the processing includes rendering;
rendering 100t or more of meat or meat products in a year, if the meat or meat products are not otherwise processed.
The relevant activity does not include processing meat or meat products that—
involves only chilling, curing, drying, freezing, packaging or smoking the meat or meat products; or
does not involve any of the following—
slaughtering animals;
rendering the meat or meat products;
the release of waste to waters;
the treatment of waste using anaerobic or facultative systems.
In the following table, the aggregate environmental score, if any, for the relevant activity is the score stated opposite the threshold within which the relevant activity is carried out.
| Threshold | Aggregate environmental score | 3 |
| 1processing, not including rendering, in a year, the following quantity of meat or meat products— | ||
| (a)1,000t to 5,000t | 16 | |
| (b)more than 5,000t but not more than 50,000t | 26 | C |
| (c)more than 50,000t | 41 | C |
| 2processing, including rendering, in a year, the following quantity of meat or meat products— | ||
| (a)1,000t to 5,000t | 25 | |
| (b)more than 5,000t but not more than 50,000t | 48 | C |
| (c)more than 50,000t | 66 | C |
| 3rendering, without any other processing, in a year, the following quantity of meat or meat products— | ||
| (a)100t to 500t | no score | C |
| (b)more than 500t | 29 | C |
In this section—
processing, meat or meat products, includes slaughtering animals to produce meat or meat products.
rendering means extracting by-products from the processing of animals, including fat, tallow, derivatives of fat or tallow and matter containing protein.
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