This came in the ASI bulletin for this week. What I hope this means is that
perhaps your lamb processor might either reduce the cost of processing
since his offal disposal problems have been removed or perhaps that
processor may no longer ask you to dispose of your own offal.
"NRA Rescinds Sheep Material Policy
At a meeting of the National Renderers Association (NRA) Board of Directors
last Friday, they voted to rescind the policy which recommended the
exclusion of the collection of sheep materials for rendering.
The NRA policy, which has been in place for many years, recommended
voluntary guidelines for renderers not to collect or render sheep material
for animal protein (meat and bone meal) use. This was initially put into
practice based on a theory of the correlation of scrapie with bovine
spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Since that time, more scientific
information has become available and with the implementation of the 1997
feed rule prohibiting the feeding of mamalian derived materials to
ruminants, the NRA policy was no longer relevent for BSE risk reduction.
According to the letter from NRA to the American Sheep Industry
Association, A renderers decision to collect or not collect sheep material
will now be based on marketing needs rather than on regulations.
This is good news for the U.S. sheep producers and processors who have
struggled with offal disposal options for the past 16 years. There will
likely be several renderers who are not exporting meat and bone meal that
will now be willing to process offal from sheep, commented Paul Rodgers,
deputy director of animal health for ASI.
Staff contact: Paul Rodgers, 303-771-3500 "
_______________________________________________
This message is from the Blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info mailing list
Visit the list's homepage at
Blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info@lists.blackbellysheep.info
http://lists.blackbellysheep.info/listinfo.cgi/blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info