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<p>The EU is introducing legislative changes which follow their agreed TSE roadmaps.</p><p>
</p><p>These proposals would authorise for the EU:</p><p> </p><ul><li>processed animal
protein (PAP) of porcine origin to be fed to poultry and PAP of poultry origin to
be fed to porcine animals;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>animal protein derived from insects
to be fed to poultry and porcine animals, under the same conditions as are already
required for feeding aquaculture animals; and</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>products containing
ruminant collagen and gelatine to be fed to poultry and porcine animals.</li></ul><p>
</p><p>The rules will still be more stringent than those required by the World Organisation
for Animal Health (OIE) which only ban the use of ruminant proteins in feed for ruminant
animals.</p><p> </p><p>Pigs and poultry have not been shown to be susceptible to TSE.
The proposals will not affect the existing bans on feeding animal proteins to ruminants
and on intra-species recycling (feeding an animal with a product derived from the
same species), and they do not include high-risk animal by-products which are incinerated.
Nor would they permit the feeding of animal remains to farmed livestock, which is
banned in the UK and the EU.</p><p>The restrictions on feeding of livestock in England
will not be altered by EU legislation. Before taking any policy decision, officials
would obtain advice from Government scientists and from the Advisory Committee on
Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP) regarding any potential risk to human or animal health;
and engage closely with groups representing consumers, retailers, producers, farmers
and other interested stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>Animal Health is a devolved matter,
so this policy is devolved to the Scottish and the Welsh Ministers for their respective
territories.</p><p> </p><p>Under the terms of the Northern Ireland Protocol, the amendments
will apply to Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The UK does not ban the imports of pig
and poultry meat products from countries where the feed rules comply with the OIE
requirements. This means that imports of pig and poultry meat products from the EU
or Northern Ireland will continue to be accepted into Great Britain.</p>
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