Food Industry
Waste
21st Century food industry
waste solutions.
Food industry waste -
Waddington Waste are proud to number in their client list some of
the major regional and national names in the food industry. These
market leaders have recognised the difficulties posed by the potential
for some of their food waste to come into contact with animal by-products
and the need to dispose of it separately.
Waddington Waste provides
integrated food industry waste management solutions that are tailored
to meet the needs of each client. Our food industry waste services
are aimed towards food retailers, bakery and supermarket trades.
If you would like to
visit some other useful sites with regard to food industry waste
please use the following links:
Food
Industry Waste - Food Standards Agency
Please feel free to browse
the rest of our website or contact us on 0800 02 888 02 to discuss
your food industry waste problem.
Waddington Waste are
also specialists in waste
management, wet
and dry waste management systems, waste
recycling (Great Britain) and animal
by-products.
Waddington Waste offers
a full range of Animal By-Products services.
Waddington Waste are
DEFRA approved and licensed Animal By-Products processors providing
unrivalled services to the meat and fish processing industries.
With over 100 years
experience in the handling, processing and disposal of Animal
By-Products, Waddington Waste has the technology, expertise and
management skill to offer 'cradle-to-grave' disposal solutions
for any Animal By-Products waste stream including:
Bone, fat, offal and
gut
Hides, skins, hooves and horns
Blood, manure and gut content
Chicken feathers
Pig bristles and toenails
Fish, shellfish and seafood processing waste
Animal By-Product contaminated packaging
Out-of-date prepared foods containing or contaminated by Animal By-Products
Eggs and hatchery products
Raw milk and dairy waste
Former foodstuffs designated as unfit for human consumption
Waste water from food processing plants and facilities
Former foodstuffs and Animal By-Products arriving in the UK by means of international
transport
What
is rendering?
Once
animals are slaughtered, the process of separating the meat
and offal for human consumption from the by-products begins.
As
carcases move down the slaughtering line, the hide, skin or
feathers are removed, followed by the stomach, lungs, intestines,
heart, liver, and other vital organs. With many of today's
abattoirs also involved in meat processing, other by-products
arise, such as bones, meat trimmings and fat.
At this point the by-products are segregated, dependent on their quality or
on veterinary classification (specified risk material from cattle or sheep,
for example).
By-products are transferred to, and stored in, dedicated containers which are
collected by the renderer the same day. Dependent on the quality and classification
of the by-products, they will be transported to one of the DEFRA-registered
rendering plants in the UK. All meet strict EU health and environmental standards
and controls. All aspects of the process are governed by stringent legislation
which defines the maximum particle size, the cooking time, and minimum temperatures.
The
rendering process
Renderers process from the meat production chain that do not end up on the
consumer's plate. In the Western world, this represents almost one third of
the weight of animals slaughtered (more than 1.75 million tonnes in the UK
each year, producing 250,000 tonnes of fat and 400,000 tonnes of protein meal).
The rendering process is the crushing and grinding, followed by heat treatment
to reduce the moisture content and kill micro-organisms. Separation of the
melted fat (tallow) from the solid (protein) is achieved through centrifuging
(spinning) and pressing. The solid fraction is then ground into a powder, such
as meat meal or meat and bone meal.
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