Health
We are dedicated to safeguarding animal, human and environmental health, and achieving the highest standards for safe and nutritious ingredients
Biosecurity, Disease & Fallen Stock Control
Our role is to safely collect and process ABP and edible co-products into useful healthy products. Our members contribute to animal health and welfare through utilisation of our nutritious products in animal feed and through disease prevention and control.
If ABP are not managed appropriately by well-trained staff, they present a serious health risk. The primary purpose of treating or disposing of ABP is the protection of environmental, animal, and public health against potential microbiological threats.
Fallen Stock Management
The collection and disposal of fallen stock without undue delay is a critical component of farm biosecurity — in both normal and disease outbreak scenarios. Member States have obligations to ensure safe disposal to safeguard public and animal health, normally through rendering or incineration.
Efficient Collection of Fallen Stock
Crisis Response
At times of crisis, EFPRA members provide essential secure animal disease control and waste disposal services to health authorities. Our members deal with Avian Influenza outbreaks most years, and African Swine Fever continues to spread across eastern Europe and beyond.
Sustainably Dealing with Avian Influenza Outbreak in Italy
Protecting Workers Dealing with Avian Influenza Outbreak
How Rendering Breaks the Disease Cycle
Treating ABP by rendering provides safe and secure treatment using strictly controlled and regulated storage, collection, transport, and processing. The rendering process destroys pathogens, stabilises ABP to eliminate disease risk, breaks the disease cycle, and produces sanitised, safe, low-carbon products for re-use in various applications.
Our members deal with Avian Influenza outbreaks most years and African Swine Fever continues to spread in many parts of the world, including eastern Europe. The animal feed and ABP processing industries must be ready to address animal health and feed safety concerns around transmission of viruses via ABP derived products from harvested diseased fallen stock.
