[USCC] Composting and BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy)

Mon Nov 26 11:43:56 CST 2007

Katio,

The material you are referring to is called Specified Risk Material (SRM)
by the USDA APHIS.  The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has
developed a guidance document for facilities in determining how to dispose
of these materials.  http://www.kdheks.gov/waste/guidance/sw05-02.pdf  We
felt that we should have a practical guidance document that would allow the
option of composting, but maintain tight control over the final compost.

The paunch material from the slaughter of livestock should not contain any
of the SRM and therefore should not need any special handling of the
compost.  We have two large paunch composting facilities in Kansas and
neither have had problems with SRM being delivered to their facilities.

Feel free to contact me if you would like to discuss this subject further.

Ken Powell
Environmental Scientist
SW Processing Facilities Unit
Kansas Department of Health & Environment
Bureau of Waste Management
1000 SW Jackson, Suite 320
Topeka, KS  66612-1366
Phone: (785) 296-1121
Fax: (785) 296-1592
E-mail  kpowell at kdhe.state.ks.us
www.kdheks.gov/waste

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Katio,
I have not heard of any such regulations
(Let's not forget that BSE is found in the brain and spinal tissue)
Ron

Ron Alexander
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1212 Eastham Drive
Apex, NC 27502
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Hi all:

I would like to know if, there are restrictions for the use of compost,
made
from wastes generated in a slaughterhouse as, for example, the content of
cattle stomaches (grass), seeking the prevention of diseases, as the BSE
(Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy).
Thanks a lot, again.

Engª Agrª Kátia Goldschmidt Beltrame, M.Sc.
BIOLAND Ind. e Com. de Composto Organico Ltda.
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