The Waste (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (England) Regulations 2001
Section 57 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 confers on the Secretary of State a power to require waste to be accepted, treated, disposed of or delivered. These Regulations add to the types of waste which may be covered by a direction under section 57. Directions may cover the carcases (or parts of carcases, including blood) of certain types of animal which have been slaughtered as a direct or indirect result of measures taken to deal with foot-and-mouth disease. The relevant types of animal are cattle (if born on or after 1st August 1996), sheep, goats, other ruminating animals and swine. Directions may also be given in relation to ash or rendered material resulting from the incineration or rendering of the carcases (or parts of carcases) of cattle (of any age), sheep, goats, other ruminating animals and swine where such animals have been slaughtered as a result of foot-and-mouth measures.