Agriculture and food industries
Information about the activities we regulate that involve agricultural and food industries and the authorisation you’ll need to carry on each activity.
Tanneries
Find out about the permit authorisation needed for the tanning of hides and skins where the treatment capacity exceeds 12 tonnes of finished products per day. This is a Schedule 20 activity.
Disposal or recycling of animal waste or carcases
Find out about the permit authorisation needed for the disposal or recycling of animal carcases or animal waste with a treatment capacity exceeding 10 tonnes per day. This is a Schedule 20 activity.
Slaughterhouses
Find out about the permit authorisation needed for operating slaughterhouses with a carcass production capacity greater than 50 tonnes per day. This is a Schedule 20 activity.
Treatment and processing of animal or vegetable matter for food or animal feed
Find out about the permit authorisation needed for the treatment and processing of animal or vegetable matter for food or animal feed (excluding exclusively packaging). This is a Schedule 20 activity.
Treatment and processing of milk
Find out about the permit authorisation needed for the treatment and processing of milk only, the quantity of milk received being greater than 200 tonnes per day. This is a Schedule 20 activity.
Processing, storage or drying by heat of animal or vegetable matter
Find out about the permit authorisation needed for processing, storage or drying by heat of any part of a dead animal or of vegetable matter. This is a Schedule 26 activity.
Maggot breeding
Find out about the permit authorisation needed for breeding maggots. This is a Schedule 26 activity.
Treatment and processing of animal or vegetable matter for animal feed
Find out about the permit authorisation needed for the treating and processing of dry vegetable or dry vegetable and animal matter intended for the production of animal food products through drying by the application of heat and milling. This is a Schedule 26 activity.
Ensiling of fish less than or equal to 10m³
Find out about the registration authorisation needed for the ensiling of dead fish or fish offal, including the storage of the ensiled liquor at the same location below 10m³. This is a Schedule 26 activity.
Ensiling of fish more than 10m³
Find out about the permit authorisation needed for the ensiling of dead fish or fish offal, including the storage of the ensiled liquor at the same location above 10m³. This is a Schedule 26 activity.
Intensive rearing of poultry, production pigs or sows
Find out about the permit authorisation needed for the intensive rearing of poultry or pigs. This is a Schedule 20 activity.
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