AP02 Application Form for Approval to operate a Category 1 Processing Plant

AP02: Application Form for Approval to Operate a Category 1 Processing Plant

Final version Rev2: 20200430

Please note the following:

• In order to operate a Category 1 Processing Plant an operator must comply with the

European Communities (Animal By-Products) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 187 of

2014) and with Regulation (EC) No. 1069/2009 and Regulation (EU) No. 142/2011.

• ‘CN02 – Conditions for a plant involved in the processing of Category 1 Animal By-

Products’ can be found here and must be read before completing this application

form.

• All personal data processed by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

will take place in accordance with the law on Data Protection and will only be for the

purposes connected to the functions of this Department. More information can be

found here.

• Please note: The application form must be completed by the ‘operator’. The operator

is defined as ‘the natural or legal persons having an animal by-product or derived

product under their actual control, including carriers, traders and users’.

• The completed application form and supporting documentation should be sent to

Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM), Milk and Meat

Hygiene/ABP/TSE Division, (Animal By-Products Section), Grattan House, Grattan

Business Centre, Dublin Road, Portlaoise, Co Laois, R32 RY6V.

• Applications that are incomplete, that contain insufficient or unsatisfactory information

or that do not comply with conditions or legislative requirements will be returned to the

applicant and a revised, fully completed application must be re-submitted.

Issued 17th January 2017

Milk & Meat Hygiene/ABP/TSE Division

Application Form for Approval to Operate a

Category 1 Processing Plant

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