Guidance

Animal by-product operating plants: approved premises

Details of approved and registered animal by-product (ABP) operating plants in Great Britain and the Channel Islands.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency
• Published: 2 January 2015
• Last updated: 5 September 2025 — See all updates

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Details

Premises in Great Britain and the Channel Islands must be approved by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) to operate as an ABP plant.

The list of details follows the format laid down by the European Commission and is arranged in sections according to plant type:

• intermediate plants
• storage plants
• incineration plants
• processing (rendering) plants
• oleo-chemical plants
• biogas plants
• composting plants
• pet food plants
• specific users
• purposes outside of the food chain
• collection centres
• organic fertiliser or soil improver plants
• other registered plants

A list of approved and registered premises in the European Union is available on the European Commission website.

Published 2 January 2015

Last updated 5 September 2025 + show all updates

1. 5 September 2025

   Updated the list of approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain.

2. 6 August 2025

   Updated the list of approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain.

3. 7 July 2025

   Updated the list of approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain.

4. 11 June 2025

   Replaced the Approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain attachment with June 2025 update.

5. 16 May 2025

   Replaced the Approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain attachment.

6. 11 April 2025

   Updated Approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain with latest version for April.

7. 7 March 2025

   Updated the list of approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain.

8. 5 February 2025

   Updated the list of approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain.

9. 3 January 2025

   Updated the list of approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain.

10. 6 December 2024

    Added the latest latest list of approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain.

11. 12 November 2024

    Added the latest list of approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain.

12. 11 October 2024

    Added the latest list of approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain.

13. 4 September 2024

    Added the latest list of approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain.

14. 6 August 2024

    Added the latest list of approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain.

15. 12 July 2024

    Updated the list of approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain.

16. 10 July 2024

    Updated the list of approved animal by-product plants in GB.

17. 4 June 2024

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18. 9 May 2024

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19. 11 April 2024

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20. 5 March 2024

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21. 6 February 2024

    Added the latest list of approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain.

22. 9 January 2024

    Added the list of approved annual by-product plants in Great Britain for January 2024.

23. 5 December 2023

    Added the latest list of approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain.

24. 9 November 2023

    Approved list of animal by-product plants in Great Britain updated for October 2023.

25. 11 October 2023

    Approved list of animal by-product plants in Great Britain updated for October 2023.

26. 5 September 2023

    Updated the list of animal by-product plants in Great Britain.

27. 15 August 2023

    Added the latest approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain.

28. 11 July 2023

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29. 4 July 2023

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30. 6 June 2023

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31. 2 May 2023

    Updated the approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain list.

32. 7 March 2023

    Updated the approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain.

33. 14 February 2023

    Updated the list of approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain.

34. 31 January 2023

    Updated the details of the approved and registered animal by-product (ABP) operating plants in Great Britain.

35. 22 December 2022

    Updated the details of the approved and registered animal by-product (ABP) operating plants in Great Britain.

36. 9 December 2022

    Updated the details of the approved and registered animal by-product (ABP) operating plants in Great Britain.

37. 21 October 2022

    Added updated version of EU (SANCO) Approved Plants Report.

38. 12 October 2022

    Updated the details of the approved and registered animal by-product (ABP) operating plants in Great Britain.

39. 20 September 2022

    Updated the details of the approved and registered animal by-product (ABP) operating plants in Great Britain.

40. 16 August 2022

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41. 25 July 2022

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42. 24 June 2022

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43. 7 June 2022

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44. 18 May 2022

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45. 13 April 2022

    We have updated the details of the approved and registered animal by-product (ABP) operating plants in Great Britain.

46. 28 February 2022

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47. 8 February 2022

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48. 31 January 2022

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49. 23 December 2021

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50. 8 November 2021

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51. 26 October 2021

    Updated the spreadsheet 'Approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain'.

52. 15 October 2021

    Updated the spreadsheet 'Approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain'.

53. 16 September 2021

    We have updated the details of the approved and registered animal by-product (ABP) operating plants in Great Britain.

54. 18 August 2021

    Updated the spreadsheet 'Approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain'.

55. 23 July 2021

    Updated the spreadsheet 'Approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain'.

56. 24 June 2021

    Updated approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain spreadsheet.

57. 3 June 2021

    Approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain report updated for June 2021.

58. 1 April 2021

    Updated EU (SANCO) report on Section 1 Intermediate Activity or Storage Plants.

59. 1 March 2021

    Updated EU (SANCO) Approved Plants report spreadsheet.

60. 18 January 2021

    Updated the ABP approved premises list.

61. 18 December 2020

    Updated the ABP approved premises.

62. 20 November 2020

    Updated the ABP approved premises list.

63. 19 October 2020

    Updated ABP approved premises list.

64. 11 September 2020

    Updated ABP approved premises list.

65. 21 August 2020

    Updated the animal by-products approved premises.

66. 5 August 2020

    Updated the ABP approved premises list.

67. 29 June 2020

    Updated the approved animal by-products plants in Great Britain.

68. 7 May 2020

    Updated the approved animal by-products plants in Great Britain.

69. 24 April 2020

    Added the latest version of the EU (SANCO) Approved Plants Report for GB.

70. 26 March 2020

    Updated the approved animal by-products plants in Great Britain.

71. 26 March 2020

    Updated the approved animal by-products plants in Great Britain

72. 27 January 2020

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73. 27 December 2019

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74. 15 November 2019

    Updated the approved animal by-products plants in Great Britain

75. 17 October 2019

    Updated the approved animal by-products plants in Great Britain

76. 20 September 2019

    Updated approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain

77. 30 August 2019

    Approved animal by-product plants in Great Britain updated

78. 21 August 2019

    Approved and registered animal by-product (ABP) operating plants in Great Britain has been updated.

79. 15 July 2019

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80. 21 June 2019

    EU (SANCO) Approved Plants Reports updated

81. 1 May 2019

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83. 20 March 2019

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84. 6 February 2019

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86. 21 December 2018

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88. 15 November 2018

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89. 1 November 2018

    Animal by-product approved plants updated

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92. 17 August 2018

    Updated Great Britain document

93. 18 July 2018

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126. 22 December 2015

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127. 11 December 2015

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128. 10 December 2015

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129. 24 November 2015

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130. 3 November 2015

     GB premises list updated as of 3rd November 2015

131. 25 September 2015

     ABP premises GB document updated

132. 19 August 2015

     GB list of premises updated - August 2015

133. 2 January 2015

     First published.

134. 3 October 2014

     Updated the Great Britain list

135. 2 October 2014

     Published the list of approved premises in the Channel Islands