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SB-25 Solid waste: rendering.(2009-2010)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 18677 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:

18677.
 “Renderer” means any person that is engaged in the business of rendering any livestock or poultry carcass, or any part or product of such a carcass, except rendering conducted under inspection or exemption under this chapter. “Renderer” does not include a person operating a solid waste facility licensed by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery that hauls, handles, or processes mammalian, poultry, or fish tissue from the food service industry, grocery stores, or residential food scrap collection, or as part of a research composting operation for the purpose of obtaining data on pathogen reduction or other public health, animal health, safety, or environmental concerns. 

SEC. 2.

 Section 19213 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:

19213.
 “Rendering” means all recycling, processing, and conversion of animal and fish materials and carcasses and inedible kitchen grease into fats, oils, proteins, and other products that are used in the animal, poultry, and pet food industries and other industries. “Rendering” does not include recycling, processing, or conversion, by a solid waste facility licensed by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery of mammalian, poultry, or fish tissue from the food service industry, grocery stores, or residential food scrap collection, or as part of a research composting operation for the purpose of obtaining data on pathogen reduction or other public health, animal health, safety, or environmental concerns.