Question reference: S1W-01070
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 24 August 1999
-
Current status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 7 September 1999
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many tonnes of rendered material from the BSE cattle cull have been disposed off and what method has been used for its disposal.
Answer
In Scotland, 72,100 tonnes of rendered material is currently held in storage. None of this material has yet been consigned for destruction. The Intervention Board Executive Agency, whose Board answers to all the UK Agriculture Ministers, intends to dispose of the material by incineration. Some 2,800 tonnes of tallow, one of the by-products of the rendering process, has been burnt on-site in Scotland for energy recovery purposes.Additionally, around 15,000 tonnes of carcase material from the cull has been sent for direct incineration in Scotland.