WHAT IS THE PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THIS REGULATION?

This regulation is designed to prevent the establishment and amplification of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), sometimes referred to as "Mad Cow Disease," through animal feed. The regulation prohibits the use of certain proteins derived from mamalian tissue in feeding ruminant animals. An example is meat and bone meal derived from cattle. However, certain products are EXEMPT from this regulation.

*The following protein products derived from mammals are EXEMPT:

*Blood and blood products
*Gelatin
*Milk products (milk and milk proteins)
*Pure porcine (pork) or pure equine (horse) proteing products
*Inspected meat products, such as plate waste, which have been cooked and offered for human food and further heat processed for animal feed

* The following nonmammalian protein products are EXEMPT:

*Poultry *Marine (fish) *Vegetable

* The following products are also EXEMPT because they are not protein or tissue:

*Grease *Fat *Amino Acids *Tallow *Oil *Dicalcium phosphate

We refer to the expempted products throughout this guide as "NONPROHIBITED MATERIAL." We refer to all mammalian protein that is not exempted as "PROHIBITED MATERIAL."

Prohibited material and/or feeds containing prohibited material cannot be fed to ruminant animals. "RUMINANT ANIMALS" are any animals with a four-chambered stomach, including cattle, sheep, goats, buffalo, elk, and deer.