Quality of Life (Banja Luka) 2(1-2): 38-46

New Regulations and Sustainable Solutions Removal of By-Products of Slaughtered Livestock

Đorđe Okanović1*, Milutin Ristić1, Veljko Đukić2, Šandor Kormanjoš, Vesna Matekalo Sverak3, Zvonko Nježić1
1Institute for Food Technology, University in Novi Sad, Bulevar cara Lazara 1, Novi Sad, Serbia
2University Apeiron, Pere Krece 13, Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska
3Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology, Kaćanskog 13, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
 

Abstract: The environment is now threatened by the creation and accumulation of waste materials in all branches of industrial production and in the meat industry. The importance of harmless removal of animal waste increases with the intensification of animal breeding and with the development of meat processing plants.. Problem solution of harmless removal of animal origin waste products has the big importance. It is irreplaceable, namely preventive veterinary and sanitary measure used in control of livestock diseases and zoonosis. Nowadays, it has a big role in environment protection. In the world, the best way of harmless removal of animal waste from meat industry as well as died animals is exactly their collecting and utilization (for feed production, chemical industry and fuel), depending on raw material structure and its characterization, their processing in special plants with modern equipment and technology. It was emphasized that objects for animal waste processing should be treated from the two aspects: as processing plants serving for the environment protection and as possible environment polluters.

Keyword: animal by-products, harmless removal, utilization of by-products, environment