Meat and bone meal

[1] In Europe, some MBM is used as ingredients in pet food, but the majority is now used as a fossil-fuel replacement for energy generation, as a fuel in cement kilns, landfilling or incineration.

According to the BBC at the time there was no ban on the use in livestock feed of animal blood, tallow, poultry offal and feather meal.

A minimum of 500g is required to test samples of solid or liquid material at the Irish Equine Centre, an independent not-for-profit organisation.

The presence of MBM and fish products in feed can be tested by light microscopy in two days.

The presence of ruminant DNA in feed by real-time PCR can be detected by this lab in 48 to 72 hours.