Disposal of the waste bits comes under the Animal By-products Regulations 2005.
As pigs do not suffer from TSE (BSE in cattle and Scrapie in sheep/goats) there is no risk of disease from brain and spinal cord, so these do not need ‘special’ disposal under EU TSE Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 (Note: if you home slaughter sheep, goats or cattle – this is a different matter)
However you must still dispose of the waste properly (you cannot just chuck it in the bin or bury it).
If you are
• the owner of the animal, and
• consumption is for you or the members of your immediate family living in the same household,
• and you are transporting the ‘waste’ in your own vehicle
then clearly this is a private matter, and no ‘waste carrier’ permit is required.
So you can take to a hunt kennels, who will have a licence to dispose of. They typically don’t feed to hounds, but have an incinerator and will give you paperwork.
Hunt Kennels and licenced knackermen can also collect.
In other circumstances you might need to argue that you are disposing in a private capacity – just as taking the mother-in-law’s old sofa to the tip might be deemed commercial as it is not yours. Highly unlikely that anyone would ever be done for that, but the regs could theoretically deem you as a waste transporter – you get my drift !
The Food Standards Agency deliberately (in my view!) keep the guidance vague as they don’t like home slaughter, and the following ‘guidance’ tries to put you off, and is actually misleading/wrong in places, but if you are looking at home kill, it is worth a read.
This is for England, google for Scottish and Welsh verions !
https://www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/home-killguide.pdfSo Twisty – I see nothing wrong with what you are doing.