(2) These materials in turn are exported or sold todomestic manufacturers of a wide range of industrial and consumer goods such as livestock feed and pet food, soaps,pharmaceuticals, lubricants, plastics, personal care products, and even crayons (also see Table 1 on page 6). These actions arelikely to cause changes in renderers' business practices, costs, and product values. The Rendering Process. If animal byproducts have fewer market outlets, new questions may ariseabout how todispose of them safely and who should pay. Therefore, U.S.officials believe thatregulation of feed ingredients is the single most effective method for controlling BSE. Downers and Dead Animals. Landfill could lead to disease transmission."
Renderers convert dead animals and animal byproducts into ingredients for a widerangeof industrial and consumer goods, such as animal feed, soaps, candles, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products. U.S. regulatoryactions to bolster safeguards against bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE or mad cow disease) could portendsignificant changesin renderers' business practices, the value of their products, and, consequently, the balance sheets of animalproducers and processors. Also, if animal byproducts have fewer market outlets, questions arise about how to dispose of them safely. Thisreport, which willnot be updated, describes the industry and discusses several industry-related issues that have arisen in the108th Congress. (1)