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About Rendering
What is the Rendering?
Rendering is a sustainable process that repurposes co-products from the meat industry, which would otherwise go to waste, into various valuable products. It involves reclaiming materials such as fats, bones, and proteins from animal leftovers and transforming them into ingredients for products like pet food, biofuels, and industrial materials.
Rendering is a sustainable process that repurposes co-products from the meat industry, which would otherwise go to waste, into various valuable products. It involves reclaiming materials such as fats, bones, and proteins from animal leftovers and transforming them into ingredients for products like pet food, biofuels, and industrial materials.
Animal Proteins
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Rendering Guide Book
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Discover everything about the industrial rendering process — from its stages and chemical properties to key supplies and final products. This guide offers a comprehensive and accessible overview for industry professionals and newcomers alike.
Main Destination Industries
The rendering industry plays a crucial role in supporting various sectors, including animal nutrition, pet food, aquaculture, and biosecurity. By repurposing meat, fat, and other processing remnants, renderers provide valuable resources for these industries, contributing to their sustainability and economic viability.
Rendered animal protein meals are recognized for their nutritional value, serving as excellent sources of calcium, phosphorus, protein, and essential amino acids.Animal fats, when added to feed rations, provide energy and improve palatability. North American renderers adhere to strict quality control measures, ensuring that their products are consistently high quality, uniform, stable, and affordable. These materials contribute to sustainable sourcing for pet food and animal feed, supporting overall nutrition and well-being.
Animal Feed Publications
Aquaculture relies on compounded feeds with high-quality nutrients to support the growth and development of fish and other aquatic life. Rendered animal co-products offer a cost-effective and environmentally friendly alternative for preparing protein meals to support aquaculture. Key research has demonstrated the sustainability and practical value of using rendered animal fats and protein in aquaculture feeds, meeting essential nutritional requirements while reducing production costs.
Aqua Publications
Rendered protein meals, such as meat and bone meal, poultry co-product meal, and fish meal, are widely used in pet foods due to their high-quality protein content and balanced amino acid profiles. Renderers play a crucial role in providing safe and nutritious ingredients for pet food production, contributing to the safety, sustainability, and nutritional value of pet food products. Collaboration between industry stakeholders, such as the Pet Food Institute and AFIA, highlights the benefits of rendering in supporting the pet food industry and reducing food waste.
Pet Food Publications
The rendering industry is integral to sustainable biofuel production, supplying nearly twenty percent of feedstock for biomass-based diesel. Rendered animal fats and used cooking oil contribute to cleaner fuels, meeting stringent environmental standards. Continued incentives are crucial for growth, fostering innovation in environmentally sustainable energy solutions.
Biofuels Publications
The rendering industry provides essential animal-derived ingredients like tallow and lanolin for cosmetics production. These materials undergo careful refinement to meet stringent quality standards before being incorporated into various skincare and beauty products, highlighting the industry's vital role in supplying diverse and high-quality ingredients for the cosmetics sector.
Chemical Publications
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The Buyer’s Guide to Rendered Products provides a comprehensive and up-to-date resource for the rendering industry, structured into nine key chapters.
Policy Issues
TGovernment decisions affect the future of the rendering industry. NARA is actively engaged to represent the interest of our members to legislative, regulatory and other government agencies on issues that impact them.
NARA members, staff and government affairs experts meet regularly with key government officials, Members of Congress and their staff to advocate for positions and policies that enhance opportunities for renderers and promote the industry’s sustainability.
Pet Food and Animal Feed Safety
Standards for Animal Feed Safety:
Rendering plants comply with FDA regulations under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and maintain quality and safety control systems. The FSMA ensures rigorous quality requirements to guarantee pet food safety, with preventive controls, monitoring, and collaboration with local and state bodies. Under the FSMA, all food production facilities must provide a written plan for how they will implement safe preparation protocols. This documentation must include:
- • An evaluation of food safety hazards.
- • An outline of preventive controls to protect against hazards.
- • A description of monitoring to ensure controls are working correctly.
- • An ongoing record of monitoring activities.
- • A plan for correcting any safety issues that could arise.
Rendering Industry Code of Practice:
Research demonstrates that rendered pet food is an excellent source of the key nutrients and energy pets need for healthy diets. Rendered pet food uses proteins, fats, bone meal, and other co-products of meat processing in full compliance with industry standards to deliver key nutrients for pets. These include:
- • Proteins: Proteins from animal co-products can supply critical amino acids to support pets' health.
- • Minerals: The nutrients sourced from rendered products offer a wide range of minerals that meet pets' day-to-day dietary needs.
- • Vitamins: Fats and other materials repurposed from meat processing can supply several vital vitamins to keep pets healthy..
- • Carbohydrates: The carbohydrates in rendered animal food can help provide the energy pets need every day to thrive.
