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Livestock Councilman of the City of Lorca, Melchor Morales, announced it has filed a motion to the full City Council to be held next Monday 30, which support new methods of management and treatment of products not intended to human consumption.

This system, established on January 21, 2009 by the Project for the Study of Alternative Systems for disposal of carcasses of EFSA proposes the use of bunkers, which, according to Morales, "a reduction in costs, which will directly benefit farmers throughout the municipality. "

Councilman also said that "the environmental benefits are numerous, since this system does not involve the constant flow of vehicles collecting the dead, which will substantially reduce the discomfort."

The new alternative to the above process is an initial process of hydrolysis in the bunker established for that purpose, which made the removal of the corpse in a second step, the remains, which are not reversed and no problem can be shuttle manager appropriate waste since, according to the EFSA the hydrolyzed material, what is known as "intermediate product", not an additional risk, subject to further processed in accordance with the provisions relating to the equipment of category 2 of Regulation (EC) 1774/2002, as amended. "

With this process, improve on-farm biosecurity and reduce vehicle traffic and, of course, reducing the costs that farmers have to pay. "

By this motion, which according to Morales' let's try it together from all political groups that make up the Municipal Corporation, will urge the European Commission to amend Regulation 1774/2002 of October 3, for which the motion is also sent to the Ministry of Agriculture and Water and the Ministry of Environment, Rural and Marine Affairs to urge the European Commission also for the timely change.

And, as noted by the mayor, "the city of Lorca is with the farmers, we know how badly they're having and we will do everything in our power to help, as this motion whose full share for farmers the municipality. "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca