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"Managing Contaminated Animal and Plant Materials: Field Guide on Best Practices"
Winner of the Blue Ribbon Award from American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
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anaging Contaminated Animal and Plant Materials: Field Guide on Best Practices" presents the information required for the safe, effective, and economical disposal of contaminated animal and plant materials. Management of these materials on a large scale (300 tons of carcasses or more) presents major challenges for emergency personnel responding to diseases, natural and accidental incidents, or acts of terrorism against enterprises engaged in food production, processing, or distribution.
Large-scale incidents typically involve local and state agencies, which have the authority to make decisions about disposal. If the scale of the incident exceeds the ability of a state or local government to respond, the state usually requests federal resources.
This book was designed to be used as a reference for training and operations in preparing and disposing of contaminated animal and plant materials. It was produced by the Technical Support Working Group, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency, for landowners, private industry, animal producers, and local, state, federal, and military government
agencies. Responders should apply this information in conjunction with their previous training and experience, site-specific regulatory and environmental factors, and standard procedures and policies already in place. Because every situation has unique challenges, responders must be flexible enough to adjust to the situation at hand using the resources available to them.
Funding for this publication was provided by the National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense