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Meat and bone meal. Meat and bone meal (MBM) is a product of the rendering industry. It is typically about 48–52% protein, 33–35% ash, 8–12% fat, and 4–7% water.It is primarily used in the formulation of animal feed to improve the amino acid profile of the feed.
The regulations made illegal the sale of previously accepted foodstuffs such as T-bone steaks, prime ribs and oxtail. [1] [9] The sale of soups and stocks derived from or flavoured by beef bones were also banned. [9] At the time of the ban beef on the bone accounted for 5% of all British beef sales. [3]
The EU had to wait six years after the ban on meat and bone meal in cattle feed for the EU to prohibit exports to other member states. Similarly, the European ban on the use of risk materials in the food chain only came into force in 2000, after three years of proceedings, and that on the distribution of meat and bone meal to farm animals in 2001.
It should not include components of food, like chicken meal instead of chicken, meat and bone meal instead of beef or lamb, or carbohydrate sources like soybean meal or corn gluten meal.
In the past, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or "mad cow disease") spread through the inclusion of ruminant meat and bone meal in cattle feed due to prion contamination. This practice is now banned in most countries where it has occurred.
A meal or dish may not contain both meat and dairy products. As well, meat and fish may not be cooked together, nor fish and milk, although fish cooked with other dairy products is permitted. [citation needed] In Italian cuisine, there is a widespread taboo on serving cheese with seafood, [149] [150] [151] although there are several exceptions.
Rendering can be carried out on an industrial, farm, or kitchen scale. It can also be applied to non-animal products that are rendered down to pulp. The rendering process simultaneously dries the material and separates the fat from the bone and protein, yielding a fat commodity and a protein meal.
Bone meal, along with a variety of other meals, especially meat meal, is used as a dietary/mineral supplement for livestock.The improper application of bone and meat meal products in animal nutrition can contribute to the spread of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, commonly known in cattle as Mad Cow Disease.