Schedule 1, Part 2, Chapter 6, paragraph 1(1)

In this Section— “animal” includes a bird or a fish; “controlled waters” has the meaning given in section 104 of the 1991 Act; “excluded activity” means— any activity carried on on a farm or agricultural holding other than— the manufacture of goods for sale; the production of compost for growing mushrooms; the manufacture or preparation of food or drink for human consumption but excluding— the extraction, distillation or purification of animal or vegetable oil or fat otherwise than as an activity incidental to the cooking of food for human consumption; any activity involving the use of green offal or the boiling of blood except the cooking of food (other than tripe) for human consumption; the cooking of tripe for human consumption elsewhere than on premises on which it is to be consumed; the fleshing, cleaning and drying of pelts of fur-bearing mammals; any activity carried on in connection with the operation of a collection centre for animal by-products; any activity for the manufacture of soap not falling within Part A(1) of Section 4.1; the storage of vegetable matter not falling within any other Section; the manufacture of starch; the salting of hides or skins, unless related to any other activity listed in this Schedule; any activity for composting animal or vegetable matter or a combination of both, except where that activity is carried on for the purposes of cultivating mushrooms; any activity for cleaning, and any related activity for drying or dressing, seeds, bulbs, corms or tubers (and “related activity” means an activity being carried on by the same person at the same site); the drying of grain or pulses; any activity for the production of cotton yarn from raw cotton or for the conversion of cotton yarn into cloth; the drying of green crops; “food” includes— drink, articles and substances of no nutritional value which are used for human consumption, and articles and substances used as ingredients in the preparation of food.

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