Rendering companies provide an important biosecurity function through the collection and processing of animals that die other than by slaughter, including on-farm mortalities. Rendering is the preferred method for handling animal byproducts and mortalities with the rendered products, such as meat and bone meal and tallow, frequently used as ingredients in nutritionally balanced foods manufactured for livestock, poultry and companion animals to consume.

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