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“In the machine shop, we all understand how every part The Dupps family includes all the dedicated in a Dupps system works. That’s important, because we and hard working employees whose efforts, know the tolerances we have to hold to make sure each loyalty and pride have made our company part is right. the best in the business. Compare our level “We design the fixtures, we create the CNC programs of knowledge, experience and service with and we test the tooling. All in an effort to make the best any of our competitors. When you do, parts we can. A case in point: our new manufacturing cell that makes our Pressor® cast flights. We applied the we’re sure you’ll agree that Dupps is your latest machining and tooling technology so we could take logical choice. advantage of a new casting process—today our cast flights are much stronger and have a much longer service Phone: 937-855-6555 life. We can make the flights quicker now too, so they’re Fax: 937-855-6554 always on the shelf when a customer needs them. Email: [email protected] “I enjoy my contact with our customers too, because www.dupps.com it’s a chance for me to learn what their needs are. We promise that a customer can reach us twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, and one of my jobs is to answer calls on weekends. We’ll pull parts from the warehouse and ship the same day to keep a customer up and running. “I feel our biggest advantage is our experience. We take our knowledge of what our customers need and apply it in ways to make better equipment.” Won’t Let You Down Contents December 2015 Volume 44, Number 6 Features 10 The Sustainable Industry Always has been, now time to promote. 16 FPRF Gaining momentum and delivering results. 18 Joint Feed Conference Focuses on FSMA. On the Cover US renderers move forward on 29 New Zealand Renderers Workshop showing they are sustainable. Steps up. pg. 10

Departments 6 View from Washington Editorial Offices That was then, this is now. 1621 Glen Drive Placerville, CA 95667 8 Newsline Phone: (530) 306-6792 March of the EPA brigade. Fax: (530) 644-8429 [email protected] www.rendermagazine.com 22 From the Association The next big thing: sustainable rendering. Editor and Publisher Tina Caparella 24 Biofuels Bulletin Associate Editor Lindsay O’Connor Global renewable diesel use triples. Magazine Production Sierra Publishing

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4 December 2015 Render www.rendermagazine.com Rendertorial

The date: October 1996. The place: San Francisco, California. The occasion: Not just this editor’s first National Renderers Associaon (NRA) convenon. I had a another number sense of excitement and adventure, then a feeling of being out of my element. Although not new to Render (I had served as associate editor for many years), I was a new face in an industry that is leery of outsiders. The convenon From odor management to was held in a glamorous five-star hotel nutrient management, we frequented by celebries that week – are committed to delivering basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar exceptional client service walked through the lobby one evening while crooner Tony Benne held an art To learn more about our show on another night. The décor and agricultural services, email furnishings were so gliery I was afraid [email protected], to touch anything! call 1 888 572 5885 or visit At the meetings, names were www.ghd.com familiar – they had appeared among these pages I helped edit – but faces were not. The Original Recyclers was launched at my first convenon and a term that would eventually roll off my tongue – GHD is a proud member of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy – National Renderers Association was the challenge of the day. Only a few people would talk to me that week (remember, I was the outsider, the “media”) but a handful befriended me and eventually became mentors (e.g., Dr. Don Franco). While unseling at the me, it is a moment that is pleasantly engrained in my memory and sll feels like yesterday. Twenty conventions later, in a city not far from that first event, I am now part of the family. Renderers are a protecve lot when someone new ventures into their inner circle, and for good reason. Yet once they realize you too are passionate about what they do and have only the best intenons, they accept you as one of their own. I am so ever grateful for that support over the past 19 years and look forward to many more. There have been a lot of challenges and change in the industry since 1996. The NRA convenons have been the best venue for renderers to gather and work as one for the beerment of their profession. Aer aending 20 annual convenons, I could not imagine working with any other group of people who strive to protect the environment and endure in the most sustainable way possible. R www.rendermagazine.com Render December 2015 5 View from Washington By Steve Kopperud, Policy Directions Inc.

That was Then, This is Now

As this is being wrien, Congress has only 16 “work” days accepng any Syrian refugees since they cannot be veed on the 2015 calendar before its scheduled December 18 recess properly, parcularly aer reports indicate one of the Paris date. The list of “must-pass” legislaon, from fiscal year (FY) terrorists was a recent migrant who entered Europe posing 2017 spending to tax reform to highway programs, narrowed in as a refugee. More than half of US state governors have October and November. Yet the horrors of the Islamic State of either threatened or declared that they will not accept Syrian Iran and Syria, or ISIS, aacks in Paris, France, in mid-November refugees for relocaon despite the White House assurance it will force rethinking of priories, rejiggering of numbers to has a robust plan to screen them. However, Congress must act address the reality of military preparedness and the polics if the states are to prevail because immigraon enforcement of terror and homeland protecon, and a wholesale shi in powers lie with the administraon. Their sole bargaining chip presidenal polics for both pares. is that the federal government may not force a state to spend The immediate congressional outlook could not be more its own tax money to maintain the refugees. polically complex. There is a new Speaker in the House of Both Ryan and McConnell have urged Obama to take a Representaves who promises to reform the chamber and me-out on relocang Syrian, Iraqi, and North African refugees bring order out of GOP chaos. There is the shoung match to the United States. A House-approved bill produced by over how to stamp out ISIS. There is a new budget deal, more a GOP task force does not prevent Obama from adming money to spend and no dearth of projects on which to spend refugees but adds several layers of cerficaon to slow down it, and a nearly lame duck president obsessed with his legacy. the process, which already takes between 18 and 24 months. Then there are all those folks who want to be president of the The bill states that new Syrian and Iraqi refugees would not United States. be allowed into the country unl aer the Federal Bureau The consensus congressional agenda prior to Friday, of Invesgaon and Director of Naonal Intelligence jointly November 13, was: (1) pass a FY 2017 omnibus spending bill; inform Congress that the asylum-seekers are not a danger (2) pass a mul-year federal highway reauthorizaon bill; (3) to US security. Further, the bill requires the Department of whatever other issues cannot hitchhike on the first two moving Homeland Security (DHS) to send Congress monthly reports on vehicles can wait unl 2016; and (4) get on a plane and go how many Syrian and Iraqi refugees are admied to the United home for Christmas. States, along with the number that were denied admission. That was then, this is now. DHS’s Inspector General would have to conduct risk-based In play is immigraon reform with an emphasis on making reviews of all Syrian and Iraqi refugee cerficaons. it even tougher to enter the United States. It is a classic polical In the last five years, the United States has taken in about 180-degree turn since in early November immigraon generally 1,800 Syrian refugees, and the Treasury pays nearly $1.1 billion had been taken off the legislave calendar altogether. Both a year to handle the 70,000 refugees who have arrived in the House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senate Majority Leader country from global war zones. Fieen House Republicans Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told reporters neither chamber would are expected to push legislaon to cut off all federal funding bring up an immigraon bill as long as President Barack Obama for the “reselement” of Syrian and North African refugees was in office. in the United States unless the administraon can show it However, the Paris aacks, the flood of migrants leaving has “processes to ensure that refugee and related programs Syria and Iran, and the insecurity these developments have are not able to be co-opted by would-be terrorists.” Further, fostered in every major American city, parcularly Washington, Congress would require the White House to report details of DC, puts the issue of immigraon at the top of the issue list. security checks, in both classified and public forums, and to The direct confrontation between the White House and set up longer-term monitoring processes to track refugees in congressional GOP lawmakers will extend well into December, the United States. and will be taken up by both pares as a key presidenal/ Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) has introduced a bill to cut general elecon campaign issue throughout 2016. off reselement funding for Syrian refugees and Senator Rand When it comes to the terrorist aacks in Paris, GOP Paul (R-TN), a GOP presidenal hopeful, proposed cung presidenal hopefuls – as well as several members of Congress all visas for Syrian migrants. Senator Lindsay Graham (R-SC), from both sides of the aisle – roundly cricized Obama for his another White House aspirant, also wants to halt plans for the characterizaon of ISIS as “contained,” and his handling of me being on Syrian refugee reselement. Mideast policy in general. The president, for his part, said the Democrat presidenal wannabes were more polic in US strategy is working and will simply take me. their reacons, stopping short of cricizing the president and The issue of Syrian refugees fleeing that worn-torn region instead calling on the United States to create an alliance of and Obama’s public statement that the United States would willing naons so as not to bear the bulk of the responsibility inially accept up to 10,000 migrants who live outside the to eradicate ISIS. Mideast conflict zone faces sff resistance. Nearly all GOP When it comes to the US southern border, very few talk candidates say it is me to stand back from the United States about a “pathway to cizenship” any more. As Ryan put it,

6 December 2015 Render www.rendermagazine.com the debate now centers on securing the southern border president’s order was either botched in its execution or and following the rule of law. However, Ryan has not said represents a serious overstep of his legal authority. whether he would modify a Senate-approved comprehensive McConnell, however, is hinng to his colleagues he may immigraon bill to meet current expectaons. The Senate try and run a couple of immigraon-related bills before the end bill was the product of biparsan work, much compromise, of the year. On McConnell’s screen is a bill to set a five-year many hearings, a lot of floor me, and ulmately passed with minimum federal prison sentence for any illegal immigrant a strong biparsan vote several years ago. Also key was the who reenters the United States aer deportaon. Meanwhile, up-front involvement of various industries that sat down with Congress struggles to come to grips with the priories of its tradional opponents to work out language acceptable to pares and their various wings when it comes to economic both sides. Ryan’s predecessor, Representave John Boehner concerns. While Democrats connue to argue against income (R-OH), ignored the Senate bill, opng instead to break the “inequality,” Republicans – depending where on the spectrum issue into several components, moving individual bills instead they sit – look for growth, but also fiscal conservasm. of a single comprehensive package. The key to freeing up the financial legislave log jam Ryan and a growing number of his GOP colleagues support – spending, reconciliaon, debt ceiling, etc. – is the nearly a legislave fix to create “legal status” for the roughly 11 miraculous and unimaginably quick agreement among Obama, million undocumented workers in the United States. This status McConnell, and Boehner, who in just a couple of weeks cut a would require the payment of taxes and fines, an applicaon deal on a two-year budget resoluon that included agreement process – some advocate requiring illegal workers to leave the on increasing the federal debt ceiling. The goal of the new country and reapply for entry – achieving their legal status that agreement is to begin the process of unraveling the budget would allow them to pursue cizenship through convenonal agreement of 2011, the law that set spending caps on all channels. There is lile support on Capitol Hill for Donald programs through the process of sequestraon. One of the Trump’s “deport-‘em-all” proposal, at least not publicly. few biparsan agreements in Washington, DC, these days is The issue of “trust” to which Ryan and McConnell refer that almost everyone hates sequestraon. when talking about the future of immigraon reform center The budget agreement boils down to a classic polical on the White House circumvenng Congress using execuve deal. The president has been pounding the table demanding authority. The case against Obama’s execuve order to defer more money be spent on domestic programs. Congress, deportaon of “Dreamer” children and families of illegal parcularly the GOP, has been holding its collecve breath in immigrants is headed to the US Supreme Court, given that hopes of geng more federal dollars for military spending. two federal courts have blocked the DHS from implemenng the acon. The courts essenally agree with crics that the Continued on page 33

www.rendermagazine.com Render December 2015 7 Newsline By Robert T. Vogler, Valley Proteins Inc. March of the EPA Brigade

Editor’s note – Robert T. Vogler is director of environmental New Ozone Standard affairs for Valley Proteins Inc. and chairman of the Naonal On October 1, 2015, EPA adopted a new Naonal Ambient Renderers Associaon’s Environmental Commiee. He holds Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone, lowering a juris doctor degree from Duquesne University and bachelor the standard from the current 75 parts per billion (ppb) to 70 of science degree in agricultural engineering and agricultural ppb. Figures 1 and 2 show the nonaainment areas under the science from Rutgers University. outgoing standard and new standard, respecvely. A standard of 70 ppb will put a large poron of the The United States (US) Environmental Protecon Agency robust, expanding economic areas of the United States into (EPA) connues to move ahead with a “regulatory death nonaainment status. A nonaainment designaon makes march” of costly rules that will affect the average cizen and the expansion of industry in that area nearly impossible US economy. EPA dominates over other federal agencies and exisng permits can be opened up to require further for adopng large and costly regulaons. The agency has reductions at existing facilities. Assuming the 2012-2013 implemented 17 rules cosng more than $90 billion since ozone measurements sll hold true, areas that could become 2000. This arcle will discuss a number of significant areas “nonattainment” under the new standard include large that have been the subject of recent EPA rulemaking. porons of southeastern California and western Arizona; El Paso, Texas; Shreveport and Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Tulsa Clean Power Plan and Other Climate Change Initiatives and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Wichita, Kansas; Evanston, On October 23, 2015, EPA issued its Clean Power Plan Indiana; Springfield, Illinois; Birmingham, Alabama; Memphis, that uses Secon 111(d), an obscure provision of the Clean Tennessee; Tampa and Orlando, Florida; most areas along Lake Air Act, as the basis for requiring states to reduce carbon emissions from power generaon by 32 percent from 2005 levels by 2030. This acon has been viewed as a takeover of Figure 1. Counties measuring ozone above 75 ppb the naon’s energy system by EPA and establishing it as the based on 2008 standard central planning czar for power generaon and consumpon. Since the early days of electrificaon, US states have largely regulated their power systems. States are required to complete their compliance plans by September 2016 with most carbon reducons required by 2022. This will require substanal investments in power plants and transmission in a short period of me. Among other things, the plan will drive further conversion to gas and renewable power generaon sources and is expected to result in higher electricity prices and less reliability for the electric grid. More than two dozen states along with industry groups have filed lawsuits challenging EPA’s authority. Congressional Source: EPA. Republicans are considering measures to block the rules. Congressman Ed Whiield (R-KY), chair of the House Energy and Commerce Commiee’s Subcommiee on energy and power, referred to the plan as a “complicated and far-reaching Figure 2. Counties measuring ozone above 70 ppb scheme to commandeer each state’s electricity system and (dark blue) based on 2011-2013 data replace it with a cap-and-trade approach similar to the ones that Congress has repeatedly rejected.” In addion to the Clean Power Plan, EPA has expanded its regulatory reach into other new areas under the guise of regulang greenhouse gas emissions. The agency has asserted jurisdicon over the oil and gas industry in announcing plans to regulate methane emissions from oil and gas well drilling. EPA is also in the process of interjecng itself into the aircra industry with an expected finding that carbon emissions from aircra contribute to climate change and endanger public health. Addionally, the agency’s proposed regulaon of greenhouse gas emissions from medium and heavy trucks will Source: EPA. move EPA further into regulaon of commercial vehicles.

8 December 2015 Render www.rendermagazine.com Michigan from Green Bay, Wisconsin, to regulate these heretofore non-federal EPA had received over a million Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Northern waters or have determined that there comments on the proposed rule, with Massachuses. Note that ozone levels is no need to regulate because of no some 90 percent of those comments have generally declined since 2013, significant impact to water quality. in support. However, according to the suggesng that this is likely a worst-case The American Farm Bureau House Oversight and Government scenario list. Federaon has said that the final rule is Reform Commiee, the corps believes Nitrogen oxides (NOx) and volale even broader and more ambiguous than that the vast majority of the comments organic compounds (VOCs) are the originally proposed. EPA has called the appeared to be mass mailings generated pollutants that would be further rule a “historic step for the protecon by EPA grassroots lobbying efforts restricted by this rule since they interact of clean water” and the corps calls it to develop support for the rule. It is with sunlight to form ground-level “a generaonal rule [that] completes alleged that EPA used social media ozone. Exposure to ground-level ozone, another chapter in [the] history of the and coordination with advocacy or smog, is believed to exasperate Clean Water Act.” organizaons to generate support for respiratory problems, such as lung Lawsuits have been filed by the rule, potenally in violaon of an- disease and asthma. manufacturing and agriculture groups lobbying laws. In response, a delegaon According to a report by the Naonal as well as over 30 states challenging of over 100 congressmen sent a leer Associaon of Manufacturers, ozone- the rule as being beyond the statutory to EPA’s Office of the Inspector General forming emissions have been cut in half authority of the regulatory agencies. requesng an invesgaon into whether since 1980, leading to a 33 percent drop The rule was to take effect August 28, the agency violated prohibions against in ozone concentraons. The current 2015, but the US Court of Appeals for engaging in or supporting lobbying ozone standard of 75 ppb adopted in the Sixth Circuit granted a moon of stay efforts on this rule. 2008 has not yet been fully implemented blocking EPA’s enforcement of the rule The US House of Representaves in all areas so this new rule is a further naonwide pending a determinaon as narrowly approved a bill back in May reducon in the standard before the to which court should hear the case. that would require EPA to withdraw the environmental benefits of the current Commentators are opmisc that the rule. In early November, a similar bill in standard are fully realized. lawsuits will ulmately prevail and the the Senate fell three votes short of the In March 2015, a bill with biparsan rules will be struck down. number needed for consideraon. R co-sponsors was introduced in both Houses of Congress known as the CASE Act (Clean Air, Strong Economy) that would, among other things, prevent EPA from updang the ozone NAAQS unl at least 80 percent of the nonaainment counties achieve compliance with the current standard. The National Association of Manufacturers states that this ozone standard “will inflict pain on companies that build things in America – and destroy job opportunies for American workers.”

Waters of the US On May 27, 2015, EPA finalized the controversial Clean Water Rule that was intended to clarify the definion of “waters of the US” (also known as WOTUS). The final rule extends federal jurisdicon to acvies affecng small previously unregulated waterways, drainage areas, wetlands, and related upland areas. The rule provides the basis for federal regulaon of various local acvies, such as land development and agriculture. Although the Clean Water Rule was supposed to clarify the scope of federal jurisdicon over upland and isolated waterways, it is widely seen as a huge power grab by EPA and the US Army Corps of Engineers. US states already www.rendermagazine.com Render December 2015 9 The Sustainable Industry Always has been, now time to promote

By Tina Caparella

but quesoned if it was enough toward helping sustain the future of the planet. He pointed out that 57 percent of the world’s oceans are fully exploited of fish and by 2025 at least 3.5 billion people will live in water-stressed areas. Saviani indicated that over the next 40 years, the world will need to produce as much food as it has in the last 8,000 years of he “invisible industry,” as rendering in the United States agriculture and rendering needs to be a part of the animal T (US) was tagged in the 1970s and 1980s, is transforming. protein sustainability metric determinaons. He noted that There is not only increased awareness of the valuable service the biggest greenhouse gas footprint in the United States and products renderers provide to the livestock, feed, fuel, within the food supply chain is feed and that 70 percent of restaurant, and oleochemical industries, but also the industry’s fresh water is used in food producon. benefit to the environment and society. The Naonal Renderers Another area Saviani addressed was food waste. In Associaon (NRA) leadership and members have recognized the United States, 40 percent of food ends up in the trash, this and are moving forward to ensure regulators, customers, with most waste coming from the consumer side (i.e., and world organizaons know how sustainable rendering supermarkets, expiraon dates, restaurants, etc.). The global truly is. average is 30 percent. A Food and Agriculture Organizaon “The industry is under a lot of pressure in Canada and on study shows 20 percent of the meat produced in the world the [US] West Coast to show its sustainability,” Ross Hamilton, is lost or wasted, which includes animals dying, primarily in NRA chairman, told aendees at the associaon’s 82nd Annual Sub-Saharan Africa. Convenon in late October in Dana Point, California. “This “This is not sustainable,” Saviani declared. Sustainability comes at a me of low markets and ght resources in NRA is about being environmentally sound, socially responsible, and member companies. People don’t recognize rendering as and economically viable. He noted two areas of focus for food recycling and sustainable, and we need to change that.” sustainability: reducing waste and sustainable intensificaon, Tim Juzefowicz, World Renderers Organizaon president, which entails not only supporng new technologies to make chimed in that rendering is just one small part of the massive the good producers even beer, but also focuses on the use of feed industry, so the global rendering industry needs to look exisng technologies and soluons by producers below average toward other agriculture groups to see how they address on the producve curve, within their own condions. sustainability. “We need to do more with less using technologies that “Instead of being isolated, we need to look outside our are already out there,” Saviani said. industry to be inclusive,” he stated. Convention attendees were treated to an inspiring NRA has assembled a Sustainability Commiee chaired by presentaon given by rered Army Major General Vinny Boles, Hamilton that will play an important role in the group’s strategic who shared his leadership skills while serving in the military. plan over the next five years. Its goal will be to determine how He explained that “managing” personnel is direcve – “do this, best to present the North American rendering industry as do this, do this” – whereas “leadership” is connecve. the sustainable industry it is to regulators, customers, world “Leadership is the difference between a job done well leaders, and the general public (see From the Associaon on and a job done great,” Boles remarked. He said that good page 22). leaders establish structure in an organizaon by empowering As a first step toward meeng the socially responsible its people and asking them what they think. In addion, they aspect of sustainability, NRA launched an auction at the help people establish and manage crical relaonships both convention to raise funds for Canine Companions for within the company and externally. Good leaders idenfy, Independence, a non-profit organization that provides migate, and balance risk, as well as take responsibility for assistance dogs to US war veterans across the country. A variety the decisions made within the organizaon. of items were available to bid on, including a seven-night “Don’t overreact when you find a problem,” Boles Caribbean cruise for two. At the close of the aucon, $40,000 suggested. was raised for Canine Companions for Independence. Randy Blach, CaleFax, gave his yearly report on US and Carlos Saviani, World Wildlife Federaon, confirmed that global livestock, beginning with “good news on beef numbers.” renderers are “doing a wonderful thing that’s very important,” He showed a steady growth in US commercial cow slaughter

10 December 2015 Render www.rendermagazine.com and a two-million-head increase in beef cows over the next several years, translang to more raw material for renderers. There were more US cale on feed as of October 1, 2015, which will also connue to rise along with steer and heifer slaughter. Total commercial cale slaughter is projected to increase four percent in 2016 over 2015 with similar gains in 2017 and 2018. Cale carcass weights will trend upward as well, to a record 827 pounds next year. “The genecs we have today are phenomenal,” Blach commented. In global markets, the beef industry sll hasn’t recovered from the recession of 2008-2009. Combined with a strong US dollar, forcing other currencies down anywhere from 15 to 30 percent, export markets have lost their buying power for US meat and rendered products. US broiler and beef exports were NRA elected new officers at its convention to lead the organization for the next two years. They are (from left) down 10 percent the first eight months of 2015 compared to Doyle Leefers, National Beef, second vice chairman; 2014. Tim Guzek, Sanimax, chairman; and Ridley Bestwick, “We’ve lost business we won’t get back anyme soon,” West Coast Reduction, first vice chairman. Blach acknowledged, adding that hide and offal values dropped $70 per head from September 2014 to October 2015, tallow is down over $11 (41 percent), and blood, meat and bone meal is down nearly $8 (45 percent). market was lost due to avian influenza. Young chicken live Blach reported that US crude oil inventories show the weights connue to escalate to a record 6.14 pounds in 2016 United States is currently 80 percent self-sufficient in energy. while commercial broiler slaughter is up two percent this year This means connued low $40 to $60 per barrel crude oil with a slight increase expected next year. prices for the next 12 to 18 months due to plenty of supply, Only four percent of the world populaon lives in the which will keep tallow prices down as they tend to follow United States, but the country is the largest beef and broiler crude oil prices. In addion, Blach stated that global and US producer in the world and fourth largest pork producer. Forty- stocks-to-use levels of soybeans are expected to rise, keeping eight percent of global meat exports come from the United their prices so for the next year or two as well. States and Brazil. For 2016, US pork producon is predicted to go up two “Obviously export markets are important to all of us,” percent to 25 billion pounds while exports rise four percent Blach remarked. to 5.2 billion pounds. Blach noted that hog slaughter should Sara Wyant, Agri-Pulse, told renderers they need to be be back to record levels this year and next, at 115.4 million great communicators or someone else will be for them and head in 2015 and 117.6 million in 2016. Broilers will follow they may not tell the right story. She encouraged renderers the same trend, with producon up two percent next year to be more engaged on social media (i.e., Facebook, Twier, to 40.7 billion pounds although exports will only increase etc.) and with people in general to give the “other side of 1.5 percent to 7.2 billion pounds as 20 percent of the export the story.” Wyant provided these six thoughts for effecve outreach: “KISS” (keep it simple, stupid) messages (i.e., NRA’s “10 Facts About Rendering” on page 34), know the audience, build the audience, repeon, frequency, and evaluate. Dr. Cathy Enright, Pet Food Instute (PFI), wrapped up the convenon’s opening session by declaring that the pet food industry growth is “extremely healthy.” She voiced that the industry is concerned about feed regulators’ lack of knowledge on pet food and that PFI will join the Fats and Proteins Research Foundaon to help address safety of feed ingredients. Enright also urged renderers to tell their story, amplifying the common messages of both industries on product safety, health of animals, nutrion, regulaon, and sustainability.

Committees Convene NRA commiees met during the convenon to address business maers. Dr. David Meeker, NRA scienfic services, told Animal Protein Producers Industry Commiee members that he is confident renderers who are certified in the Dr. Andrew Hurley (left), Clemson University, received the inaugural Fats and Proteins Research Foundation North American Rendering Industry Code of Practice will (FPRF) Innovation Award at the NRA convention be in compliance with the new Food Safety Modernizaon from FPRF Chairman Erika Weltzien. Continued on page 12 www.rendermagazine.com Render December 2015 11 Convention Continued from page 11 producon has been relavely flat over the past 15 years, but projecons are for an increase beginning in 2018 due to the Act (FSMA). An online code of pracce training session will cale cycle. Current protein export markets are primarily going be available beginning in January. Meeker stressed that to poultry and aquaculture feed with some demand beginning documentaon will be crically important under the new rule in pet food. The drop in fat exports is being offset by increases and he will serve on a mul-industry commiee to help the in domesc biofuels use. Food and Drug Administraon write the training curriculum During the NRA Board of Directors meeng, Foster noted for inspectors. that the organizaon served its members well this past year The Biofuels Commiee received an update from Anne to ensure a workable final FSMA regulation. In addition, Steckel, Naonal Biodiesel Board (NBB), who commented that Swisher’s efforts in the past with the World Organizaon for it has been an “interesng” couple of years for biodiesel and Animal Health, or OIE, paid dividends during the US avian renewable diesel. She noted that NBB’s vision is sustainable influenza outbreak earlier this year in quickly reopening the growth of biodiesel and renewable diesel, and that producon China market for rendered poultry products. There is interest plants connue to diversify feedstocks in order to grow. The from the rendering industries in Australia, the European Union, Environmental Protection Agency is expected to finalize and South America to work with NRA as it moves forward on Renewable Fuel Standard volume obligaons by November 30 its sustainability efforts that could benefit the enre global and NBB is working to convert the tax credit from a blender rendering industry. credit to a producer credit. A bill has been passed by the Senate Finance Commiee to extend the exisng credit for International Arena 2015 retroacvely and change it to a producer credit for 2016. Each NRA convenon features reports from around the NRA President Nancy Foster ancipates a tax extenders bill to world and this year was no different. Niels Nielsen, European pass Congress by the end of this year but “it is anyone’s guess Fat Processors and Renderers Associaon, presented the whether 2016 provisions will be included.” It was announced revised European Union specified risk material (SRM) program that 20 percent of US biodiesel feedstocks come from rendered that has changed quite dramacally. Several products that fats and greases. were previously banned, such as tonsils and the last four The Feed Regulaon Commiee discussed the American meters of the small intesnes from bovines of all ages, are Associaon of Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) intenon at now allowed in feed and food. Yet Nielsen is doubul these making definion changes for feeding fats, used cooking products will be used in this way. oil, and poultry by-products. It appears AAFCO has allowed “We don’t know how fast this will happen as these consumer advocates to parcipate in the discussion so the products have been out of the food chain for 15 years,” Nielsen rendering industry’s challenge is to apprise AAFCO of the safety stated, especially the intesnes as there is a new market for of current rendering pracces. this product. He added that the SRM program in Europe is Environmental Commiee Chairman Bob Vogler, Valley nearly gone as regulators are liing restricons more and Proteins Inc., had a host of issues to cover (see “Newsline” on more, leading EFPRA to be more proacve. However, although page 8), while Michael Koewler, SRC Companies, explained the mixed processed animal proteins are allowed in pet food in challenges of California’s ongoing drought. He shared that the and outside of Europe, ruminant proteins are sll banned in state is losing 29 million acre feet of water per year, which is pet food altogether, a situaon EFPRA finds unacceptable. the size of Lake Mead in Arizona, the largest reservoir in the Andy Benne, Australian Renderers Associaon, reported United States. that the falling Australian dollar is good news for exporters and Kent Swisher, NRA Internaonal Programs, reported to the Internaonal Market Development Commiee that rendering Continued on page 14

Juan Carlos Vadillo ( Scoular de Mexico, listenleft to) aand report Rodolfo on export Sanchez, markets both for of Retired Army Major General Vinny Boles enlightened luncheon attendees on the leadership skills he learned US rendered products. while serving in the military.

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Convention Continued from page 12 of Australia’s largest tallow customers, connues to use palm oil due to price. that poultry meal is slowly going back into Indonesia aer a “Neste is going to be tough to get tallow and yellow grease ban due to avian influenza nearly two years ago. China has not back into,” he commented. Taiwan is also proving to be a yet lied its ban on Australian poultry meal. Benne noted difficult market for inedible tallow due to guer oil incidents that Neste Oil’s biofuels plant in Singapore, at one me one in that country as well as in China, which also connues to restrict tallow. Prices for all Australian rendered products are down, especially meat and bone meal due to an oversupply from record slaughter and low soybean meal prices. Lucas Cypriano, Brazilian Renderers Associaon, showed how Brazil’s poultry industry has grown rapidly in recent years and will connue the uptrend, as will the country’s other meat sectors. It has been a difficult year on the beef side for Brazil’s independent renderers as 44 slaughterhouses suspended operaons the first seven months of 2015 with some deciding to render their own material. Meat and bone meal is pressure treated under steam in Brazil, thus degrading the product, and is primarily used domescally as the industry has lile knowledge on exporng. Total protein meal producon in Brazil in 2014 was 3.4 million metric tons, with 61 percent Chuck Malone (left), Tyson Foods Inc., talks to Stan being meat and bone meal, 18 percent being poultry, and Gudenkauf, American Proteins Inc., about the nearly 16 percent being fish. Of the 1.9 million metric tons of challenges ahead for renderers under FSMA. fat produced last year, 76 percent was tallow and 23 percent was from poultry.

Bisplinghoff Awarded for Distinguished Service The National Renderers associaa ons for five years, including Associaon (NRA) recognized Dr. presidentp and technical director of Fred Bisplinghoff with the Don thet Fats and Proteins Research Franco Disnguished Service Award FoundationF (FPRF) (1988-1993), at its annual convenon in October. directord of NRA Scienfic Affairs The award honors “Dr. Fred” for his (1988-1993),( and president of the outstanding work in the rendering AnimalA Protein Producers Industry industry over his lengthy career. (APPI)(A (1983-1993). From 1993 to Bisplinghoff graduated from 20062 he consulted for 11 rendering the University of Missouri in 1951 companiesc and was a contribung with a bachelor of science degree authora on The Original Recyclers in animal nutrion and a doctorate publishedp by NRA in 1996. in veterinary medicine. He was a Dr. Fred Bisplinghoff (center) enjoys the company The Don Franco Disnguished large-animal praconer unl 1956 of fellow past-FPRF president Dr. Gary Pearl (left) ServiceS Award was established to and Dr. Don Franco at a prior NRA convention. when he joined Faber Industries, honorh a member, staff, or friend an Illinois rendering company with ofo the associaon for meritorious six plants. He served as general manager for the company’s service to the rendering industry. Franco had a disnguished animal feed, solvent extracon, and fat and protein blending and lengthy career in government and the private sector, operations until 1959 when he became executive vice including in the rendering industry and agriculture. He president managing all rendering operaons. served as both vice president of NRA’s scienfic services Aer Faber was purchased by Naonal By-Products in and president of APPI from January 1992 unl he rered 1965, Bisplinghoff assumed responsibility for all former Faber in December 2002. Franco was an editor of The Original facilies, which included a barge terminal and hide operaons. Recyclers and a contribung author to EssenƟal Rendering in At the me of his rerement from Naonal By-Products in 2006. He passed away at the beginning of this year. 1985, he had supervised all of the company’s operaons Prior to NRA, Franco served as director of slaughter in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and eastern operaons for the United States Department of Agriculture’s Missouri, and had served in many rendering associaon Food Safety and Inspecon Service. He held a master of public posions, including as NRA president in 1971-1972. health degree and a doctorate in veterinary medicine. He Aer rering, Bisplinghoff consulted for Holly Farms cared deeply about the rendering industry and the plight of Poultry and simultaneously filled three posions in rendering poverty in third-world countries. R

14 December 2015 Render www.rendermagazine.com Domesc animal feeds take the majority of Brazil’s animal protein meals (80 percent), with pet foods consuming most of NRA Awarded Promotional Funds the rest. The country’s largest domesc fat market is biodiesel (38 percent), followed by health and cosmecs (31 percent), The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) and animal feed (23 percent). Brazil exported 114,000 metric Foreign Agricultural Service has awarded fiscal year 2016 tons of fats and proteins last year. funding to more than 60 US agricultural organizaons to help German Davalos, NRA regional director for Lan America, expand commercial export markets for American products. said South America is not a big market for US fats as there are The Naonal Renderers Associaon (NRA) was awarded a less costly opons. In the first eight months of 2015, Mexico combined $1.8 million in funds under the Market Access imported about 10,000 metric tons less of US fats and greases, Program (MAP) and Foreign Market Development (FMD) primarily yellow grease, compared to the same me period in program, up five percent from last fiscal year. NRA’s MAP 2014. However, Mexico, South America, and Chile have upped funding is $1 million, up 11 percent, while FMD is $793,000, their US protein imports this year compared to last. Chile’s down two percent from last year. A total of $172.8 million 27,000 metric ton increase is mostly poultry meal and feather was awarded under MAP and $27.5 million under FMD to meal for salmon feed, but salmon producon is expected to all organizaons. drop by 16 percent due to a Russian ban causing saturaon MAP parcipants contribute an average 137 percent of the salmon market. match for generic markeng and promoon acvies and Peng Li, NRA’s regional director for Asia, said US renderers a dollar-for-dollar match for promoon of branded products should be able to begin shipping tallow to China very soon, by small businesses and cooperaves. The FMD program but only for industrial uses. However, corn gluten meal will focuses on generic promoon of US commodies rather than seriously jeopardize US proteins going into Asia. consumer–oriented promoon of branded products. The “China is one our biggest opportunies but also one of 23 trade organizaons that received this funding represent our most challenging,” he confirmed. an enre industry and contribute an average 184 percent NRA’s next annual convenon is October 17-21, 2016, in cost share toward acvies that help maintain or increase Amelia Island, Florida. R demand for US agricultural commodies overseas. R

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www.rendermagazine.com Render December 2015 15 FPRF: Gaining Momentum and Delivering Results

By Erika Weltzien Chairman, Fats and Proteins Research Foundation

The Fats and Proteins Research Foundation (FPRF) Research Priorities conƟnues to follow its strategic plan developed in the fall There is a robust contracƟng and approval process to of 2010 as well as its mission to provide added value by idenƟfy and fund research projects that address the most enhancing current usage and developing new uses for strategically important issues and opportunities for the rendered animal products. The three strategic pillars are rendering industry. Each proposal submiƩed is objecƟvely research, communicaƟon, and membership. The foundaƟon’s evaluated using a standard set of nine criteria in order to research prioriƟes focus on areas that drive the most value ensure that research funding is allocated in a manner that for the rendering industry. The research findings are then maximizes return on investment and is aligned with FPRF’s communicated in order to provide value to exisƟng members strategy. By increasing the focus and direcƟon in the requests and to aƩract new members. Broadening and strengthening for proposals and by raising awareness and knowledge of the the FPRF membership base will increase contribuƟons that rendering industry in the research community, the foundaƟon will support addiƟonal research. is aƩracƟng a greater number of high-caliber, relevant research I am proud to say that FPRF is gaining momentum. proposals. Since its incepƟon in 1962, FPRF has funded over 650 research projects. PrioriƟes are on pre-compeƟƟve needs Figure 1. FPRF areas of focus that benefit the enƟre industry. The porƞolio is comprised of projects with long-term (three to five years), mid-term (one Nutrition to two years), and short-term horizons. Nutritional value of • Beef and dairy cattle • Companion animals The key areas of focus are: rendered products in feed • Poultry and swine • Aquaculture 1. nutriƟonal value of rendered products for livestock, Added Value and Novel Uses poultry, and aquaculture feeds and pet food;

Enhanced usage in feed and • Improved quality • Creation of novel, high 2. enhanced usage of rendered products in feed and new, non-feed uses and product safety value products (e.g., development of novel, high-value, non-feed uses of of existing products biofuels, biomaterials) rendered products; Biosecurity and Food Safety 3. biosecurity and food safety (e.g., prevention, Prevention, detection, and • Validation ofCommunication rendering • Salmonella detecƟon, and control of pathogens); and control of pathogens conditions required for control pathogen destruction 4. environment and sustainability (e.g., life cycle Environment and Sustainability analysis, carbon footprint). In 2005, the Animal Co-Products Research and EducaƟon Sustainable production • Carbon footprint • Wastewater management • Life cycle analysis • Odor mitigation Center (ACREC) was established at Clemson University with funding from FPRF. The foundaƟon’s partnership with ACREC is yielding increasingly innovative and relevant research projects in diverse areas, such as validaƟon of pathogen Figure 2. Allocation of FPRF funding by category destrucƟon during the rendering process, the development of biomaterials from rendered proteins for use in the automoƟve industry, membrane technology for chemical-free wastewater processing, and the use of funcƟonal nanoparƟcles for odor destrucƟon. Research at Clemson is conducted in a wide variety of disciplines, including engineering, which has led FPRF to incorporate thinking well beyond the realm of tradiƟonal animal science. In addiƟon to funding a signiﬁcant porƞolio of projects at ACREC, FPRF also supports projects from the “at-large” research community, parƟcularly in the areas of pet food and aquaculture and, most recently, thermal death Ɵmes for Salmonella.

Allocation of Funding FPRF’s investment in research has almost doubled in the period from 2006 to 2015 in comparison to the 10 years prior, averaging approximately $400,000 per year. The allocaƟon of this funding has shiŌed with changing prioriƟes over the years. From 1995 to 2000, almost 70 percent of funds were

16 December 2015 Render www.rendermagazine.com invested in livestock and poultry nutrion projects. From 2001 to 2010, the focus Why Support FPRF? shied to aquaculture along with added- value and novel uses, including some Research funded by the Fats and Proteins Research Foundaon (FPRF) beneﬁts investment in biofuels research. Since all renderers and their industry partners. Support helps to improve the products 2006, FPRF has signiﬁcantly increased the rendering industry provides to customers in the United States and across the its investment in projects supporng world. Although FPRF is the research foundaon of the North American rendering not only added-value and novel uses, industry, it also receives internaonal support. The group engages with researchers but also biosecurity and food safety, and to fund projects to enhance current uses of rendered animal products, improve environment and sustainability. the processes used to make them, and develop novel applicaons.

Commercialization: Bringing Expanding Markets: Quality, Safety, and New Uses Discoveries to Market Much of FPRF’s research focuses on aquaculture, swine, and poultry nutrion. Some of FPRF’s prior research and It aims to fill gaps in current knowledge necessary for diet formulators, including development investments have resulted crical work in nutrional characteriscs of rendered products. in a number of projects that are at or FPRF is also researching methods to control oxidaon in rendered products and near the commercialization phase. to enhance the value of animal proteins and fats for use in pet food and livestock This reflects the diversity and depth raons. Any research instuon can compete for funding. of the foundaon’s porolio. Because Renderers are fully commied to food safety. FPRF recently funded three individual projects may have a low world-class university meat science/feed safety laboratories to provide data to probability of technical and commercial support validaon of cooker operaons and thermal death mes of Salmonella, success, it has been important to fund a Clostridium, and other feed safety hazards. diverse but focused porolio of projects to help achieve FPRF’s goals. With that, Collaboration with Clemson University the foundaon is currently working on FPRF has a strong and producve relaonship with the Animal Co-Products ways to bridge the gap (the so-called Research and Education Center (ACREC) at Clemson University. ACREC’s “valley of death”) between basic science muldisciplinary center is conducng significant rendering research, including and commercializaon. work on applicaon of nanoparcles for odor control, use of ultrafiltraon for For more informaon on FPRF, visit more efficient wastewater treatment, and creaon of novel products such as www.fprf.org. R natural anoxidants for pet food and biomaterials for the auto industry. R

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FDA FSMA good manufacturing practices Joint Feed Conference AAFCOimplementation Focuses on FSMA documentation TRAINING food safety program By Lindsay O’Connor

The 2015 Feed and Pet Food Joint Conference was held in Richard TenEyck, Oregon Department of Agriculture and late September in Columbus, Ohio, and began with remarks president of the Associaon of American Feed Control Officials from Cathy Enright, president of the Pet Food Instute (PFI), (AAFCO), reviewed the group’s priories for 2016. These and Randy Gordon, president of the National Grain and include growing AAFCO’s check sample program, publishing a Feed Associaon (NGFA). Enright shared how the groups are list of common names consistent in feed regulaons, working exploring ideas on how to best posion the industry for the on gray areas of FSMA, and developing and validang methods new Food Safety Modernizaon Act (FSMA). Gordon noted needed for hazard detecon. Pet food labeling and ingredient that the strong 17-year strategic alliance between PFI and definions are also priories. NGFA helped create sound scienfic arguments in response “We are trying to be as transparent as we can,” TenEyck to FSMA. said. “You will be seeing things as we talk about them, before Dr. Dan McChesney, Food and Drug Administration we kick them off to ‘lawyer and language land’.” (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine Office of Surveillance Bob Ehart, Naonal Associaon of State Departments of and Compliance, reviewed the background of the new feed Agriculture, discussed the role of states in FSMA implementaon rule and who must comply – facilies that manufacture, and reviewed a FSMA primer and add-ons, such as prevenve process, pack, or hold animal food, but not farms, with some controls. excepons. Other key components of the rule he discussed “Governments are not set up to be very good at transions were establishing current good manufacturing practices so all the questions that you’re raising are the germane (CGMPs), hazard analysis, and the revised definion of a farm. part of how we’re going to implement FSMA,” Ehart stated, The CGMPs were made more flexible based on comments clarifying that the industry is changing from being reacve to received on the proposed rule and exisng industry standards. being prevenve. He then talked about FDA’s culture change, Topics covered included personnel, plant and grounds, including compliance versus enforcement and training for sanitation, water supply and plumbing, equipment and regulators. utensils, plant operaons, and holding and distribuon. A panel at the feed conference discussed product safety Idenfying people who need to be trained as well as from varied perspectives. Dr. Michelle Evans, Diamond documenng that training are also components of the rule. Pet Foods, said she is excited to see a food safety culture “The rule is heavy on documentation,” confirmed developed, implemented, and maintained. She described food McChesney, adding that plants must have a food safety plan, safety culture as what employees do when no one is watching, hazard analysis and prevenve controls, including sanitaon such as hand-washing when no one else is around. and supply chain controls, and a recall plan. His presentaon “Culture is hard to measure, because how do you measure can be found at www.fda.gov/fsma. behavior?” Evans asked, connuing to explain that culture Sco MacInre, FDA Division of Enforcement/Office of impacts the company, customers, suppliers, vendors, and Enforcement and Import Operaons, Office of Regulatory regulatory agencies. She urged management and employees Affairs, said his organization wants to “understand and to be on board, “commied from top to boom.” implement the rule in collaboraon with stakeholders.” He Ryan Brown, Cargill Animal Nutrition, talked about noted that FDA will be specializing in inspecon and compliance instung a food safety program around exisng systems, cing funcons with invesgators and subject-maer experts, as Cargill’s Animal Nutrion Food Safety Quality and Regulatory well as invesng in regulator training to promote consistent Policy Manual as an example. He advised implemenng good inspections. FDA will establish a “Food Safety Technical food safety pracces, looking at risks already in place and when Assistance Network” to provide real-me technical assistance coming into the facility, ensuring that the right programs are in to regulators before, during, and aer inspecons. place, and making sure the management team is commied “We are trying to change the culture in FDA,” MacInre to the good pracces. Brown also reviewed five pillars of stated. “So when we knock on your door and say we’re here an effecve food safety management system: management to help you, you won’t think it’s a joke.” He further stated that review, internal audits, correcve acons and modificaons, FDA’s goal is to provide “a friendly, cooperave inspecon that connuous improvement, and a verificaon system. is educaon-based rather than enforcement-based. FDA will Brian Waldman, Arent Fox, focused on two provisions not use a one-size-fits-all approach.” Food safety culture will of the new FSMA preventive controls rule: Subpart E – be considered as will compliance history and other factors. FDA Supply-Chain Program, and Subpart F – Records-Related is also working on a mentoring program where, for example, Requirements. a larger company can share its hazard plan with a very small producer that does not have the means to develop its own. Continued on page 20

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Waldman then reviewed The conference then separated into two tracks. One appropriate pracces for inspecons, emphasizing preparaon track focused on anmicrobial resistance in FDA’s amended of an inspecon procedure, training on it, reviewing it, and veterinary feed direcve as well as the Occupaonal Safety making correcons. Companies need to know what records and Health Administraon’s revised Hazard Communicaon FDA has a right to inspect and where the company keeps these Standard and its impact on the feed and pet food industries. records, whether it is onsite, in a database, or elsewhere. Most The other track, which this author aended, included emerging importantly, establish relaonships. techniques for pathogen control presented by Siobhan Reilly, “Meet with them when you don’t have a problem,” food microbiologist, and consumer confusion on pet food Waldman suggested. He is “super encouraged” by the “spirit labels addressed by Jim Barri, Mars Petcare US. of collaboraon in advancing food safety goals.” Reilly discussed how she uses probiotics to cleanse Rosalind Zils, Land O’Lakes, discussed the increased impossible-to-clean equipment. For example, Salmonella is importance of assessing food and feed ingredient suppliers present in some raw materials and could reside in areas of a under FSMA. According to Zils, a company must establish facility that are difficult to clean. She found a way to aerosolize standards and expectations, assess risk, and know the a probioc to address the pathogens. The probioc blankets hazards. Steps to take include providing quesonnaires to the space and acts like dish detergent on the pathogens suppliers, having a conversaon with their quality personnel, causing them to dissipate. The powdered probioc, which reviewing their financial stability and history, agreeing to is safe for human and pet food processing plants, can float through the equipment where other cleaners cannot go. “If a pathogen can get there, so can an aerosolized probioc,” stated Reilly. PEDv Linked Barri addressed how to fix consumer confusion on pet food labels. to Shipping Sacks “At Mars, we don’t think people look at or understand pet food labels so we did focus group research with grocery An invesgaon by the United States Department of consumers,” he said. The research showed that customers do Agriculture (USDA) has concluded that porcine epidemic not like or do not read pet food labels because they think the diarrhea virus (PEDv) most likely entered the United labels are confusing and have too much informaon. Changing States through shipping container sacks commonly used a pet food label to look more like nutrion facts on human to transport bulk animal feed. The sacks, known as tote food labels seemed more straighorward, according to the bags, were frequently reused prior to the 2013 epidemic focus groups. Mars took the consumer research to FDA and and unlikely to have been disinfected in a way that would PFI and created a task force to make labels simpler. R have eliminated viruses, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspecon Service (APHIS) said in a report released late September. The agency examined several possible scenarios for how International Rendering the virus entered the United States, including via pet treats Symposium or organic soybeans, but concluded the shipping sacks were the most likely culprit. January 28-29, 2016 “The results of the APHIS invesgaon indicate that the In conjunction with the use of Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers [also known International Production and as FIBC or “tote bags”] best fit the criteria established for Processing Expo entry into the United States, rapid and widespread across the country, and introducon onto individual farms,” APHIS in Atlanta, GA said in its report. While the invesgaon did not uncover indisputable proof for how PEDv entered the country, Topics of discussion include: shipping sacks would explain the associaon of the 2013 s)MPLICATIONSFORRENDERINGOFTHE epidemic to feed, APHIS said. Food Safety Modernization Act Feed was implicated in several of the first outbreaks and s(OWRENDERINGINmUENCESSUSTAINABILITY a case control study found a strong relaonship between feed and infection, according to the report. 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The Next Big Thing: Sustainable Rendering

Sustainability is now a major markeng, social, economic, and environmental issue impacng investment decisions and Recycling products that do not stock prices. There is growing concern by companies and compete for human food resources customers about whether food, feed, and biofuel feedstock and would otherwise be wasted is the materials are being supplied sustainably. There are many claims being made about the sustainability of this or that epitome of a sustainable process and supply chain with lile supporng evidence. Rendering and essentially describes rendering. sustainability go hand in hand so, naturally, the industry has been parcipang in sustainability acvies for many years permit fulfilling the social, economic, and other requirements of while barely menoning the word. The EssenƟal Rendering present and future generaons.” NRA suggested the following book published by the Naonal Renderers Associaon (NRA) definion for sustainability of pet food earlier this year: “The 10 years ago laid out great detail on how rendered products ability to produce pet food that provides sufficient energy are derived and their versale uses, documenng the basis for and amounts of essenal nutrients required to maintain good sustainability without crowing about the industry’s leadership health now and into the future with the smallest possible posion in this realm. The “original recyclers,” by their very environmental footprint.” being, have advanced the sustainability of food producon Inherent in this definion is the assumpon that the greatly ever since the first fat was melted. Yet the noon of products would necessarily be affordable for the customer the “invisible industry” remains because the marketplace and while maintaining a profit margin by which the supplier can even old customers do not realize how “good old rendering” remain in business. To provide high quality, safe, and affordable contributes to this new concept. pet food, environmentally-friendly ingredient sourcing must In strategic planning earlier this year, NRA idenfied surely include rendered products. Recycling products that do sustainability as an area where new efforts are needed. The not compete for human food resources and would otherwise industry’s sustainability advantage will figure importantly in be wasted – sparing the amount of extra ingredients and the future outreach and communicaons. This new undertaking land, water, and nutrients to produce them – is the epitome by NRA is not “jumping on the bandwagon” like some other of a sustainable process and essenally describes rendering. industries, but a realizaon and focus on exisng industry However, there is more that can be done. Many cookers can strengths that can move the rendering industry forward. be operated more efficiently, truck fleets could get beer fuel NRA acons on sustainability can provide the industry with mileage and be routed more effecvely, and renderers can talk the best answers to claims such as “this pet food contains about their support for employees and local communies that no by-products,” or “these chickens were never fed animal may go unnoced. proteins.” The people who use these phrases in markeng, and the people who believe them, need to be aware of the Sustainability Committee huge drop in sustainability when rendered products are taken It is probably not wise to leave defining the rendering out of animal diets. industry’s role in sustainability to a government agency, or to The industry’s advantages in sustainability can also help customers or suppliers. This is why NRA has established a new when permits to operate are opposed or the industry is commiee to determine a praccal and measurable approach unfairly disparaged in local communies. There are dozens for the industry. Working from the convicon that sustainability of certification programs, consultants, and webinars on can and must be measured in economic, environmental, and sustainability, which is another market in itself. There are global social terms, NRA will choose measurable variables and to fit assessment programs using remote sensing satellite-based those variables into a program for its members. technologies (to evaluate land use changes), comprehensive biodiversity databases, carbon informaon, and social indices The Risks of Doing Nothing to give critics ammunition against unprepared sectors. Remaining invisible or quiet about the rendering The rendering industry must prepare to operate in this industry’s role in sustainability is risky business. Consider sustainability space. the situaon in California where, in an aempt to be more sustainable, the state subsidizes composng of various food Defining Sustainability waste items. Subsidies to composng have caused diversion Sustainability can be defined in many ways spanning of meat by-products away from rendering, which is far more from very self-centered perspectives focused on survival sustainable than composng. Yet, without digging deeper, to global perspectives with little industry-specific detail. California officials thought that composng was much beer The Environmental Protecon Agency offers this definion: than land filling (which it is) and did not think of the negave “Sustainability creates and maintains the condions under consequences caused by their acons. NRA turned to the which humans and nature can exist in producve harmony, that Fats and Proteins Research Foundaon (FPRF) and its working

22 December 2015 Render www.rendermagazine.com relaonship with Clemson University’s leading consultant in the agricultural How NRA Members May Benefit Dr. Charlie Gooding. He authored a white sustainability field to help inventory Once sustainability metrics are paper tled “A Comparison of the Safety rendering sustainability work to date, identified and measures made, NRA and Sustainability of Methods Used to to facilitate a workshop to explore all member companies can use this data in Process Meat By-Products.” Gooding possible opons, and to build a model discussions with customers and supply summarized and documented the for NRA to follow. Several parcipang chain participants to demonstrate factors that make rendering superior to rendering companies have provided the sustainability of their products composng and anaerobic digeson. addional funds for this acvity since and services. NRA plans to develop Highlights of this paper include: this is outside the normal organizaonal implementaon kits, talking points, and • Rendering meat by-products budget (additional participants other communicaon tools for members conserves valuable fats and and donations are welcome). The to use to enhance their “social license” proteins instead of converng commiee’s first face-to-face meeng to operate. By quanfing sustainability, them into materials of lower to start this work will take place in Dallas, NRA will add value to member companies nutrional and economic value. Texas, in February 2016. as well as their customers. R • Rendering is more sustainable environmentally because it avoids 75 percent of potenal greenhouse gas emissions. • Rendering is a regulated and controlled process much less The Global Leader In Storage Solutions likely to result in pathogens entering the food supply or the environment. Gooding’s detailed work will be submitted for publication in a peer- reviewed scienfic journal. Render will also feature Gooding’s white paper in the future. This work is foundaonal for NRA’s sustainability efforts. Remaining invisible and quiet will allow unintended negative consequences of ill-advised policy to connue.

The New Committee’s Work GLASS-FUSED-TO-STEEL TANKS FOR MEAT & BONE MEAL STORAGE NRA’s Sustainability Commiee was officially formed during the associaon’s Glass-Fused-to-Steel Tanks 2015 annual convenon in October and 9 Controlled First-In First-Out Processing will be chaired by Dr. Ross Hamilton, Darling Ingredients. The committee 9 Expandable and Movable will evaluate various examples of 9 Multi-Purpose Design, Stainless Vents programs that have been used in other 9 Proven Performance, Provides a Lifetime of Value industries. The most common visible 9 Vitrium™ Glass Interior type is a cerficaon program, where a set of standards and expectaons are 9 PE Stamped Design to Meet Zoning Codes Across the U.S. decided on, and then each company’s performance is measured against the standard to determine whether they are Industrial Unloaders cerfied or not. Another opon would be a connuous improvement model 9 Direct Arm Drive System with Load Sensor where plants could be measured (or self-evaluated) in the beginning for a 9 Series 400 – 30 HP and Series 200 – 25 HP use Three Phase number of aributes, and then mark Motors. Can Connect with 3-ph Power Source Using a New their improvement in these aributes Advanced Phase Inverter Control System over me. To do either, a set of metrics 9 Six Unloader Speeds, Switchable During Operation would need to be idenfied. 9 Direct Variable Speed Drive System In order to quickly learn from others who have already embarked CST Storage | 345 Harvestore Dr. | DeKalb, IL 60115 on sustainability benchmarks, and to 815-756-1551 | www.cstindustries.com assist staff launching this effort, the commiee decided to contract with a ©2015 CST Industries Inc. Harvestore XL Unloader and Vitrium are trademarks of CST Industries, Inc. www.rendermagazine.com Render December 2015 23 Biofuels Bulletin By Tina Caparella

Global Renewable Diesel Use Triples

Driven by biofuel mandates and customer demand for improve business condiƟons. One suggesƟon Molina shared higher-quality renewable fuels, producƟon of hydroprocessed is increasing the domesƟc biodiesel blend to 12 percent from esters and faƩy acids (HEFA) fuel, or renewable diesel, has the current 10 percent, with a possible later increase to 15 more than tripled in the past four years, according to the percent. United States (US) Energy InformaƟon AdministraƟon (EIA). ArgenƟna biodiesel exports began dwindling in 2012 Worldwide, 1.2 billion gallons of HEFA fuels were produced in when the European Union raised taxes on biodiesel imports 2014, up from about 300 million gallons in 2011, 700 million aŌer suspected product dumping by ArgenƟna. ArgenƟna has gallons in 2012, and more than 900 million gallons in 2013. filed a complaint with the World Trade OrganizaƟon against According to EIA, HEFA fuels are hydrocarbons rather the anƟ-dumping taxes. than alcohols or esters from nonpetroleum sources and are known as drop-in fuels because they are nearly idenƟcal to comparable petroleum-based fuels. During the refining California Biodiesel Gets process, oxygen present in the alcohols and esters is removed, Tax Break leaving only hydrocarbons. HEFA fuels are the most common drop-in biofuels and can be used in diesel engines without the California Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill need for blending with petroleum diesel fuel. 1032 into law correcƟng a tax problem and clearing the way The most common HEFA biofuel producƟon to date is for a significant increase in the volumes of biodiesel blended renewable diesel made by reacƟng vegetable oil or animal fat in the state. Introduced by Assembly Member Rudy Salas and with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst. The equipment sponsored by the California Biodiesel Alliance (CBA), the bill and process are very similar to the hydrotreaters used to amends SecƟon 60501 of the Revenue and TaxaƟon Code by reduce diesel sulfur levels in petroleum refineries. There are adding biodiesel to the law allowing for refunds on nontaxable currently 10 plants worldwide that produce renewable diesel fuel. with four addiƟonal projects being developed. Neste is the Beginning January 1, 2016, refunds will be available world’s largest producer of renewable diesel. Other major through the State Board of EqualizaƟon on the porƟon of the producers are Italy’s ENI, US-based Diamond Green Diesel, nontaxable (dyed) biodiesel removed from the terminal to and Swedish refiner Preem. those who can show they have already paid tax on that fuel. Beyond diesel, another outlet for HEFA fuels using similar Currently, the law imposes an excise, or “road tax,” on diesel technology is biojet fuel, which currently is approved by ASTM fuel and allows reimbursement for the amount of such taxes InternaƟonal for use in jet engines up to a 50 percent blend to enƟƟes that have used tax-paid fuel in certain nontaxable rate with petroleum jet fuel. One potenƟal consumer for uses (for which it is dyed red). this fuel is the US Department of Defense, which intends to According to CBA, the problem is that clear biodiesel is use biojet in its JP-8 jet fuel for military vehicles, staƟonary typically sold to refiners and fuel wholesalers then transported diesel engines, and jet aircraŌ. There is also civilian interest in by truck from the producƟon facility to fuel terminals. Thus, nonpetroleum jet fuel with Alaska Airlines, KLM, and United biodiesel producers are required to pay the state fuel tax on Airlines all demonstraƟng the use of HEFA biojet fuel on their biodiesel sales and must then charge the buyers for commercial flights since 2011. such taxes. However, refiners and fuel wholesalers have not been able to receive a refund or credit for the tax paid on the biodiesel when the biodiesel is blended with dyed diesel Argentine Biodiesel Down fuel for nontaxable use and removed from the terminal. CBA ArgenƟna’s biodiesel producƟon is expected to drop by estimates that the problem may be preventing biodiesel 30 percent in 2015 as growth of domesƟc demand cannot from being blended into 15 to 30 percent of the diesel compensate for declining exports. The ArgenƟne Biofuels volume depending on how much dyed diesel that terminal is and Hydrogen Association (ABHA) estimates this year’s handling. total biodiesel output to cap at 1.8 million metric tons, a significant decrease from 2.58 million metric tons in 2014. College Gets Millions for Exports are expected to decline by 55 percent while the domesƟc ArgenƟnian consumpƟon is due to rise 11 percent. Alternative Fuels Building The decrease means that the country’s biodiesel industry is working only at about 40 percent of its total 4.6 million metric- Morrisville State College in New York was awarded ton-per-year installed capacity. $12.9 million through the State University of New York 2020 Claudio Molina, ABHA executive director, hopes to iniƟaƟve to build a new 35,000-square-foot alternaƟve fuels see an improvement in the situaƟon aŌer the presidenƟal building that will house the college’s renewable energy, diesel elecƟon in late November as candidates were expected to technology, and agricultural engineering programs, in addiƟon

24 December 2015 Render www.rendermagazine.com to its Renewable Energy Training Center. The proposed site is facility and the Honolulu Internaonal Airport Emergency located adjacent to the college’s dairy complex. Power Facility, but could also be used at other Oahu power The alternative fuels facility will be a state-of-the- plants as needed. art building with industry-specific components to train In its ruling, the Hawaii Public Ulies Commission noted students and the workforce in high-demand areas including that, along with a savings in cost, the locally-produced biodiesel biofuels, electrical power generation with digesters and provided in this contract should posively contribute to the wood gasificaon engine-generator sets, gearing systems, local economy. Pacific Biodiesel has more than 70 employees transmissions, and electrical theory involving wind, solar, and across the state. micro-hydro systems. With the construcon of the new alternave fuels building, collaboraons and support will be enhanced for the college’s Hero BX Buys Alabama Plant key programs such as renewable energy, its campus-produced Lake Erie Biofuels LLC, doing business as Hero BX, has biodiesel, and many other alternave energy opons. acquired the assets of the former Veros Energy biodiesel refinery in Moundville, Alabama. The plant will be operated Hawaii to Source Local Biodiesel under the name Hero BX Alabama LLC and will allow the company to serve a new market outside the reach of its Erie, Hawaii regulators have approved a contract between Pennsylvania, plant. Hero BX will upgrade and expand the Hawaiian Electric Companies (HECO) and Pacific Biodiesel 15-million-gallon-per-year Alabama facility, which is slated to Technologies to supply biodiesel for Oahu power generators. come online in the first quarter of 2016. The renewable fuel will be produced at Pacific Biodiesel’s The Moundville plant currently employs 17 full-me staff newest facility, Big Island Biodiesel, which began operaons in who will remain on as Hero BX Alabama LLC employees. An 2012 and processes used cooking oil from Hawaii’s restaurants addional 10 to 12 employees will be hired as the facility gears into biodiesel. HECO previously contracted with Iowa’s up for recommissioning. Renewable Energy Group Inc. to supply biodiesel from the Founded in 2005, Lake Erie Biofuels LLC is a wholly owned mainland. subsidiary of Black Family Holdings LP. The Hero BX Erie plant The new two-year contract, which went into effect in has an annual capacity of 50 million gallons serving customers November, is for a minimum of two million gallons and up to along the Eastern seaboard. three million gallons per year. The biodiesel will primarily be used at the 110-megawa Campbell Industrial Park generaon Continued on page 32

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One of the top selling books in Germany in 2011 was 4. Bioeconomy, a new term in the “bio” and “organic” about a philosophical journey tled Who Am I? And If So, addicted world today and discussed as the future How Many? This author admits to not reading the book, but vision, has a long tradion in rendering. Since the the queson is quite interesng for the rendering industry. beginning of rendering, fat was used in candles Renderers do so many different things that it seems difficult and soaps, and still is (without calling it “bio-” to explain rendering in one word or sentence. “The original something). recyclers” is a familiar phrase used to describe the rendering 5. Animal disease prevenon is not a side-effect of industry, but many other sectors also claim to be the same. It an efficient and prompt collection of perishable is interchangeable? So who are we? and biodegradable by-products, it is an intenon, 1. Renderers are sll the original recyclers, processing especially in the case of an animal disease outbreak animal by-products into valuable commodies for when high numbers of animals have to be culled and many decades, if not centuries, on an industrial removed. Rendering is a service that helps keep the scale. More prominent materials like paper, plasc, animal health status of each country at the highest glass, etc., which exceed rendering in volumes today, level. This is of great importance as it affects not only started recycling much later. So renderers are the animal losses but also access to export markets for real, but unknown, pioneers of the recycling trend. meat and rendered products. Rendering keeps complex organic compounds like 6. As proteins and fats are often lacking in many fats and proteins on a high-value level, and also countries, their production contributes to the phosphorus, which is becoming rarer in the nutrient naonal independency of imports, whether it is for circle. feed or industry. 2. The rendering process starts with a hygienic, efficient, 7. Rendering is the invisible industry, which is normal on-me collecon at the customer’s place of business. for most industrial processes in a world that moves This service helps ensure a stable producon while more and more away from primary production. reducing costs or enhancing revenue, and provides a Usually it is not a big issue as long as the public safe final desnaon of highly perishable materials. accepts that renderers do their business under the Furthermore, service providers like renderers can highest veterinary control, every day. Nevertheless, react quickly to emergent issues. renderers are able to open their doors if crical 3. At the end of the process, renderers are high-quality quesons arise. feed producers. The protein content is higher 8. Accepting that landfill is maybe the only real than any plant-derived product. In addition, the alternave opon to rendering, renderers can claim different fat qualies are not only energy carriers themselves to be climate protectors. Even if animal but also a palatability enhancer in pet food. The high by-products are organic and, per se, carbon neutral, phosphorus digesbility (greater than 90 percent) landfilling them would mean increased emissions of helps to minimize environmental polluon through climate pollung greenhouse gases such as methane an animal’s feces. or nitrous oxide. These have a worse impact on the climate than carbon dioxide from digeson.

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26 December 2015 Render www.rendermagazine.com These are only eight puzzle pieces by-products, renderers already fulfill retailers and catering facilies, despite – there are more – but how does the an important role in fighting food the fact that the use of both former industry piece them together into one waste. There are also large volumes foodstuffs and catering waste is either picture? How can renderers show the of material from the food industry strongly restricted or forbidden for feed mulple facets of their daily business ending up in rendering plants that purposes. In former days, especially in and the history of many years or even are damaged, falsely processed, out- Germany and Austria, this material was decades ahead of new developments of-date or wrongly labelled, or where cooked and used wet as swill for pig feed. like recycling or bioeconomy? It is very the cooling chain was interrupted. This was forbidden in 2006. Two years difficult and challenging. On the other Another big market for renderers in prior, the inclusion of used cooking oil hand, if renderers use these facets North America is the collection and in feed stopped in the United Kingdom individually on the customer, then focus processing of former bakery goods as and is now a biodiesel feedstock while can be on the customer-relevant data well as yellow and brown grease. Yellow catering waste and former foodstuffs go and his needs. For example, the World grease is a growing market in the EU and Organizaon for Animal Health, or OIE, in some EU countries renderers service Continued on page 28 is more interested in animal disease prevention, whereas the Food and Agriculture Organizaon (FAO) is more focused on feed (and food) safety and security. More important, renderers can connue to tell their story in another aspect: fighng food waste. This was one of the big issues during the world exposition in Milan, Italy, this year. The problem was raised by FAO and supported by the European Commission. FAO calculated that 30 percent of food produced globally is lost and, as a result, one-third of energy is lost. The European Commission calculated that in the 27 European Union (EU) member countries, 90 million metric tons of food is wasted every year. About 40 percent is lost at both the household level as well as during manufacturing, 14 percent is lost at catering facilies, and five percent at retail shops. The German instute ifu Hamburg calculated for the United States (US) that 16 percent of total food producon (36 percent of all food waste) is lost from the farm to the retailer while 8 percent (18 percent of waste) is lost at the retailer. Four percent of total food producon (9 percent of food waste) is comprised of inedibles, like egg shells, banana peels, etc., and 18 percent of food (40 percent of losses), the biggest volume, goes uneaten by the consumer. Similar strategies to fight this food waste were developed in the EU and United States and are presented in charts 1 and 2. In both strategies, the feeding of animals is priority aer the use of food for humans. The US approach also acknowledged the use of fat in industrial uses. This means that by producing animal proteins and fats for feed or industrial uses from slaughterhouse www.rendermagazine.com Render December 2015 27 International Continued from page 27 Canadian Renderers Deal with to anaerobic digesters to produce biogas and ferlizer. Customers are very keen Export and Animal Disease Issues on having this posive eco-balance for their organic waste streams and count The Canadian Renderers Associaon (CRA) conducted its annual meeng them toward their carbon footprint. in late October in conjuncon with the Naonal Renderers Associaon annual Whether food waste will become a convenon. One of the most crical issues facing Canadian renderers is that yellow new market is dependent on access to grease from the United States (US) can be imported into Canada, but yellow grease enough volumes (i.e., big cies, areas from Canada cannot be exported to the United States. Negoaons to correct the with high population), scarce landfill situaon are ongoing between the US Animal and Plant Health Inspecon Service space, promotion of green energy, and Canadian Food Inspecon Agency (CFIA). and/or farmers willing to use feed from Graham Clarke, CRA’s government liaison, described the lengthy process of former foodstuffs and catering waste geng Indonesian government audits conducted for rendered products, which (variable nutrient content). Yet it can be have not yet taken place, to reinstate the export of ruminant meat and bone meal. an interesng new arena as it combines One concern for Canada is the risks from animal diseases such as avian influenza all markets renderers currently serve: and porcine epidemic diarrhea virus that have challenged both Canadian and US collecon of perishable organic goods, poultry and swine producers the past few years. CFIA has regulaons in place heat treatment, and products for feed to protect against the introducon of animal diseases, not just from the United or energy market. States, but from other countries as well. Some of these regulatory requirements Independently from that, renderers are viewed as unnecessarily trade restricve by US authories; however, CFIA today connue to play an important role does not intend to change them at this me. in fighting food waste and supplying CRA is one of 15 industry groups parcipang on a new Livestock Transportaon soluons on the highest level possible. Biosecurity Standard commiee developed by CFIA. A literature review is currently Add this to the mulple facets of the being done and the first meeng is in January 2016. Clarke noted it will be a two- industry’s story. R to three-year process to develop what will be a voluntary standard. R

CCI Salutes the Generosity of NRA’s Membership It is with tremendous gratitude that Canine Companions for Independence congratulates the National Renderers Association and salutes the generosity of its membership for the success of the 2015 Annual Convention’s Rendering for Good Silent & Live Auction. Thanks to NRA’s eﬀorts, the auction raised a total of $41,000 to support CCI’s Wounded Veterans Initiative. Additional donations can be made by visiting www.cci.org and clicking Wounded Veterans Initiative under the Donate button.

During NRA’s 82nd Annual Convention, Lance Weir talked about how his companion animal, Auggie, has enhanced his life. NATIONAL RENDERERS ASSOCIATION

28 December 2015 Render www.rendermagazine.com New Zealand Renderers Workshop Steps Up

By Kevin Cresswell Executive Manager, New Zealand Renderers Group

For the past four years, the New Zealand Renderers Group (NZRG) has run a four-day workshop for experienced rendering plant operators, supervisors, managers, service staff, and suppliers to the industry. The aim of the workshop is to provide future leaders in the New Zealand and Australian industry with in-depth knowledge of the rendering and associated processes and an opportunity to network with other industry parcipants. The Australian Renderers Associaon (ARA) also runs a workshop for operators, supervisors, and others that focuses on hygienic rendering so the two workshops have been designed to complement each other. As part of the cooperaon between At the conclusion of the workshop, parcipants joined NZRG and ARA, each organizaon sponsors a parcipant from members of NZRG for a technical seminar, annual general their workshop to aend the other workshop. meeng, and dinner sponsored by Kemin. This provided the In late August, NZRG successfully held a stage II workshop parcipants the opportunity to network with the leaders of with the focus on building knowledge on targeted topics rather the New Zealand rendering industry. than the more general approach taken in the stage I workshop. Feedback from the workshop participants was very The workshop had a special emphasis on idenfying the root posive, with the plant visits being one of the highlights. Some cause of the problems but also included presentaons on of the comments received were: operaon and maintenance of separators and decanters, • “I found the enre program to be of excellent value basics for quality rendered products, maximizing moisture and took away a lot from the experience.” content, energy efficiency, and health and safety. • “With me being new to rendering, it was great to get Key components of these workshops are group discussions, an insight of all issues that go on elsewhere.” praccal demonstraons, and site visits. The workshop this • “Our manager and other operators and engineers year was held in Invercargill (one of the most southern cies from our plant need to aend this workshop.” in the world) and parcipants visited four rendering sites Parcipants recommended that these targeted workshops that had a range of processes (high/low temperature, batch/ be repeated and developed further with a focus on other connuous, large/small, new/mature). In addion, GTech New pieces of rendering equipment such as evaporators, driers, Zealand provided a separator that was dismantled to explain and so on. NZRG will review the feedback when planning the the basics of operaon and maintenance. 2016 workshop. Rendertech was the gold sponsor of the workshop and also sponsored an Innovaon Award. This year the award Mini-symposium in March went to Cam (Gilbert) Wa and Adam Ririkore of Taranaki NZRG will be holding a mini-symposium in conjuncon By-Products. with a joint meeting with ARA March 17-18, 2016, in Queenstown, New Zealand. Anyone involved with rendering is invited to aend, present, or sponsor the mini-symposium, which is tled “ConƟngency Planning: Preparing for an Adverse Event.” Included in the mini-symposium is a dinner at the Queenstown Stratosfare Restaurant sponsored by Haarslev Industries. Program details can be found on the NZRG website at www.mia.co.nz/renderers_gro/RendererSymposium/index. htm, or by e-mail at [email protected]. Following the mini-symposium in 2014, internaonal speaker Frank Dupps Jr., The Dupps Company, said “Thank you for inving me to speak at a very interesng meeng. What a wonderful locaon filled with wonderful hosts. I certainly hope I’m given this same opportunity again someme in the future. I also thank your members that arranged and joined me on a wonderful motorcycle journey outside of Queenstown that From left, Steve Dunn, Rendertech, presents the Rendertech included visits to Arrowtown, Milford Sound, Te Anau, Cardrona, Innovation Trophy and a Galaxy Tab 3 to Cam (Gilbert) Crown Range, and Wanaka. The scenery was so beauful Watt and Adam Ririkore, both of Taranaki By-Products. I’ve decided to return with my family as they would really enjoy all the sights and sounds of your beauful country!” R www.rendermagazine.com Render December 2015 29 ,ABORANDTHE,AW By Mark A. Lies II and Patrick D. Joyce It’s the PITs! Employer Guide to Forklift Liability

Editor’s note – Mark A. Lies II is a partner with the Chicago, and authorized to operate forklis as to the hazards of such Illinois, law firm of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. He specializes in product equipment. Employers must conduct classroom-type training liability, occupaƟonal safety and health, workplace violence, and actually observe the employee operang the equipment construcƟon liƟgaƟon, and related employment liƟgaƟon. under the physical condions at the workplace, such as aisles, Patrick D. Joyce is an associate attorney in the ramps, and loading docks. The employer must provide a Environmental, Safety, and Toxic Tort Group of Seyfarth Shaw. cerficate stang the employee has completed the training. He focuses his pracƟce in the areas of occupaƟonal safety and The employee must be retrained and recerfied every three health, environmental liƟgaƟon, environmental counseling, years, at a minimum, or aer an accident or “near miss” that and construction litigation. Legal topics provide general resulted from an unsafe act. informaƟon, not specific legal advice. Individual circumstances If contract or temporary workers who are not employed may limit or modify this informaƟon. by the host employer are required to operate forklis, the host employer must take steps to assure these individuals are Take a look around. There is a good chance you work at properly trained before they are permied to operate forklis a facility that uses a powered industrial truck (PIT), which at the facility. At a minimum, the host employer is responsible the Occupaonal Safety and Health Administraon (OSHA) for the safety of its own employees. If the operation of defines as “any mobile power-propelled truck used to carry, forklis could endanger the host employer’s employees, the push, pull, li, stack, or er materials.” Most people think of host employer would be obligated to prevent such danger by PITs as forklis and although they come in many shapes and ensuring all forkli operators have been properly trained. This sizes, forklis are all regulated under OSHA’s PIT standard, 29 does not mean a host employer is required to train forkli Code of Federal RegulaƟons Standard Number 1910.178. PITs drivers who are not its employees. It must, however, ensure also include manlis, scissor lis, boom lis, and motorized that such individuals have been trained in accordance with the hand trucks. Though this arcle will oen refer to forklis, PIT standard before they are permied to operate forklis at the requirements apply to all PITs, although earth-moving its workplace. and over-the-road haulage trucks are not included in the PIT Because OSHA takes training requirements so seriously, it definion. Equipment designed to move earth but modified is recommended that all contract and temporary employees to accept forks is also not included. be trained and cerfied by the host employer before being Forklis present many potenal hazards: a pedestrian can allowed to operate a forkli, even if they received training be struck, a load can fall off onto a person or the operator, a and cerficaon from another employer. In addion, the forkli can fall off a ledge or p if driven on an uneven surface, host employer should obtain the training and cerficaon or a forkli can fall between a loading dock and a truck trailer. documentaon from the contract or temporary staffing service Frequently, an accident involving a forkli results in serious company to confirm it exists and is current if the employer injury or a fatality. To address these hazards, OSHA sets out a intends to rely upon it and before allowing the contract or comprehensive set of standards for training, maintenance, and temporary worker to operate the PIT. operaon of forklis. OSHA also requires inial cerficaon The PIT standard does not specify how long training and recerficaon of forkli drivers every three years. If cerficaons must be retained aer the inial cerficaon or forkli cerficaons or maintenance records are falsified, recerficaon required every three years or aer a near miss. OSHA has a history of seeking criminal sancons to enforce It is advisable that employers retain the training cerficaons its standards. for the duraon of employment for each employee. This arcle will outline OSHA’s requirements for use of If OSHA can establish that training was not provided or forklis in the workplace and discuss the outcome of a case the employees did not understand it because the training is where an employer falsified forkli maintenance records. in wring and the employee is illiterate or the training was conducted in a language the employee could not understand, OSHA’s Training and Certification Requirements the agency may claim the cerficaons are false. This could OSHA’s PIT standard requires the employer to “ensure result in citaons or potenal criminal liability for the individual that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to who signed the cerficaon as well as the employer. operate a powered industrial truck safely.” The standard also requires that operators receive training in the topics applicable Maintenance and Inspection Requirements to the safe operaon of the truck in the employer’s workplace. OSHA prohibits the operaon of forklis if they are not Employees must be trained separately for each different type in safe operang condion. Employers should conduct an of forkli they will be using, but not for the same type of forkli inspecon of each forkli at the beginning of each shi and aer made by a different manufacturer. any maintenance has been done or an accident has occurred. The standard further requires an employer to develop a At a minimum, forklis are required to be inspected daily. wrien program to train all employees who will be required While not required, the employer should consider developing

30 December 2015 Render www.rendermagazine.com and using a wrien daily checklist to confirm the operator conducted the OSHA Fines Increase Significantly PIT inspection. The checklists should be reviewed periodically to assure Provided by Seyfarth Shaw LLP they are being ulized. In addion, the employer should maintain inspecon Employers beware! The new biparsan budget, passed by both the House and maintenance records for at least the and Senate and signed by President Barack Obama in early November, contains me it owns the specific forkli. provisions that will raise Occupaonal Safety and Health Administraon (OSHA) The PIT standard lists a number of penales for the first me in 25 years. condions under which a forkli must The budget allows for an inial penalty “catch-up adjustment,” which must be removed from service. If the operator be in place by August 1, 2016. The catch-up adjustment is ed to the percentage notes these condions while driving, the difference between the October 2015 Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the October operator must stop, park the vehicle, 1990 CPI, which is 78 percent. OSHA is required to pass an interim final rulemaking and get assistance if: to finalize the catch-up increase. • the forkli is not in safe operat- With the 78 percent catch-up adjustment, starng in August 2016, new ing condion; maximum penales would be as follows: • the forkli emits hazardous • Other than serious violaons: $12,471, up from $7,000 sparks or flames from the • Serious violaons: $12,471, up from $7,000 exhaust system; • Willful violaons: $124,709, up from $70,000 • the temperature of any part • Repeat violaons: $124,709, up from $70,000 of the forkli is found to be in Aer the inial catch-up adjustment, OSHA is required to implement annual cost- excess of its normal operang of-living increases with the adjustment ed to the year-over-year percentage temperature; or increase in the CPI. Adjustments must be made by mid-January each subsequent • the forklift has a leak in the year. fuel system. OSHA has the opon to implement a catch-up adjustment less than the If there is a question regarding maximum if the agency determines increasing penales by the maximum amount the safe operation of a forklift, the would (1) have a “negave economic impact” or the social costs of the increase vehicle must be immediately removed outweigh the benefits, and (2) the Office of Management and Budget agrees. from service unl it can be thoroughly However, OSHA chief Dr. David Michaels has long advocated for a substanal inspected and any repairs made. increase in penales so it is difficult to envision the agency seeking anything Similar to falsification of employee other than the maximum increase. training cerficaons, any falsificaon The changes in the budget go into effect July 1, 2016, with the new penales of inspecon or maintenance records coming into effect by August 1, 2016. Such a large increase in penales, along can result in a citaon from OSHA and with the yearly cost of living increases, will require employers to change how they possible criminal liability. handle OSHA inspecons and the financial ramificaons of citaons. R The employer must also consider whether the forkli is properly rated to be operated in certain workplace environments. For example, is it rated to operate where flammable or combusble materials are being ulized or stored to Grease Handling Powder ensure the forkli does not create a Coat Paint source of ignion for such materials? Equipment & Steel Lid Systems Operator Fitness and Discipline As employers should know, there is a duty to enforce compliance with the PIT regulaon with discipline for violaons, including unsafe operaon, failure to inspect, etc. This discipline needs to be in wring in order to remove a non-compliant operator and be able Containers to establish the unavoidable employee WRJDOORQ misconduct defense to a citaon. Finally, 3RO\RUVWHHOOLGV the employer must monitor whether 3UHVVXUHWHVWHG an employee is fit to operate a PIT 3RZGHUFRDW because of physical condions, including Options vision, hearing, and motor skills, if %ROWLQVFUHHQV /LGORFNV PRUH ZZZSDUNDQFRP6LOYHU/DNH,1 Continued on page 32 800-291-5487 www.rendermagazine.com Render December 2015 31 Law Continued from page 31 The concealment was alleged to include Biofuels Continued from page 25 the following: there is objecƟve evidence that these • Repairing the forklift brakes condiƟons are rendering the operator aŌer the accident but shortly Neste Fuel to Power unfit to operate the equipment in a safe before OSHA commenced its manner. In making this determinaƟon, inspecƟon. (AŌer a workplace California City Fleet the employer must consider the fatality OSHA must be noƟfied The City of Oakland, California, requirements of the Americans with within eight hours and the began filling all its diesel vehicles with DisabiliƟes Act regarding assessment accident scene cannot be Neste’s NEXBTL renewable diesel in of the operator’s ability to perform the disturbed until the OSHA October to help reduce the emissions essenƟal funcƟons of the job. inspector has an opportunity of its municipal fleet. Oakland is the first In addiƟon, the employer needs to to commence the inspecƟon major United States city to convert its be observant as to whether the operator and release the scene.) enƟre fleet to renewable diesel. Oakland is impaired by drugs or alcohol. This • ConducƟng a demonstraƟon of operates 250 diesel-powered vehicles, can be done by training supervisors the forkliŌ for the compliance which include street sweepers, dump on the objective signs of drug or officer that was misleading trucks, tractors, construcƟon equipment, alcohol impairment including speech, (since the brakes had been and mowers. The fleet consumes about coordinaƟon, bodily odors, etc. If they surrepƟƟously repaired aŌer 230,000 gallons of diesel per year. are observed, the operator should be the accident but before the Other California cities are also taken out of service and the employer inspector arrived). switching to renewable diesel. Earlier should consider sending the employee • Instructing employees to this year, the City of San Francisco to be tested for drugs or alcohol. Further, provide false informaƟon to announced it will begin using renewable if there has been an accident involving the inspector as to how the diesel in all of its diesel fleet by the end personal injury or property damage, fatality occurred. of this year and the City of Walnut Creek the employer should consider a post- • Creating a false written switched its diesel-powered municipal accident drug and alcohol test. In either inspection report after the fleet to renewable diesel in August 2015. event, the employer should consider accident that indicated the NEXBTL renewable diesel is supplied to establishing a wriƩen drug and alcohol forklift had been inspected the ciƟes of Oakland and Walnut Creek tesƟng policy to be able to ensure an prior to the accident and was in by distributor Golden Gate Petroleum. operator is not impaired and creaƟng a “perfect operaƟng condiƟon.” safety hazard. As a result of its inspecƟon, OSHA idenƟfied employees who were willing Sweden Increases Forklift Hazards Create Liability to tesƟfy against the employer as to the Renewable Fuels Use As previously menƟoned, OSHA will foregoing actions, resulting in felony seek criminal prosecuƟon if an employer convicƟons. It is important to note that New statistics show renewable falsifies employee training cerƟficaƟons, if the employer had not engaged in fuels now make up two-thirds of total inspection records, or maintenance these post-accident wrongdoings and fuel consumption in Sweden’s public records. In United States v. Atlantic OSHA had decided to proceed with its transport buses. According to the States Cast Iron Pipe Company, the limited criminal prosecuƟon authority Swedish Public Transport AssociaƟon, convicƟon of an employer on mulƟple under the standard, the employer’s the use of renewable fuels in Sweden’s criminal counts involving Environmental liability would have likely been limited public transportaƟon has increased from ProtecƟon Agency and OSHA violaƟons to a misdemeanor. The concealment 6 percent to 58 percent from 2006 to demonstrates how an employer can be resulted in much greater liability than 2014. In 2015, renewables accounted exposed to this liability for a conspiracy the underlying violaƟon. for 67 percent of fuel used in buses. to defraud OSHA during an inspecƟon. The biggest consumer of biofuels In AtlanƟc States, the employer was Conclusions and Recommendations is Stockholm County, where renewable indicted for defrauding OSHA by altering The PIT standard is not the most fuels make up 85 percent of public exisƟng condiƟons at the employer’s complex or longest of OSHA standards. transport’s fuel consumpƟon. Biodiesel foundry to conceal safety hazards to However, the requirements are oŌen the is the most popular, followed by biogas which employees were exposed. In subject of OSHA citaƟons and can expose and ethanol. In 2014, renewable fuels March 2000, an employee died aŌer he an employer to potenƟal criminal liability accounted for 12 percent of fuel used was run over by the employer’s forkliŌ. if they are not followed. If a company in the enƟre Swedish transport sector. R In the indictment, the government owns a forkliŌ or any other type of PIT, charged that the employer ignored it must look at its PIT program to ensure Keep your subscription hazards involving forklifts, including all of OSHA’s requirements are saƟsfied: brake problems and allowing untrained training and cerƟficaƟon of employees, current by renewing employees to operate the forkliŌs. inspecƟon and maintenance of PITs, and online at In addiƟon, aŌer the fatality, the accurate recordkeeping. OSHA is not shy employer took action to deliberately about making sure employers follow the www.rendermagazine.com/ conceal what had occurred from OSHA. PIT standard so stay one step ahead. R subscribe

32 December 2015 Render www.rendermagazine.com Washington Continued from page 7 the president, are unlikely to stop the and converting it to a producers tax spending package – and risk the polical credit in the second year. NRA strongly Both get their wish as the slightly more blame for shutting down the federal supports a two-year extension. than $80 billion in new discreonary government just before Christmas – over Of course, the House cannot simply spending contained in the budget deal one or more parochial programs. acknowledge the wisdom of the Senate is pretty much evenly split between Candidates for omnibus ride- and approve that chamber’s bill. Some domesc and military spending. along status on the Naonal Renderers members of the House Ways and Means Both House and Senate appropriators Associaon’s (NRA’s) watch list Commiee are pushing for a one-year are now enmeshed in hammering include congressional acon to kill the extension through the end of 2016, together an omnibus spending package, controversial Environmental Protecon retroacve to January 1, 2015. Further a bill that will eventually roll together all Agency’s (EPA’s) “waters of the US” rule, complicang the polics is the House 12 individual FY 2017 agency spending the same agency’s new ozone proposal GOP leadership’s goal to make several bills into a single bill. The goal is to and carbon recapture rules on new and of the tax breaks permanent, including pass the package – just as last year – exisng power plants, and legislaon to corporate research and development before Christmas to ensure the federal make USDA the final arbiter of naonal tax deductions. Senate Democrats government remains operaonal past food labeling when it comes to the use oppose a piecemeal approach to making the December 11 expiration of the of genecally modified ingredients. tax breaks permanent, arguing that current continuing resolution. (The There is also talk by opponents of the costs are too high, there are no reality of a government shutdown is trying to fix the 2007 law that created spending cuts to pay for the permanent that two-thirds of the federal machine the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), tax changes, and permanent tax law is keeps on cranking, defined as “essenal, which requires EPA to set how much much more difficult to reform. homeland security, or defense.”) biobased fuels must be blended with The one-year strategy also does not When it comes to the agriculture/ gasoline and diesel on an annual basis. sit well with Senate Finance Commiee Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Given that fixes range from repealing the Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) or ranking spending poron of the omnibus spending RFS outright to taking away the RFS for member Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), bill, US Department of Agriculture’s corn-based ethanol, this opon is likely both of whom contend the only way to (USDA’s) Market Access Program and to remain a concept, not a reality. clear the decks for more comprehensive Foreign Market Development programs The last cog in the fiscal machine tax reform in 2016 is to pass a two-year are safe, but will get no increase in that must be fixed is the extender’s extenders bill. funding. Given that several budget hawks package of 55 federal tax breaks – most If there is no meeng of the minds annually try to kill the two programs, this affecng business – that expired at the between the two chambers on the is a very good deal. At the same me, end of 2014. The Senate approved a extenders package and permanent tax FDA will get more money to implement two-year extension of the tax breaks, breaks as the December recess deadline the Food Safety Modernizaon Act, the retroacve to January 1, 2015, including approaches, then a one-year extension biggest change in food safety law and taking the $1-per-gallon blenders tax FDA authority in 70 years. The agency credit for biodiesel/renewable diesel Continued on page 34 says it needs north of $150 million to do the job correctly. The reality is FDA will likely glean perhaps $25 million to $40 million more than previously appropriated. The new budget deal is a classic good news/bad news message to the of SAFE House and Senate appropriators. The 26 years good news is they have more money Waste Cooking Oil Transport to work with as they allocate Treasury dollars across 12 agencies. The bad news is that for every extra dollar on the table, there is a member of Congress with his/ No One Beats our Safety! her hand out extolling the virtues of their parcular favored program. The bad news translates into a 6 Models: challenge for appropriators on how to fashion a comprehensive spending One for your kitchen package that passes fiscal muster while serving as the vehicle for several unrelated policy, not spending, “riders.” Order Fact. Autorized Parts The polical hope is that the riders are not sufficient to block enactment of the 800-533-5711 Shortening-Shuttle.com bigger bill because opponents, including Worcester Industrial Products Corp. www.rendermagazine.com Render December 2015 33 Washington Continued from page 33 to reconcile the respecve packages into a one-me “repatriaon” of billions in a compromise bill and how to pay for it. US company profits held overseas to with benefits retroactive to January Historically, highway program avoid the 35 percent corporate tax rate. 1, 2015, is the fallback, insiders say. funding has relied upon the federal The idea had legs with several powerful The extenders package is also a prime highway trust fund (HTF), a go-to pile Democrats, including Senator Charles candidate for riding on the omnibus of money for state projects maintained Schumer (D-NY), but the talks fell apart spending train when it leaves the through federal per-gallon taxes on over Schumer’s insistence that the final staon. gasoline and diesel fuels sold. However, highway bill carry much more funding for The final legislative mountain because the federal government has highway construcon than other projects. that must be moved by the end mandated more fuel-efficient cars and The current short-term extension of of the year is the comprehensive, the economic slowdown of the last highway programs runs out December mul-year reauthorizaon of federal several years reduced cizen driving, the 4, and talks connue on how to pay for highway, bridge, and urban commuter HTF has not kept up with demand for a six-year bill. All of this argues for one construction/repair program. This infrastructure repair spending. Without of three acvely considered outcomes. program effecvely makes the federal a dramac cash infusion, the HTF will be First, the House and Senate agree on government the general contractor on bankrupt by the end of 2015. The idea how to pay for a six-year bill, there is transportaon construcon and repair of raising the federal gasoline/diesel tax consensus on the language, and the as it doles out contracts to the states in an elecon year is a non-starter for president gets a six-year reauthorizaon to do the actual work maintaining the nearly all of Congress. on his desk. Second, the two chambers naon’s infrastructure. The current price tag on the mul- agree on how to pay for the first three Congress has not reauthorized year reauthorization is about $350 years of the highway bill – the House federal highway programs on a mul- billion for the first three years of its having generally accepted the pay-fors year basis since 1994, instead approving six-year life. The Congressional Budget included in the Senate version – and 34 separate short-term extensions of Office esmates it takes $100 billion a kick the second three years of funding the government’s contracng authority. year plus about $35 billion from the HTF into another Congress’ lap. Or, there However, both chambers have approved to fund the infrastructure programs. is a fiscal meeng of the minds on the their versions of six-year reauthorizaon While sll chair of the Ways and pay-fors and both chambers agree to a packages. The only pesky details are how Means Commiee, Ryan looked to create less ambious, three-year bill. R 10 Facts About Rendering 1. Rendering is Recycling – Rendering is the cooking were landfilled, all available space would be full in four and drying of animal by-products that remain aer years and pose a public health threat. removing the meat people eat. 6. Clean and Safe – The high temperatures used in 2. A Secret no More – People use rendered products rendering assure animal and consumer safety to protect every day in soaps, paints, varnishes, cosmecs, against bacteria, viruses, and safety hazards. pharmaceucals, shaving cream, deodorant, 7. Consumers have Confidence – Renderers comply crayons, leather (i.e., handbags, car seats, furniture), with all federal, state, and local regulaons and laws. They lubricants, caulking compounds, candles, cleaners, conduct hazard analyses, control food safety hazards, and paints, perfumes, polishes, rubber products, plascs, use good manufacturing pracces in their code of pracce agricultural ferlizers, and even explosives. Most people stewardship program. Renderers are ready to adhere to just don’t realize it. new rules under the Food Safety Modernizaon Act. 3. Good for Animal Health – Rendering produces fats 8. Volume In, Quality Out – Rendering is a high- and proteins that are important nutrional ingredients volume, high-tech industry. Renderers collect 56 billion in food for animals used by consumers and farmers to pounds of raw materials every year. They recycle these feed their pets as well as livestock, poultry, and fish. raw materials by cooking and drying them into 10 billion 4. Recycling from Restaurants – Renderers pick pounds of fats and greases, and 9 billion pounds of up used restaurant fry grease and oil, then clean and proteins each year. Meeng customer needs for quality recycle them into ingredients for animal feed as well is a top priority. as biodiesel and renewable diesel for cars, trucks, 9. Skilled Workforce – Rendering plants are not airplanes, and other diesel-powered equipment. labor intensive, but require highly trained workers who 5. Rendering is Sustainable – Recycling of animal use technical controls to operate high-temperature by-products sequesters at least five mes as much cookers, centrifuges, and presses. Renderers have a low greenhouse gas emissions as it emits. Rendering workforce turnover rate. produces fewer emissions than landfilling or composng. 10. Lot of Trucks – The rendering industry transports 44 Rendered products help animal agriculture and customer billion pounds of products mostly by truck. Renderers companies reduce their environmental footprint and own and control some of the largest private trucking become more sustainable. If all renderable products fleets in the country. R

34 December 2015 Render www.rendermagazine.com RENDERING IS RECYCLING

RENDERING IS AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY WAY TO RECYCLE MATERIAL THAT WOULD BE WASTED

WHAT MATERIALS ARE RENDERED? WHAT ARE THE PRODUCTS OF RENDERING?

Packing Plants Renderers collect: If all renderable product was head of cattle, calves, hogs & sheep sent to the landﬁll, all BILLION available space would be 147.2 MILLION are slaughtered annually in the US POUNDS used in 56of raw materials every year in the U.S. and Canada 4 YEARS

Renderers recycle these materials into: BILLION 10POUNDS of fat and oil products chickens and turkeys are processed each 10 BILLION year in the US & BILLION 9 POUNDS PROTEIN PROTEIN PROTEIN PROTEIN PROTEIN PROTEIN PROTEIN PROTEIN PROTEIN of protein products annually APPROXIMATELY 50% of the animal is considered inedible by Americans Rendered products are ingredients in: and goes to renderers including: bones, fat, blood, feathers & some internal organs

Dog Food

Farms Pet & livestock feed Biofuel Fertilizer

Some animals die on the farm from of rendered product Plus Other products like soaps, lubricants, detergents, and more. injury, old age, or other issues. 4.5 Renderers prevent this from becoming % a public health hazard by eliminating pathogens in the rendering process. RENDERING IS Green! Fallen animals only represent about Rendering is: 4.5% of rendered product the process of breaking BY- FATS & down animal by-products PRODUCTS PROTEINS into fats & proteins Grocery Stores generate Renderers collect Super Foods Rendering is recycling! C C C N N N BILLION 1.92 POUNDS 4.4 BILLION POUNDS Carbon- and nitrogen-rich materials are recycled into

of scraps, fat, bone, expired meat of used cooking oil per year in the PROTEIN & used cooking oil annually U.S. and Canada USEABLE PRODUCTS Dog Food

Rendering reduces greenhouse gases. Rendering these animal tissues has RENDERING IS SAFE & ESSENTIAL Carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gas the same effect on greenhouse gas emissions from natural decomposition like in a emissions as removing t 1SPUFDUTUIFFOWJSPONFOU compost pile or landﬁll are avoided. t 1SPUFDUTIVNBOIFBMUI A single decomposing t 1SPUFDUTBOJNBMIFBMUI 1.2 metric tons dairy cow releases t 4VTUBJOBCMFBOEDPOUSJCVUFTUP 1.2 METRIC TONS sustainability of animal of carbon dioxide. agriculture 12,263,316 Rendering avoids this! t &TTFOUJBMMJOLJOGPPEDIBJO CARS FROM THE ROAD

National Renderers Association t 500 Montgomery St, Suite 310, Alexandria, VA 22314 t (703) 683-0155 t www.nationalrenderers.org t [email protected] By Steve Lawrence and Gary Collins Tech Topics Energy Management Resources

Why the Need to Talk about Energy Costs

In the last two issues of Render, this column dissected the the equaon above, the quanty of energy used to run the topic of taking control of energy costs along with examining equipment will remain the same and thus the cost is equal three energy basics: (1) how energy is used in a company’s to price over me so the operang costs of the equipment process, (2) when the majority of that energy is used, and (3) haven’t changed. By including a simple procurement strategy how much energy is used. Also highlighted was the complexity represented by the quanty, you can now impact the value of of the energy marketplace and how to beer understand the upgrade decision over the useful life. it to minimize confusion when trying to comprehend the Having a procurement strategy in place is an important fundamental and technical influences on energy futures step to ensuring a company is geng the most compeve markets. The regulatory influences that can impact the boom and comparable energy pricing in the market. Being able to line of energy costs were addressed as was a comprehensive solicit bids from qualified suppliers for energy needs will keep energy strategy program and its many integral components. a current supplier aware that what has been done before may Included in such a program is the procurement of energy and not be the best soluon for today. Ulize an unbiased energy a hedge strategy to help migate market uncertaines. manager to secure bids from suppliers qualified to provide This final arcle will challenge renderers to ask, “Why do reliable and dependable service through a request for proposal we need to have this conversaon today?” Begin by thinking (RFP) process. Ask for a summary outlining the results of the about the following: RFP, complete with hard data and a recommendaon on how • Is the company geng the best value for the energy to proceed. The contracng, managing, and reporng of dollars being spent? usage, cost, and savings over a previous energy budget is the • Is the company controlling costs and taking advantage deliverable. of market downtrends for pricing opportunies to Using the example above, add in a procurement strategy. secure budget certainty? The next queson is “how” (as referred to in previous arcles) • Is the company maximizing energy cost-savings can the amount of use (quanty) be improved to get more potenal and minimizing price risk? value out of the amount of energy used? This is referred to • Is the company on the proper ulity rate schedules as maximizing the value of the Brish thermal unit (Btu). for its usage profile? • Is it beer to completely replace the equipment with • What can be done without invesng in a full-me, more efficient equipment? on-staff professional to manage energy use and its • What about using equipment that will provide associated costs? mulple energy products, such as steam and power • Does the company’s strategy fit with the sustainable from the same Btu on the input side? iniaves of the company and those set forth by the • Does this process improve the company’s sustainability industry? strategy and at the same me maximize the use of A rendering company’s main focus is to process animal the Btu? by-products into finished products, sell to the marketplace at • Is this process in line with industry sustainability the best cost, and deliver a safe, compevely-priced product. goals? With energy being one of a company’s top budgetary items, • Can the upgrades be used to combine efficiencies in is energy built into a strategic or master plan? Are all of the other areas, such as water, waste, or sewer? company’s manufacturing processes ed in with energy costs The upfront capital cost may be higher, but the cost over in mind? Below are ways a company can take a different me (the useful life) could be substanally less. Understanding approach to making energy decisions. how to use the energy and factoring in the desired outcome Example: A company is performing boiler and burner will provide hard data to make the right decision for each upgrades due to the age of the equipment. Is the total cost operaon. over the useful life of the upgrades being considered? Has In addion to a procurement strategy, there are other replacing the old units with energy efficient units versus simply important topics to review. Depending on current power costs changing out the old parts been considered? and the ability to take advantage of deregulated markets, Take a look at the following formula as a different approach there may also be other cost-containment opons available. for valuing the upgrade: Cost = (Quanty x Price) Time. One possibility is ensuring a more reliable source of power To value the true cost of the project above, consider the providing for full operaonal capabilies in the event of a amount of energy required for the process, mulplied by the major power failure. What happens to costs and operaons in ancipated price over the life (me) of the upgrade. This will the event of an extended power outage, and how long does it provide the true impact of the upgrade on the profit and loss take to bring the plant back online aer such an event? Being statement. able to eliminate such disrupons of service or a need by the Let us say opon one is a simple replacement of parts ulity to call for curtailment during peak system loads would that will have a useful life of 10,000 operang hours. Using be achieved by generang one’s own power.

36 December 2015 Render www.rendermagazine.com Going back to the example above, constant theme emanated from the this is the me element of the equaon, speakers and leaders: the next few years Render has or as previously discussed, the “when” will be lean in this industry and every is energy used. Knowing the immediate penny will count. Having a strategic view moved! me of day a plant uses energy with that includes the industry’s iniaves for Contact Render at the new upgrades put in place while sustainability of how and when energy is understanding the value over a long used can make the difference between (530) 306-6792 period of me is essenal to the success counng pennies and counng nickels (530) 644-8429 fax of a company’s strategy. at the end of the day. 1621 Glen Drive • Does the manufacturing Hence the reason to have this Placerville, CA 95667 process allow for any flexibility conversation, and the sooner the of start and finish times to beer. R [email protected] maximize the use and cost of the Btu? • Are there any risk migaon instruments in place to fix or limit the upside risk of the delivery costs of the Btu? • Were energy management controls considered in a capital plan for maximizing the efficiency of the equipment to the processes? • To support company and industry sustainability goals, can the plant use strategies such as solar or wind to augment the long-term risk migaon in other areas? Another project to consider for a plant located near a gas pipeline is to tap into the pipeline and run a personal gas line to the plant thus bypassing the natural gas utility company that has been paid regulated delivery rates every month. This is one of many projects a manufacturing company can implement to improve reliability of supplies and manage cost. In summary, this series of arcles covered the important steps needed to put together a resilient and comprehensive energy program. It all begins with the idenficaon of how energy is used at a facility, when it is used, and how much is used to help develop a strategy to move projects forward. Finally, implement that strategy and monitor its success by documenng the usage, cost, and managerial reports to capture progress. This question was asked at the beginning of the arcle: “Why do we need to have this conversaon today?” New equipment and thought processes in the energy marketplace provide manufacturing companies the ability to do more than just “flip the switch on and off.” At the most recent Naonal Renderers Association convention, a www.rendermagazine.com Render December 2015 37 0EOPLE 0LACES AND

AFIA President Elected International Feed Modesto Tallow Chairman Patriarch Passes Joel G. Newman, president and chief executive John B. Podesto, long-me partner officer, American Feed Industry Associaon (AFIA), has in Modesto Tallow Company, passed been elected chairman of the Internaonal Feed Industry away on November 13, 2015. He was Federaon (IFIF) for the next year. He previously served 94 years old. as chair of IFIF’s Policy Commiee and as a member of Podesto was a successful business the IFIF Board of Directors. Newman has more than three owner for over 50 years as a partner decades of diverse execuve experience in agribusiness Joel Newman in Modesto Tallow in California, which and will bring his longstanding involvement with IFIF and included California Spray Dry, Pacific internaonal feed industry maers to the role of IFIF chairman.man Rendering, Independent Rendering, Outgoing Chairman Mario Sergio Cutait, who has led the federaon for the last Modesto Leasing, Talmex, Florin four years, welcomed Newman’s elecon. Tallow, and many other companies. “IFIF is at a crical phase of implemenng its new strategy in the face of The youngest of nine children born on important global challenges and opportunies in the food and feed chain and Joel his father’s ranch in Modesto, Podesto Newman is well placed to lead the Federaon to contribute to the growth of a was an outstanding athlete growing sustainable feed industry worldwide.” up, excelling in both baseball and Newman told WaAgNet.com that he has three main objecves for 2015- football. He received his educaon at 2016: building on the partnership already in place between IFIF and the Food and St. Mary’s College and the College of Agriculture Organizaon of the United Naons, ensuring connual growth in global the Pacific, where he played football membership while providing meaningful opportunies for those members to be and was honored as an All American acvely involved in the organizaon, and strengthening IFIF’s voice on vital issues in 1943. Podesto entered the Marine affecng the industry. Corps during World War II, serving as a captain in the Pacific Ocean theater. BIOX Appoints Rickard as CEO Following hiss me with thee BIOX Corporaon, a renewable energy company, has named Alan Rickard as Marines, hee chief execuve officer (CEO). Rickard has over 15 years of experience in the agri-food, was draed by energy, and renewable fuels sectors, most recently as vice president commercial the Pisburgh operaons, Canada, at Rothsay, a division of Darling Internaonal Canada Inc. He Steelers as worked previously at Maple Leaf Foods Inc. in increasingly senior posions between their No. 1 2001 and 2013. draft pick in BIOX owns and operates a 67 million liter (18 million gallons) per year connuous 1944. After flow biodiesel producon facility in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. playing for John Podesto the Steelers,ers, Smithfield CEO to Retire Podesto joined the Chicago Bears before returning to Modesto. C. Larry Pope, chief execuve officer (CEO) of Smithfield Foods Inc., will rere Podesto was preceded in death from the company effecve December 31, 2015, following a disnguished 35-year by his “sweet pea,” Celesta Tocalino career. Kenneth M. Sullivan, Smithfield’s president and chief operang officer, will Podesto, and is survived by five succeed Pope as CEO upon his rerement. children, 12 grandchildren, and two “It has been an honor and a privilege to lead Smithfield over the past nine great-grandchildren. Donations in years,” said Pope. “This planned leadership transion comes at a me of strength Podesto’s memory may be made to St. and growth for Smithfield. I am extremely pleased with what we have achieved Stanislaus Mission Church/St. Vincent during my tenure as CEO and think the future is even brighter with the management De Paul Society Food Bank. team that we have put in place over the past two years. As such, I believe now is the right me for me to rere and allow this team to bring new excitement, energy, ideas, and perspecves to the company.” Sullivan was named president and chief operang officer earlier this year. He has held a number of posions within the organizaon, including chief financial MOVING?? officer from 2013 to 2015, vice president of finance from 2010 to 2013, and chief accounng officer from 2007 to 2013. Prior to joining Smithfield in 2003, Sullivan Change your address at spent 12 years at large public accounng and consulng firms serving a variety of www.rendermagazine.com/ clients in the manufacturing, technology, and government contracng sectors. subscribe

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National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Convention and Trade Show A two-day Internaonal Rendering January 27-29, San Diego, CA • www.beefusa.org Symposium, sponsored by the Naonal Renderers Associaon (NRA) and held International Rendering Symposium January 28-29, 2016, in conjuncon January 28-29, Atlanta, GA • www.ippexpo.org/edu_prgms/ with the Internaonal Producon and Processing Expo (IPPE), will focus on February current opportunies and challenges Aquaculture 2016 to the industry. The symposium will February 22-26, Las Vegas, NV • www.was.org begin with a virtual tour of a rendering plant followed by discussions of 5th Annual California Biodiesel Conference the usefulness and importance of February 24, Sacramento, CA • www.californiabiodieselalliance.org rendered products in animal feed, pet food, and aquaculture. Pacific Coast Renderers Association 84th Annual Convention The implicaons for rendering of February 26-28, Carmel Valley, CA • E-mail Marty Covert at [email protected] the Food Safety Modernizaon Act, called the most significant change in March regulaon of feed since 1958, will be discussed along with how rendering National Grain and Feed Association Annual Convention influences sustainability, quality, March 13-15, San Diego, CA • www.ngfa.org and safety of animal and pet food. Challenges and opportunities with World Bio Markets Conference the media will also be addressed, March 14-17, Amsterdam, the Netherlands • www.worldbiomarkets.com and a networking recepon will be held on the evening of the program’s April first day. Symposium information National Renderers Association Spring Meeting and registraon is available at www. April 19-21, Reynolds Plantaon, Greensboro, GA • E-mail Marty Covert at co@ ippexpo.org/edu_prgms. martycovert.com or call (703) 754-8740 NRA and Render magazine will also be exhibing at the trade show, Log on to www.rendermagazine.com for an updated lisƟng of industry meeƟngs. educang aendees about the North American rendering industry and the internaonal magazine of rendering. Centrifuge Chicago Corporation IPPE is expected to aract more than 28,000 worldwide aendees and • Balancing • Centrifuge Parts • Repairs is a collaboraon of three trade shows – Disassembled, cleaned, inspected, and repaired to Internaonal Feed Expo, Internaonal bring the centrifuge back to specification. Meat Expo, and Internaonal Poultry Expo – represenng the enre chain Other services available include field service, technical of animal protein production and service, rebuild, buy, sell, and upgrade on all types of processing. The event is sponsored makes and models of centrifuges. by the American Feed Industry Associaon, North America-n Meat C www.centrifugechicago.com Institute, and U.S. Poultry & Egg C (219) 852-5200 Associaon. C www.rendermagazine.com Render December 2015 39 Classifieds

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