Solid waste: rendering.

The California Meat and Poultry Inspection Act prohibits the adulteration and misbranding of livestock and poultry products, as specified. "Renderer" and "rendering" are defined for purposes of that act. This bill would, for purposes of the act, provide that "renderer" does not include a person operating a solid waste facility licensed by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery that hauls, handles, or processes mammalian, poultry, or fish tissue from the food service industry, grocery stores, or residential food scrap collection, or as part of a research composting operation, as specified. The bill would similarly provide that "rendering" does not include recycling, processing, or conversion by a solid waste facility licensed by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery of mammalian, poultry, or fish tissue from the food service industry, grocery stores, or residential food scrap collection, or as part of a research composting operation, as specified.