As part of Earth Week activities across the country and around the world, CDFA is spotlighting the rendering industry as vital to California food and agriculture waste reduction, and the agency supports those who work in rendering by recognizing National Rendering Day on April 21.
Rendering preserves the environment and lowers our carbon footprint. The process converts used cooking oil and animal by-products into new products. These become animal feed, ingredients in pet food, and goods like fertilizers, paints, and cosmetics. Recycled cooking oil accounts for 75 percent of the state’s biofuel.
In California, CDFA’s Meat, Poultry, and Egg Safety Branch oversees rendering and safeguards the environment, animal welfare, and public health.
NOTE — Earth Day is tomorrow, April 22.