ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 28901 First edition 2011-09-15 Soil qualityGuidanceforburial of animal carcasses to prevent epidemics Qualite du solLignes directrices pour I'enfouissement des carcasses d'animaux pour éviterune épidémie Reference number ISO 28901:2011(E) ISO @ISO2011 y IHS under lic networking permitted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 28901:2011(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT ISO 2011 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 · CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ..... @ ISO 2011 -All rights reserved No reproductic etworking permitted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO28901:2011(E) Contents Page Foreword .. iv Introduction 1 Scope 2 Normative references. 3 Terms and definitions.. 4 Objectives and constraints. 5 Planning of burial programme.. 5.1 Time of burial... 3 5.2 Consideration of diseases and kind of animal carcasses infected 3 5.3 Selection of burial site .. 4 6 Construction of burial pit 9 6.1 Preparation of the site... .9 6.2 Excavation of the burial site.. 10 6.3 Placement of lining materials and discharge pipes. 10 6.4 Placing of carcasses in the burial pit.. 11 6.5 Coverage of burial pit after finalization of placement of carcasses 11 7 Maintenance after burial 12 7.1 Safety measures 12 7.2 Odour treatment. 12 7.3 Gas discharge ... 12 7.4 Leachate treatment 12 7.5 Surface regrading. 12 8 Monitoring. 12 9 Reuse of burial sites 10 Report and record keeping... Annex A (informative) Examples of national specifications regarding burial of animal carcasses.... 14 Annex B (informative) Diseases listed by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OlE).... Annex C (informative) Examples of the design of protection layers for perforated drainage pipes ....26 Bibliography. ili nse from IHS Not for Resale