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Feed hygiene
Feed hygiene
Feed hygiene
Feed hygiene
SUMMARY OF:
Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 — requirements for feed hygiene
WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE REGULATION?
KEY POINTS
Scope
The regulation applies to the activities of feed businesses operators, ranging from primary production of animal feed up to and including its placing on the market, as well as the feeding of food-producing animals and the imports and exports of feed from and to non-EU countries.
Exclusions
The following are excluded from the scope:
Main elements:
Feed businesses responsible for the primary production of feed
These businesses must prevent, eliminate or reduce feed safety hazards during the production, preparation, cleaning, packaging, storing and transport of these products (Annex I). They must keep records relating to measures put in place to control contamination hazards.
Other feed business operators
These businesses must adopt measures to guarantee the safety of the products that they manufacture, transport or use. These measures are detailed in Annex II and chiefly concern:
Businesses must:
Registration and approval
Guides to good practice
Both the Commission and the EU countries issue guides to good practice in the feed sector and on the application of HACCP principles. These must be developed in accordance with the principles of the Codex Alimentarius and in consultation with all interested parties. Where standardised EU guides are prepared, the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (also known as PAFF) ensures that the content of these guides is practicable.
Amendments
The regulation’s Annex II has been amended twice (by Regulation (EU) No 225/2012 and Regulation (EU) 2015/1905) with regard to the approval of businesses making products from vegetable oils and blended fats and to the specific requirements for production, storage, transport and dioxin testing.
FROM WHEN DOES THE REGULATION APPLY?
It has applied since 1 January 2006.
BACKGROUND
For more information, see:
KEY TERMS
MAIN DOCUMENT
Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 January 2005 laying down requirements for feed hygiene (OJ L 35, 8.2.2005, pp. 1-22)
Successive amendments to Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 have been incorporated into the original document. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.
RELATED DOCUMENTS
Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on existing legal provisions, systems and practices in the Member States and at Community level relating to liability in the food and feed sectors and on feasible systems for financial guarantees in the feed sector at Community level in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 January 2005 laying down requirements for feed hygiene (COM(2007) 469 final, 14.8.2007)
last update 23.10.2017