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INTRODUCTION TO EU FEED
LEGISLATION
Most important feed definitions
Training course on EU Feed Law
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DEFINITIONS
FEED
FEED = FEEDINGSTUFF
‘Feed’ (or ‘feedingstuff’) means any substance or product, including
additives, whether processed, partially processed or unprocessed,
intended to be used for oral feeding to animals
(Definition from Regulation No 178/2002 on Food Law – Article 3(4))
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DEFINITIONS
ORAL FEEDING OF ANIMALS
‘oral feeding of animals’ means the introduction of feed into an
animal’s gastrointestinal tract through the mouth with the aim of
meeting the animal’s nutritional needs and/or maintaining the
productivity of normally healthy animals
(Definition from Regulation No 767/2009 on placing on the market and use of feed
Article 3(2)(b))
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FEED CATEGORIES
FEED MAY TAKE THE FORM OF
FEED
MATERIALS
FEED
ADDITIVES
AND
MEDICATED
FEEDS
PREMIXTURES
COMPOUND
FEED
(Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009)
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DEFINITIONS
FEED MATERIALS
‘feed materials’ means products of vegetable or animal origin, whose
principal purpose is to meet animals’ nutritional needs, in their natural
state, fresh or preserved, and products derived from the industrial
processing thereof, and organic or inorganic substances, whether or not
containing feed additives, which are intended for use in oral animalfeeding either directly as such, or after processing, or in the
preparation of compound feed, or as carrier of premixtures
(Definition from Regulation No 767/2009 on placing on the market and use of feed
Article 3(2)(g))
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FEED MATERIALS
FEED MATERIALS
Non-exhaustive list of feed materials
Regulation (UE) No 68/2013 on the Catalogue of feed materials
(established according to Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009)
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FEED
FEED
MATERIALS
‘(…). Feed materials are primarily used to meet animals’
needs, for example for energy, nutrients, minerals or
dietary fibres. They are usually not chemically welldefined except for basic nutritional constituents. Effects
which can be justified by scientific assessment and
PREMIXTURES
which are exclusive to feed additives or veterinary drugs
should be excluded from the objective uses of feed
materials. (…)’
(Recital 11 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009)
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DEFINITIONS
FEED ADDITIVES
‘feed additives’ means substances, micro-organisms or preparations,
other than feed material and premixtures, which are intentionally
added to feed or water in order to perform, in particular, one or more
of the following functions:
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favourably affect the characteristics of feed,
favourably affect the characteristics of animal products,
favourably affect the colour of ornamental fish and birds,
satisfy the nutritional needs of animals,
favourably affect the environmental consequences of animal production,
favourably affect animal production, performance or welfare, particularly by
affecting the gastro-intestinal flora or digestibility of feedingstuffs, or
have a coccidiostatic or histomonostatic effect.
(Definition from Regulation No 1831/2003 on feed additives - Article 2(2)(a))
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FEED CATEGORIES
FEED
FEED
MATERIALS
PREMIXTURES
FEED
ADDITIVES
‘ Feed additives are substances (…) other than feed
materials
A product can not be a feed material
and a feed additive at the same time.’
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DEFINITIONS
FEED ADDITIVES (continued)
PREMIXTURES
‘premixtures’ means mixtures of feed additives or mixtures of one or
more feed additives with feed materials or water used as carriers, not
intended for direct feeding to animals
(Definition from Regulation No 1831/2003 on feed additives - Article 2(2)(e))
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DEFINITIONS
CARRIER
‘Carrier’ a substance used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise
physically modify a feed additive in order to facilitate its handling,
application or use without altering its technological function and
without exerting any technological effect itself
(Definition from Regulation No 767/2009 on placing on the market and use of feed
Article 3(2)(m))
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FEED
MATERIALS
FEED
Addition as
carriers ?
PREMIXTURES
Mixture
FEED
ADDITIVES
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DEFINITIONS
COMPOUND FEED
‘compound feed’ means a mixture of at least two feed materials,
whether or not containing feed additives, for oral animal-feeding in the
form of complete or complementary feed
(Definition from Regulation No 767/2009 on placing on the market and use of feed
Article 3(2)(h))
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FEED
FEED
MATERIALS
Mixture
FEED
ADDITIVES
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COMPOUND FEED
FEED CATEGORIES
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DEFINITIONS
COMPOUND FEED CATEGORIES
COMPLETE FEED
‘complete feed’ means compound feed which, by reason of its
composition, is sufficient for a daily ration
COMPLEMENTARY FEED
‘complementary feed’ means compound feed which has a high content
of certain substances but which, by reason of its composition, is
sufficient for a daily ration only if used in combination with other feed
(Definitions from Regulation No 767/2009 on placing on the market and use of feed
Articles 3(2)(i)and 3(2)(j) )
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DEFINITIONS
DAILY RATION
‘daily ration’ means the average total quantity of feedingstuffs,
calculated on a moisture content of 12 %, required daily by an animal
of a given species, age category and yield, to satisfy all its needs
(Definition from Regulation No 1831/2003 on feed additives - Article 2(2)(f))
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FEED CATEGORIES
FEED
MATERIALS
FEED
Addition?
PREMIXTURES
Mixture
FEED
ADDITIVES
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COMPOUND FEED
COMPLETE FEED
COMPLETE
FEED
Covers
animals
MILK
REPLACER
daily need for
DIETETIC
nutrients
COMPLETE FEED
COMPLEMENTARY FEED
COMPLEMENTARY
FEED
Used in
combination
with other
MILK feed
REPLACER
MINERAL FEED
DIETETIC
COMPLEMENTARY FEED
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DEFINITIONS
COMPOUND FEED CATEGORIES
‘Mineral feed’ means complementary feed containing
at least 40 % crude ash
‘Milk replacer’ means compound feed administered in dry form or
after dilution in a given quantity of liquid for feeding young animals as
a complement to, or substitute for, post-colostral milk or for feeding
young animals such as calves, lambs or kids intended for slaughter
(Definitions from Regulation No 767/2009 on placing on the market and use of feed
Articles 3(2)(l)and 3(2)(k) )
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DEFINITIONS
COMPOUND FEED CATEGORIES
‘Feed intended for particular nutritional purposes’ means feed
which can satisfy a particular nutritional purpose by virtue of its
particular composition or method of manufacture, which clearly
distinguishes it from ordinary feed. Feed intended for particular
nutritional purposes does not include medicated feedingstuffs
within the meaning of Directive 90/167/EEC
FEED INTENDED FOR PARTICULAR NUTRITIONAL PURPOSES = DIETETIC FEED
(Definition from Regulation No 767/2009 on placing on the market and use of feed
Article 3(2)(o))
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DEFINITIONS
‘Particular nutritional purpose’ means the purpose of meeting the
specific nutritional needs of animals whose process of assimilation,
absorption or metabolism is, or could be, temporarily or irreversibly
impaired and who can therefore benefit from the ingestion of feed
appropriate to their condition
(Definition from Regulation No 767/2009 on placing on the market and use of feed
Article 3(2)(n))
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FEED
MATERIALS
FEED
Addition?
PREMIXTURES
Mixture
FEED
ADDITIVES
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COMPOUND FEED
FEED CATEGORIES
COMPLETE
FEED
COMPLETE FEED
Covers animals
daily need for nutrients
COMPLETE MILK
REPLACER
DIETETIC
COMPLETE FEED
COMPLEMENTARY FEED
COMPLEMENTARY
FEED
Used in combination
with other feed
MINERAL FEED
COMPLEMENTARY
MILK REPLACER
DIETETIC
COMPLEMENTARY FEED
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PREMIXTURES
FEED
ADDITIVES
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COMPOUND FEED
FEED
FEED
MATERIALS
COMPLETE
FEED
COMPLETE FEED
COMPLETE MILK
REPLACER
DIETETIC
COMPLETE FEED
COMPLEMENTARY FEED
MINERAL FEED
COMPLEMENTARY
FEED
COMPLEMENTARY
MILK REPLACER
DIETETIC
COMPLEMENTARY FEED
SALE TO THE FINAL USER
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DEFINITIONS
MEDICATED FEEDINGSTUFFS
‘medicated feedingstuffs’ shall mean any mixture of a veterinary
medicinal product or products and feed or feeds which is ready
prepared for marketing and intended to be fed to animals without
further processing, because of its curative or preventive properties or
other properties as a medicinal product covered by Article 1 (2) of
Directive 65/65/EEC
(Definition from Directive 81/851/CEE on veterinary medicinal products
Article 1(2))
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FEED CATEGORIES
MEDICATED FEEDINGSTUFF
FEED
MATERIALS
FEED
Addition?
PREMIXTURES
Mixture
FEED
ADDITIVES
M
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COMPOUND FEED
COMPLETE
FEED
COMPLETE FEED
COMPLETE MILK
REPLACER
DIETETIC
COMPLETE FEED
COMPLEMENTARY FEED
COMPLEMENTARY
FEED
MINERAL FEED
COMPLEMENTARY
MILK REPLACER
DIETETIC
COMPLEMENTARY FEED
MEDICATED PREMIXTURE
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MEDICATED FEEDINGSTUFF
FEED
MATERIALS
FEED
Addition?
PREMIXTURES
Mixture
FEED
ADDITIVES
M
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COMPOUND FEED
COMPLETE
FEED
COMPLETE FEED
COMPLETE MILK
REPLACER
DIETETIC
COMPLETE FEED
COMPLEMENTARY FEED
COMPLEMENTARY
FEED
MINERAL FEED
COMPLEMENTARY
MILK REPLACER
DIETETIC
COMPLEMENTARY FEED
MEDICATED PREMIXTURE
PREPARATION, PLACING ON THE MARKET AND
USE ONLY UNDER VETERINARY PRESCRIPTION
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