Commission Regulation (EU) No 56/2013Show full title

CHAPTER III General conditions for the application of certain derogations provided for in Chapter II

SECTION A Transport of feed materials and compound feed intended to be used for feeding non-ruminant farmed animals

1. The following products intended to be used for feeding non-ruminant farmed animals, shall be transported in vehicles and containers which are not used for the transport of feed intended for ruminants:

(a)

bulk processed animal protein, including fishmeal, derived from non-ruminants;

(b)

bulk dicalcium and tricalcium phosphate of animal origin;

(c)

bulk blood products derived from non-ruminants;

(d)

bulk compound feed containing the feed materials listed in (a), (b) and (c).

Records detailing the type of products that were transported shall be kept available to the competent authority for a period of at least two years.

2. By way of derogation from point 1, vehicles and containers which have been previously used for the transport of the products listed in that point, may be subsequently used for the transport of feed intended for ruminants provided that they are cleaned beforehand in order to avoid cross-contamination, in accordance with a documented procedure which has been given prior authorisation by the competent authority.

Whenever such a procedure is used, a documented trace of such use shall be kept available to the competent authority for a period of at least two years.

3. Bulk processed animal protein derived from non-ruminants and bulk compound feed containing processed animal protein derived from such animals shall be transported in vehicles and containers which are not used for the transport of feed intended for non-ruminant farmed animals other than aquaculture animals.

4. By way of derogation from point 3, vehicles and containers which have been previously used for the transport of the products referred to in that point may be subsequently used for the transport of feed intended for non-ruminant farmed animals other than aquaculture animals provided that they are cleaned beforehand in order to avoid cross-contamination, in accordance with a documented procedure which has been given prior authorisation by the competent authority.

Whenever such a procedure is used, a documented trace of such use shall be kept available to the competent authority for a period of at least two years.

SECTION B Production of compound feed intended to be used for feeding non-ruminant farmed animals

1. Compound feed intended to be used for feeding non-ruminant farmed animals and which contain the following feed materials, shall be produced in establishments which do not produce compound feed for ruminants, and which are authorised by the competent authority:

(a)

fishmeal;

(b)

dicalcium and tricalcium phosphate of animal origin;

(c)

blood products derived from non-ruminants.

2. By way of derogation from point 1, the production of compound feed for ruminants, in establishments which also produce compound feed for non-ruminant farmed animals which contains the products listed in that point, may be authorised by the competent authority, following an on-site inspection by it, subject to compliance with the following conditions:

(a)

compound feed intended for ruminants must be manufactured and kept, during storage, transport and packaging, in facilities that are physically separate from those facilities where compound feed for non-ruminants are manufactured and kept;

(b)

records detailing the purchases and uses of the products listed in point 1 and the sales of compound feed containing those products must be kept available to the competent authority for a period of at least five years;

(c)

regular sampling and analysis of the compound feed intended for ruminants must be carried out in order to verify the absence of unauthorised constituents of animal origin using the methods of analysis for the determination of constituents of animal origin for the control of feed set out in Annex VI to Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009(1); the frequency of sampling and analysis shall be determined on the basis of a risk assessment carried out by the operator as part of its procedures based on hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) principles; the results of such sampling and analysis shall be kept available to the competent authority for a period of at least five years.

3. By way of derogation from point 1, a specific authorisation for the production of complete feed from compound feed containing the products listed in that point shall not be required for home compounders subject to their compliance with the following conditions:

(a)

they must be registered by the competent authority;

(b)

they must keep only non-ruminant animals;

(c)

they must produce complete feed for use only in the same holding;

(d)

any compound feed containing fishmeal used in the production of the complete feed must contain less than 50 % crude protein;

(e)

any compound feed containing dicalcium and tricalcium phosphate of animal origin used in the production of the complete feed must contain less than 10 % total phosphorus;

(f)

any compound feed containing blood products derived from non- ruminants used in the production of the complete feed must contain less than 50 % total protein.

SECTION C Import of feed materials and compound feed intended to be used for feeding non-ruminant farmed animals other than fur animals

Before release for free circulation in the Union, importers shall ensure that each of the consignment of the following feed materials and compound feed, which are intended to be used for the feeding of non-ruminant farmed animals, other than fur animals, in accordance with Chapter II of this Annex, is analysed in accordance with the methods of analysis for the determination of constituents of animal origin for the control of feed set out Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 in order to verify the absence of unauthorised constituents of animal origin:

(a)

processed animal protein, including fishmeal, derived from non-ruminants;

(b)

blood products derived from non-ruminants;

(c)

compound feed containing the feed materials listed in (a) and (b).

SECTION D Use and storage on farms of feed intended to be used for feeding non-ruminant farmed animals

1. The use and storage of the following feed shall be prohibited on farms keeping farmed animal species for which such feed is not intended:

(a)

processed animal protein, including fishmeal, derived from non-ruminants;

(b)

dicalcium and tricalcium phosphate of animal origin;

(c)

blood products derived from non-ruminants;

(d)

compound feed containing the feed materials listed in (a) to (c).

2. By way of derogation from point 1, the competent authority may authorise the use and storage of compound feed referred to in point 1(d) in farms keeping farmed animal species for which the compound feed is not intended provided that on-farm measures are implemented to prevent such compound feed being fed to an animal species for which it is not intended.

(1)

OJ L 54, 26.2.2009, p. 1.’.