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

CHAPTER V General requirements

SECTION A Listing

Member States shall keep up-to-date and make publicly available lists of:

(a)

slaughterhouses from which blood produced in accordance with point (a) of Section C of Chapter IV can be sourced;

(b)

authorised processing plants producing blood products in accordance with point (c) of Section C of Chapter IV;

(c)

slaughterhouses and cutting plants from which animal by-products intended to be used for the production of processed animal protein in accordance with point (a) of Section D of Chapter IV can be sourced;

(d)

authorised processing plants producing processed animal protein derived from non-ruminants which operate in accordance with point (c) of Section D of Chapter IV;

(e)

authorised establishments referred to in Section B of Chapter III, in point (d) of Section D of Chapter IV and in point (c) of Section E of Chapter IV;

(f)

home compounders which have been registered and operate in accordance with the conditions laid down in Section B of Chapter III and point (d) of Section D of Chapter IV.

SECTION B Transport of feed materials and compound feed containing products derived from ruminants

1. Bulk feed materials and bulk compound feed containing products derived from ruminants other than those listed in the following points (a), (b) and (c) shall be transported in vehicles and containers which are not used for the transport of feed intended for farmed animals other than fur animals:

(a)

milk, milk-based products, milk-derived products, colostrum and colostrum products;

(b)

dicalcium and tricalcium phosphate of animal origin;

(c)

hydrolysed proteins derived from ruminant hides and skins.

2. By way of derogation from point 1, vehicles and containers which have been previously used for the transport of bulk feed materials and bulk compound feed listed in that point, may be used for the transport of feedingstuffs intended for farmed animals other than fur animals provided that they have been 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 this use shall be kept available to the competent authority for a period of at least two years.

SECTION C Production of compound feed containing products derived from ruminants

Compound feed which contains products derived from ruminants other than those listed in points (a), (b) and (c) shall not be produced in establishments which produce feed for farmed animals other than fur animals:

(a)

milk, milk-based products, milk-derived products, colostrum and colostrum products;

(b)

dicalcium and tricalcium phosphate of animal origin;

(c)

hydrolysed proteins derived from ruminant hides and skins.

SECTION D Use and storage on farms of feed materials and compound feed for farmed animals containing products derived from ruminants

The use and storage of feed materials and compound feed for farmed animals containing products derived from ruminants other than those listed in points (a), (b) and (c) shall be prohibited in farms keeping farmed animals other than fur animals:

(a)

milk, milk-based products, milk-derived products, colostrum and colostrum products;

(b)

dicalcium and tricalcium phosphate of animal origin;

(c)

hydrolysed proteins derived from ruminant hides and skins.

SECTION E Export of processed animal protein and products containing such protein

1. The export of processed animal protein derived from ruminants, and of products containing such protein shall be prohibited.

By way of derogation, that prohibition shall not apply to processed petfood including canned petfood which contains processed animal protein derived from ruminants and which has undergone treatment and which is labelled in accordance with Union legislation.

2. The export of processed animal protein derived from non-ruminants, and of products containing such protein, shall only be authorised subject to compliance with the following conditions:

(a)

they are destined for uses not prohibited by Article 7 and this Annex;

(b)

a written agreement is concluded prior the exportation between the competent authority of the exporting Member State, or the Commission, and the competent authority of the importing third country which includes an undertaking from the importing third country to respect the intended use and not to re-export the processed animal protein or the products containing such protein for uses prohibited by Article 7 and this Annex.

3. Written agreements concluded in accordance with point 2(b) above shall be presented in the framework of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health.

4. Points 2 and 3 shall not apply to the export of the following:

(a)

fishmeal and compound feed containing fishmeal;

(b)

compound feed intended for aquaculture animals;

(c)

petfood.

SECTION F Official controls

1. Official controls carried out by the competent authority in order to verify compliance with the rules laid down set out in this Annex shall include inspections and sampling for analysis on processed animal protein and feed in compliance with the methods of analysis for the determination of constituents of animal origin for the control of feed set out in Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 152/2009.

2. The competent authority shall verify on a regular basis the competence of laboratories carrying out analyses for such official controls, in particular by evaluating the results of inter-proficiency tests.

If the competence is considered unsatisfactory, a retraining of the laboratory staff shall be undertaken by the laboratory as the minimal corrective measure, prior to carrying out further analyses.