The Animal Feed (Composition, Marketing and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

PART 4 N.I. Enforcement of Regulation 1831/2003

Interpretation of this Part N.I.

9.  In this Part any reference to a numbered Article is a reference to the Article so numbered in Regulation 1831/2003.

Offence of failing to comply with any specified provision of Regulation 1831/2003 N.I.

10.—(1) Any person who fails to comply with any provision specified in paragraph (2) commits an offence.

(2) The specified provisions are —

(a) Article 3(1) (prohibition on placing on the market, processing or using a feed additive unless it is covered by an authorisation and satisfies relevant conditions), as read with paragraph (2) (national authorisation for scientific experimental purposes), paragraph (4) (conditions on mixing of additives) and Article 10 (status of existing products);

(b) Article 3(3) (restriction on the persons who may first place on the market certain additives);

(c) Article 12(1) (requirement that any person using or placing on the market an additive, or a feed into which it has been incorporated, or any other interested party, must ensure that any conditions which have been imposed are respected);

(d) Article 12(2) (requirement on the holder of an authorisation to observe monitoring obligations where they have been imposed, to inform the Commission of any new information about a product which might affect the evaluation of the safety of its use in feed, or of any prohibition or restriction on the feed imposed by the competent authority in a third country);

(e) Article 16(1), (3) and (4) (prohibition on the placing on the market of feed additives or premixtures unless labelled in the specified manner and with prescribed information), as read with paragraph (2) (derogation for certain flavouring compounds); and

(f) Article 16(5) (requirement that additives and premixtures must be marketed only in closed packages or containers which must be closed in such a way that the fastener is damaged on opening and cannot be re-used).