TITLE IIRULES ON PRODUCTION, PRESERVATION, PROCESSING, PACKAGING, TRANSPORT AND STORAGE OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS

CHAPTER 2Livestock production

Section 3Feed

F1Article 22Use of certain products and substances in feed

For the purposes of Article 14(1)(d)(iv) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 only the following substances may be used in the processing of organic feed and feeding organic animals:

  1. (a)

    non-organic feed materials of plant or animal origin, or other feed materials that are listed in Section 2 of Annex V, provided that:

    1. (i)

      they are produced or prepared without chemical solvents; and

    2. (ii)

      the restrictions laid down in Article 43 or Article 47(c) are complied with;

  2. (b)

    non-organic spices, herbs, and molasses, provided that:

    1. (i)

      their organic form is not available;

    2. (ii)

      they are produced or prepared without chemical solvents; and

    3. (iii)

      their use is limited to 1 % of the feed ration of a given species, calculated annually as a percentage of the dry matter of feed from agricultural origin;

  3. (c)

    organic feed materials of animal origin;

  4. (d)

    feed materials of mineral origin that are listed in Section 1 of Annex V;

  5. (e)

    products from sustainable fisheries, provided that:

    1. (i)

      they are produced or prepared without chemical solvents;

    2. (ii)

      their use is restricted to non-herbivores; and

    3. (iii)

      the use of fish protein hydrolysate is restricted solely to young animals;

  6. (f)

    salt as sea salt, coarse rock salt;

  7. (g)

    feed additives listed in Annex VI.