CHAPTER 4LABELLING, PRESENTATION AND PACKAGING
Article 15General mandatory labelling requirements
A feed material or compound feed shall not be placed on the market unless the following particulars are indicated by labelling:
- (a)
the type of feed: ‘feed material’, ‘complete feed’ or ‘complementary feed’, as appropriate;
for ‘complete feed’, the designation ‘complete milk replacer feed’ may be used, if appropriate,
for ‘complementary feed’, the following designations may be used if appropriate: ‘mineral feed’ or ‘complementary milk replacer feed’,
for pets other than cats and dogs, ‘complete feed’ or ‘complementary feed’ may be replaced by ‘compound feed’;
- (b)
the name or business name and the address of the feed business operator responsible for the labelling;
- (c)
if available, the establishment approval number of the person responsible for the labelling granted in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 for establishments authorised in accordance with Article 23(2)(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 or Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 or with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005. If a person responsible for the labelling has several approval numbers he shall use the one granted in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 183/2005;
- (d)
the batch or lot reference number;
- (e)
the net quantity expressed in units of mass in the case of solid products, and in units of mass or volume in the case of liquid products;
- (f)
the list of feed additives preceded by the heading ‘additives’ in accordance with Chapter I of Annex VI or VII, as applicable, and without prejudice to labelling provisions laid down in the legal act authorising the respective feed additive; and
- (g)
the moisture content in accordance with point 6 of Annex I.