CHAPTER 2

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

Safety and marketing requirements
Article 4
1
Feed may only be placed on the market and used if:
a
it is safe; and
b
it does not have a direct adverse effect on the environment or animal welfare.
The requirements set out in Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to feed for non-food producing animals.
2
In addition to the requirements set out in paragraph 1 of this Article, feed business operators placing feed on the market shall ensure that the feed:
a
is sound, genuine, unadulterated, fit for its purpose and of merchantable quality; and
b
is labelled, packaged and presented in accordance with the provisions laid down in this Regulation and other applicable ... legislation.
The requirements set out in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to feed for non-food producing animals.
3
Feed shall comply with the technical provisions on impurities and other chemical determinants set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

Responsibilities and obligations of feed businesses
Article 5
1
Feed business operators shall comply, mutatis mutandis, with obligations set out in Articles 18 and 20 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 in respect of feed for non-food producing animals.
2
The person responsible for the labelling of feed shall make available to the competent authorities any information concerning the composition or claimed properties of the feed placed on the market by that person, which allows the accuracy of the information given by the labelling to be verified, including the exact percentages by weight of feed materials used in compound feed.
3
In the event of any urgency relating to human or animal health or to the environment and without prejudice to the provisions of Directive 2004/48/EC, the competent authority may provide the purchaser with information that is available to it under paragraph 2 of this Article provided that, after having balanced the respective legitimate interests of the manufacturers and the purchasers, it concludes that the provision of such information is justified. If appropriate, the competent authority shall provide such information subject to the signing of a confidentiality clause by the purchaser.

Restriction and prohibition
Article 6
1
Feed shall not contain or consist of materials whose placing on the market or use for animal nutritional purposes is restricted or prohibited. The list of such materials is set out in Annex III.
2
The appropriate authority may prescribe the list of materials whose placing on the market or use for animal nutritional purposes is restricted or prohibited taking into account in particular scientific evidence, technological developments or intelligence sharing systems or results of official controls pursuant to Regulation
(EC) No 882/2004
.
Word in Art. 4(2)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 96; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 6(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 97 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 12(19)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)