CHAPTER 3

PLACING ON THE MARKET OF SPECIFIC TYPES OF FEED

Characteristics of types of feed
Article 7
The appropriate authority may, where necessary, prescribe whether a certain product constitutes feed for the purposes of this Regulation.

Content of feed additives
Article 8
1
Without prejudice to the conditions of use provided for in the relevant legal act authorising the respective feed additive, feed materials and complementary feed shall not contain levels of feed additives that are higher than 100 times the relevant fixed maximum content in complete feed or five times in case of coccidiostats and histomonostats.
2
The level of 100 times the relevant fixed maximum content in complete feed referred to in paragraph 1 may only be exceeded if the composition of the products concerned fulfils the particular nutritional purpose in respect of the relevant intended use under Article 10 of this Regulation. The conditions of use for such feed shall be further specified in the list of intended uses. Establishments under the control of a producer of such feed who uses feed additives referred to in Chapter 2 of Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 must be approved in accordance with point 1(b) of Article 10 of that Regulation.

Marketing of feed intended for particular nutritional purposes
Article 9
Feed intended for particular nutritional purposes may only be marketed as such if its intended use is included in the list of intended uses established in accordance with Article 10 and if it meets the essential nutritional characteristics for the respective particular nutritional purpose set forth in that list.

List of intended uses of feed intended for particular nutritional purposes
Article 10
The appropriate authority may prescribe how the list of intended uses set out in Directive
2008/38/EC
may be updated, to include—
a
how an intended use is to be assessed;
b
how the conditions of use should be determined;
c
the procedure by which—
i
an application for adding a new use may be made;
ii
an amendment to a use or one or more of its conditions may be authorised; and
iii
a use may be removed.
Art. 10 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 99; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 7 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 98; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)