The Environmental Permitting Regulations (England and Wales) were amended in 2018 to implement the requirements of the ‘Medium Combustion Plant’ (MCP) Directive and additional controls on ‘Specified Generators’.
The FSA’s National Enforcement Priorities (NEPs) for animal feed and for food hygiene at the level of primary production are developed annually in consultation with local authority (LA) representatives on the National Agriculture Panel (NAP) and National Animal Feed at Ports Panel (NAFPP).
Regulation 2017/625 replaced Regulation 882/2004 on 14 December 2019. It ensures the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has produced this guide as a reference tool for food and feed legislation applicable in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The purpose of this Regulation is to ensure a high level of protection of human health and the environment as well as the free movement of substances, mixtures and articles within scope of the controls.
Part IV of this Act formerly regulated the preparation and sale of animal feeding stuffs but much of it has been disapplied because it now overlaps, repeats or conflicts with directly applicable EU measures.
This Regulation applies to the production and placing on the market of live animals and products of animal origin and in certain specific cases to exports.
Only authorised feed additives can be put on the market and used for animal feed in the EU. Regulation 1831/2003 lays down the procedure for the authorisation of feed additives.
This Regulation provides the basis for the sustainable development of organic production while ensuring the effective functioning of the internal market, guaranteeing fair competition, ensuring consumer confidence and protecting consumer interests.
Regulation 2017/625 replaced Regulation 882/2004 on 14 December 2019. It ensures the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products.
This lays down controls including maximum permitted levels (MPLs) for various contaminants (e.g. heavy metals, mycotoxins, inherent plant toxins, dioxins, PCBs and certain pesticides) in feed.
The Veterinary Medicines Regulations (VMR) implement the EU legislation relating to medicated feeds and specified feed additives (SFAs) (i.e. coccidiostats, histomonostats and non-antibiotic growth promoters) used in feedingstuffs.
Please note that the guidance listed applies to England. However, and where appropriate, there are links to the controls applying to Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales in these different sets of guidance documents.
In 2015, the European Commission adopted an ambitious Circular Economy Package to help European businesses and consumers to make the transition to a stronger and more circular economy where resources are used in a more sustainable way.
AIC HACCP May 2009 A Practical Guide for the Agri-Food Supply Chain This Guide is designed for use both by companies for whom HACCP may be a completely new concept and also for those companies with prior experience of HACCP. This document has been accepted by the European Commission as part of FEFAC’s EFMC Guide to good practice under the EU Feed Hygiene Regulation
