Producing safe feed and food products is first and foremost a question of good management practices at each stage of the feed and food chain from primary production to final processing. It is therefore the responsibility of each operator in the feed & food chain to implement good practices to ensure the safety of the goods he produces.» read more
This Code of practice developed jointly by EMFEMA, FEFAC and FEFANA aims at providing feed additives and premixtures manufacturers with recommendations on how to provide labeling information to the customers. It is based on the labeling rules laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 on additives in animal nutrition and also takes on board the innovative concept of label and labeling as established in Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 on the placing on the market and use of feed. In the absence of legal basis, this code could not be submit for validation to the EU Commission.
List of national codes of practices developed on the basis of the EFMC:
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The IFSA Feed Ingredient Standard (IFIS) has been drawn up as a collaborative industry project to ensure that safety is placed at the forefront of feed business operations, with the aim of ensuring confidence in the safety of the feed supply chain. Safe animal feeds are essential to both animal and human health, farmed animals being the source of many products for human consumption. The safety of the feed and food chain must therefore be the industry’s primary objective.
These rules of certification provide certification of applicants against the IFSA Feed Ingredients Standard by accepted certification bodies, based on a decentralised implementation by the national standard owners / full members of IFSA, under co-ordination of IFSA. The aim of these rules is to implement the standard in a uniform way.
The purpose of this document is to contribute to the continued effectiveness of antimicrobials by providing a framework describing best practice.