CEFS, COPA-COGECA and FEFAC, speaking on behalf of 39 EU Associations of the EU feed chain[1], including suppliers of feed materials, traders, compound feed manufacturers and farmers draw the attention of feed operators worldwide to the publication in the Official Journal of the EU of the second update of the EU Catalogue of feed materials (Regulation (EU) No 68/2013).
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 on the placing on the market and use of feed, this second update was initiated by EU organizations of the feed chain, whose proposal was endorsed to a large extent by the EU and Member States authorities.
The most significant change in the Catalogue is the establishment of maximum contents for certain chemical impurities, pursuant to Annex I (1) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009. This updated version includes also about 40 more entries, as well as amendments to existing entries, whether on the denomination or the descriptions.
The labeling requirements attached to this new version of the EU Catalogue of feed materials will apply from 19 August 2013 on.
It is important to remind that this Catalogue of feed materials is not exhaustive and its use is voluntary; feed materials not listed in the Catalogue may be placed on the EU market and used, providing they are notified to the EU register of feed materials (http://www.feedmaterialsregister.eu/) and that they are free from chemical impurities resulting from manufacturing process and from processing aids. The register of feed materials will be reviewed in order to eliminate those feed materials listed by name in the Catalogue of feed materials in August 2013.
Feed business operators are invited to use the above indicated website to propose suggestions for amendments to the catalogue or seek clarification to their questions. This input will be used by the EU representatives of the feed business sectors to kick-start the third update of this catalogue in the autumn of 2013.
[1] AAF, AICV, AIJN, AIPCE, APAG, Brewers of Europe, CEEREAL, CEEV, CEFI, CEFIC, CEFS, spiritsEUROPE, Food Drink Europe, COCERAL, COFALEC, COPA-COGECA, EABA, EAPA, EBB, EDA, EFPRA, EMFEMA, EMIDAS, ePure, EUCOLAIT, EUPPA, Euromaisiers, EUROMALT, EUROPATAT, European Flour Millers, EUSALT, EUVEPRO, FEDIAF, FEDIOL, FEFAC, FERM, GME, IFFO, IMA-Europe, PROFEL.