Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2008 - 9.6.08
Letter to Lea Reynolds VMD - VMRegs 2008 9-6-08    (39kb)

EC Proposal for a Regulation on the Marketing and Use of Animal Feed (28.5.08)
Letter to J Nicholas - EC Prop Reg Mktg Use Animal Feed 28-5-08    (43kb)
Annex I - provision of further compositional information 28-5-08    (18kb)

Public Consultation on Commission Proposal for a Regulation on the Marketing and Use of Animal Feed (20.5.08)
Public Consultation on Commission Proposal on Marketing and Use of Animal Feed 20-5-08 letter    (55kb)
Annex II - Limits of variation - premixes Com Prop on Mktg and Use of Al Feed 20-5-08    (37kb)
Annex II - Limits of variation - nutrients Com Prop on Mktg and Use of Al Feed 20-5-08    (55kb)
Annex III Com Prop on Mktg and Use of Al Feed 20-5-08    (26kb)

Gallagher Review - April 2008
Gallagher Review - AIC comments April 2008    (142kb)

Where does AIC stand on: Animal Feed safety?

AIC believes that compliance with the raft of legislation that exists within both the UK and the European Community is vital to protect human and animal health and welfare within the UK and European Community. As a key part of achieving this AIC is committed to managing a number of assurance schemes to meet increasing concerns from Government and other stakeholders on food and feed safety.

Key feed regulations

1. provisions for traceability (Regulation 178/2002 on general principles of food and feed law);
2. need for all feed business operators to apply HACCP procedures including suppliers of feed materials, whatever their origin (Regulation 183/2005 on feed hygiene)
3. provisions on undesirable substances (Directive 2002/32/EC on undesirable substances in animal feed).
4. Adherence with feed legislation (Regulation 882/2004) lays down how official controls ensure verification of compliance with feed and food law. It also includes requirement for controls to be carried out regularly, in accordance with a risk-based approach.

AIC actions

AIC actively manages and develops three key assurance schemes:

• Universal Feed Assurance Scheme (UFAS) covers production and delivery of compound feed and feed materials to farms. It embraces all applicable national and EU legislation and HACCP;
• Trade Assurance Scheme for Combinable Crops (TASCC) addresses the handling of grains, pulses and animal feed materials in the supply chain beyond the farm gate, whether destined for storage, feed, food, seeds or other uses;
• Feed Materials Assurance Scheme (FEMAS) covers the link in the supply chain immediately before that covered by UFAS. It deals specifically with the supply of feed materials from the vast array of supply sources to their point of use.

All three schemes are independently audited by Certification Bodies that have been accredited by UKAS to EN 45011 Standard.