Register of representatives of non-European Union feed establishments

The information provided here is only a summary of the requirements concerning the approval and registration of certain feed establishments and should be read in conjunction with the appropriate EU and UK legislation (outlined below).

Council Directive 95/69/EC requires that certain establishments operating in the EU in the animal feedingstuffs sector must be approved or registered. The requirement is linked to the manufacture, marketing and use of certain feed additives (for example trace elements and vitamins). The Directive also envisaged the application of equivalent standards to third country establishments exporting certain feed additives and feed containing those additives to the EU. Please find below a link to the list of activities requiring registration.

Directive 98/51/EC provides that Member States can import the products covered, only from those third country establishments that have a representative established in the EU. These representatives are required to submit to the competent authority, declarations as to the activities carried out on the third country manufacturing establishment. The overall system is intended to ensure that imported additives, premixtures and feedingstuffs, etc, comply with the same quality control standards as applied in Member States.

These Directives have been implemented in the UK by the Feeding Stuffs (Establishments and Intermediaries) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999 No. 1872).

Representatives of third country manufacturers exporting to the Community for the first time are required to make a declaration on behalf of those manufacturers before importation can take place.

The declaration requires the representative to confirm that the third country establishment complies with certain conditions concerning standards of equipment, storage, personnel and record keeping.

In the UK, a person wishing to act as a third country establishment representative must submit a declaration to Allyson Allman at the Food Standards Agency (details below) (unless the declaration concerns zootechnical additives, whereby they should be sent to the Veterinary Medicines Directorate). Please find below a link to a model letter for declarations to the FSA.

Allyson Allman
Animal Feed Unit
Food Standards Agency
Aviation House
Room 415B
125 Kingsway
London WC2B 6NH

Tel: 020 7276 8465
E-mail: allyson.allman@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk

Declarations concerning zootechnical additives, for example antibiotics, growth promoters, and coccidiostats should be sent to:

Janis McDonald
Veterinary Medicines Directorate
Woodham Lane
New Haw
Addlestone
Surrey
KT15 3LS
E-mail: j.mcdonald@vmd.defra.gsi.gov.uk.

Please contact the Imported Food Enquiry Point in the first instance for information on importation of feed and food into the UK.

Telephone: 020 7276 8018
Email: imported.food@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is responsible for imports of products of animal origin, such as meat, meat products, dairy products and egg products. Enquiries can be emailed to: iah-imports@defra.gsi.gov.uk.

For specific information on registration/approval of feed establishments please find a link below to questions and answers about animal feed establishment representatives.