Food and drink businesses – supplying into the animal feed chain

This applies whether or not food products are supplied via a food processor or sent direct to farms. Businesses providing food products for pet food are also covered by these requirements. Businesses must also apply a Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) system appropriate to the activities carried out.

Feed Hygiene Regulation 183/2005 

This regulatory guidance specifies the requirements that certain businesses in the food and drink sector must observe to comply with Regulation No 183/2005 on feed hygiene. This guidance applies in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland and to premises supplying material for animal feed use including

• importers
• manufacturers and processors
• retailers
• caterers

Requirements

Food and drink businesses including retailers that supply food products for use as animal feed must comply with the requirements of the Feed Hygiene Regulation 183/2005. This applies whether food products are supplied via a food processor or sent direct to farms. Businesses providing food products for pet food are also covered by these requirements.

These requirements

•  are designed to protect the feed and food chains and ensure traceability of products
•  include an obligation for businesses to be registered with the appropriate enforcement authority these are, in England, Local Authority Trading Standards, and and, in Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).

Businesses must also apply a Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) system appropriate to the activities carried out.

Further information on Regulation 183/2005 can be found on animal feed legislation.