{"topic_id":"FEDIAF_labeling_format","category":"fediaf","context":"FEDIAF 2025's labeling-related guidance sits inside the Nutritional Guidelines and leans on Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 for the statutory framework: complete and complementary pet food are defined by that regulation, and the statutory statement on a complete pet food must include directions for proper use. Specifically (section 3.1.6), the manufacturer is required to provide feeding directions indicating the purpose for which the food is intended; the instructions should be clear and complete, give an indication of the daily amounts to be fed, and may add feeding frequency, the need to have water available, and adaptation of amounts to activity — Annex 7.2 energy tables can be used as the basis for calculating feeding amounts. If a complete food is labeled without a specified life stage, it is assumed to be complete for all life stages and should be formulated to the early growth and reproduction levels; if it is designed for a specific life stage, the label must clearly state this (e.g., \"'Bloggo' is a complete pet food for growing puppies\"). Routine analysis for energy calculation and validation covers moisture, crude protein, crude fat, crude ash and crude fibre (Weende analysis), using officially recognized methods (Chapter 5, referencing Regulation (EC) 152/2009), with declared-value tolerances per ANNEX 4 of Regulation 767/2009. The guidelines themselves do not add a claim-substantiation label line or an EFSA-notification step; those belong to other EU instruments, not to the FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines.\n","sources":["generated from .md only"],"tokens_estimated":143,"generated_at":"2026-07-16","tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}