{"topic_id":"PLANT_BASED_PETFOOD_REGULATION","category":"intl-2026","context":"---\ntopic_id: PLANT_BASED_PETFOOD_REGULATION\ncategory: intl-2026\ntitle: \"Plant-based / vegan pet food — regulatory framing (general feed-law adequacy; no specific statute)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"EU Reg (EC) No 767/2009 as applied in France (agriculture.gouv.fr 'Alimentation animale')\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/france-2026/FR_alimentation_animale.txt\nsource_type: government_guidance_text\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-29\ntokens_estimated: 220\nverification: C1_substring_match\nclaims: 1\nsource_document: \"France — Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Agro-alimentaire et de la Souveraineté alimentaire (DGAL) 'Alimentation animale' page\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"République française — Ministère de l'Agriculture (DGAL) / EU Reg (EC) No 767/2009\"\n  title: \"Plant-based / vegan pet food — regulatory framing (general feed-law adequacy; no specific statute)\"\n  url: \"https://agriculture.gouv.fr/alimentation-animale\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-29\"\n  ref: \"Plant-based pet food governed by general feed-law adequacy rules (Reg 767/2009); no EU/FR-specific 'plant-based' statute\"\n  doc_type: \"official government guidance restating EU Reg 767/2009 (etalab-2.0)\"\n  needs_review: true\n---\n\n# Plant-based / vegan pet food — regulatory framing (general feed-law adequacy; no specific statute)\n\nSource: French Ministry of Agriculture \"Alimentation animale\" page (agriculture.gouv.fr, etalab-2.0), restating EU Reg (EC) No 767/2009. This is the **sustainability / plant-based** slice of stage-16 P3 (downgraded to observation in the roadmap). There is **no EU/FR-specific \"plant-based pet food\" statute**; plant-based and vegan pet foods are governed by the **same general feed-law adequacy rules** that apply to all pet food. (Insect/non-novel proteins are separately regulated — e.g., EU Reg 2021/882 authorises insect protein in pet food — covered by the existing `insect-protein-2026` category, not repeated here.)\n\n## Regulatory framing\n\nThe operative rule: feed placed on the market must be **sound, unadulterated, fair, fit for its purpose and of merchantable quality** — this binds plant-based pet food exactly as it binds animal-derived pet food (the burden is on the manufacturer to formulate a complete-and-balanced diet).\n\n### Claims (verified C1 substring of source_file)\n- `Le règlement (CE) n°767/2009 impose notamment que les aliments pour animaux mis sur le marché soient sains, non altérés, loyaux, adaptés à leur usage et de qualité marchande. Il encadre également l’étiquetage des matières premières et aliments composés, ainsi que l’utilisation de ces aliments pour animaux, leur conditionnement et leur présentation.`   (FR: Reg 767/2009 requires feed on the market be sound/unadulterated/fair/fit-for-purpose/merchantable and governs labelling/packaging/presentation — applies to plant-based pet food via general feed law.)\n","sources":["International standards (AAFCO / FEDIAF / WSAVA) — Plant-based / vegan pet food — regulatory framing (general feed-law adequacy; no specific statute) (retrieved 2026-07-29)"],"source":{"authority":"International standards (AAFCO / FEDIAF / WSAVA)","title":"Plant-based / vegan pet food — regulatory framing (general feed-law adequacy; no specific statute)","url":"https://agriculture.gouv.fr/alimentation-animale","retrieved":"2026-07-29","ref":"767/2009","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"France — Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Agro-alimentaire et de la Souveraineté alimentaire (DGAL) 'Alimentation animale' page","verification_file":"pdf-raw/france-2026/FR_alimentation_animale.txt"},"source_document":"France — Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Agro-alimentaire et de la Souveraineté alimentaire (DGAL) 'Alimentation animale' page","source_file":"pdf-raw/france-2026/FR_alimentation_animale.txt","tokens_estimated":220,"generated_at":null,"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."}