{"topic_id":"SA_FEED_ADDITIVES_CONTAMINANTS","category":"sa-2026","context":"---\ntopic_id: SA_FEED_ADDITIVES_CONTAMINANTS\ncategory: sa-2026\ntitle: \"Saudi Feed Act — Feed Additives, Contaminants & Undesirable Substances (SFDA)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Feed Act & Regulation, Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA), Board Decision 2-16-1439 (2017-12-27) — official English translation PDF (lawFeedE.pdf), retrieved 2026-07-29\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/sa-2026/lawFeedE.pdf\nsource_type: sa_regulation_pdf\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-29\ntokens_estimated: 240\nverification: C1_substring_match\nclaims: 7\nsource_document: \"Saudi Feed Act & Regulation (SFDA), Board Decision 2-16-1439 / 2017-12-27\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA)\"\n  title: \"Saudi Feed Act — Feed Additives, Contaminants & Undesirable Substances\"\n  url: \"https://www.sfda.gov.sa/sites/default/files/2021-05/lawFeedE.pdf\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-29\"\n  ref: \"SFDA Board Decision No (2-16-1439), 27 Dec 2017\"\n  doc_type: \"official regulation (PDF, English translation of Arabic original)\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# Saudi Feed Act — Feed Additives, Contaminants & Undesirable Substances (SFDA)\n\nSource: Feed Act & Regulation, Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA), Board Decision 2-16-1439 (2017-12-27). Official English translation.\n\nThis P3 topic covers the **ingredients / additives / undesirable-substances** layer: the definition of a Contaminant, SFDA's power to set maximum limits for feed additives and the duty to comply, and the rule that medicated / growth-promoting feed ingredients may only be used by licensed establishments using approved substances.\n\n> Note: the Act sets the *framework* (SFDA adopts the numeric maximum limits for feed additives via Technical Standards). The specific numerical limits live in those SFDA technical standards, not in the Act text itself.\n\n## Contaminants & additives framework\n\n### Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n- `Contaminant: any substance – chemical (e.g.: heavy metals, dioxin, and pesticides) physical (e.g.: foreign objects, or insects) microbial (e.g.: Salmonella, Colon Bacteria), or aflatoxin and other – the presence of which may lead to the contamination of feeds.`   (EN: \"Contaminant\" definition — chemical/physical/microbial incl. heavy metals, dioxin, pesticides, Salmonella, aflatoxin.)\n- `Compliance with the maximum limits for feed additives as laid down in this Regulation.`   (EN: Duty to comply with feed-additive maximum limits — Article 12.4.)\n- `Feed business establishment shall comply with these limits.`   (EN: Establishments must comply with the set limits — Article 12.4.)\n- `SFDA shall adopt maximum limits for feed additives, considering the following:`   (EN: SFDA adopts the limits, considering Technical Standards, SFDA-recognised scientific studies, manufacturers' recommendations, and international-agency standards — Article 12.4.)\n- `Feed business establishments shall only introduce medications or feed ingredients to boost digestion metabolism or growth if they are licensed to do so in accordance with the controls laid down in this Regulation.`   (EN: Medicated / growth-promoting feed ingredients only by licensed establishments — Article 13.)\n- `Introducing only approved medications.`   (EN: Only approved medications may be introduced — Article 13.2.)\n- `Using only approved feed additives.`   (EN: Only approved feed additives may be used — Article 13.3.)\n","sources":["sa-2026 — Saudi Feed Act — Feed Additives, Contaminants & Undesirable Substances (retrieved 2026-07-29)"],"source":{"authority":"sa-2026","title":"Saudi Feed Act — Feed Additives, Contaminants & Undesirable Substances","url":"https://www.sfda.gov.sa/sites/default/files/2021-05/lawFeedE.pdf","retrieved":"2026-07-29","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Saudi Feed Act & Regulation (SFDA), Board Decision 2-16-1439 / 2017-12-27","verification_file":"pdf-raw/sa-2026/lawFeedE.pdf"},"source_document":"Saudi Feed Act & Regulation (SFDA), Board Decision 2-16-1439 / 2017-12-27","source_file":"pdf-raw/sa-2026/lawFeedE.pdf","tokens_estimated":240,"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."}