{"topic_id":"UK_PETFOOD_LABELLING_PRESENTATION","category":"uk","context":"---\ntopic_id: \"UK_PETFOOD_LABELLING_PRESENTATION\"\ncategory: \"uk\"\ntitle: \"UK pet food labelling — presentation & mandatory particulars\"\nlang: en\nsource_document: \"UK animal feed / pet food legislation (retained EU + UK regulations)\"\nsource: \"UK feed/pet-food regulations (retained EU Reg 767/2009 & 183/2005; Animal Feed (England) Regs 2010)\"\nsource_file: \"pdf-raw/uk-2026 (legislation.gov.uk article texts)\"\ndate_parsed: \"2026-07-27\"\ntokens_estimated: 1059\ncitation:\n  authority: \"UK Government / legislation.gov.uk (National Archives)\"\n  title: \"UK pet food labelling — presentation & mandatory particulars\"\n  url: \"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/767/article/14\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-27\"\n  ref: \"Reg (EC) 767/2009 Arts 14–16\"\n  doc_type: \"official text extract\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\nUK pet food labelling — presentation & mandatory particulars — verbatim extracts from UK feed/pet-food legislation (retained EU Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 on the placing on the market and use of feed, and Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 on feed hygiene, as published on legislation.gov.uk; these apply to Great Britain post-Brexit as retained EU law and govern pet food as 'feedingstuffs'). C1 substring-verified against `pdf-raw/uk-2026/*.txt`.\n\n[F1Article 14\nPresentation of labelling particulars\n\n1.\nThe mandatory labelling particulars must be given in their entirety in a prominent place on the packaging, the container, on a label attached to it or on the accompanying document provided for in Article 11(2), in a conspicuous, clearly legible and indelible manner, in English or in English and Welsh.\n\n2.\nThe mandatory labelling particulars must be easily identifiable and must not be obscured by any other information. They must be displayed in a colour, font and size that does not obscure or emphasise any part of the information, unless such variation is to draw attention to precautionary statements.]\n\nTextual Amendments\n\nF1\nArt. 14 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 102; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)\n\nPrevious: Provision\nNext: Provision\n\nArticle 15\nGeneral mandatory labelling requirements\n\nA feed material or compound feed shall not be placed on the market unless the following particulars are indicated by labelling:\n\n(a)\t\n\nthe type of feed: ‘feed material’, ‘complete feed’ or ‘complementary feed’, as appropriate;\n\nfor ‘complete feed’, the designation ‘complete milk replacer feed’ may be used, if appropriate,\n\nfor ‘complementary feed’, the following designations may be used if appropriate: ‘mineral feed’ or ‘complementary milk replacer feed’,\n\nfor pets other than cats and dogs, ‘complete feed’ or ‘complementary feed’ may be replaced by ‘compound feed’;\n\n(b)\t\n\nthe name or business name and the address of the feed business operator responsible for the labelling;\n\n(c)\t\n\nif available, the establishment approval number of the person responsible for the labelling granted in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 for establishments authorised in accordance with Article 23(2)(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 or Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 or with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005. If a person responsible for the labelling has several approval numbers he shall use the one granted in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 183/2005;\n\n(d)\t\n\nthe batch or lot reference number;\n\n(e)\t\n\nthe net quantity expressed in units of mass in the case of solid products, and in units of mass or volume in the case of liquid products;\n\n(f)\t\n\nthe list of feed additives preceded by the heading ‘additives’ in accordance with Chapter I of Annex VI or VII, as applicable, and without prejudice to labelling provisions laid down in the legal act authorising the respective feed additive; and\n\n(g)\t\n\nthe moisture content in accordance with point 6 of Annex I.\n\nPrevious: Provision\nNext: Provision\n\nArticle 16\nSpecific mandatory labelling requirements for feed materials\n\n1.\nIn addition to the requirements provided for in Article 15, the labelling of feed materials shall also include:\n\n(a)\nthe name of the feed material; the name shall be used in compliance with Article [F124(2)]; and\n\n[F2(b)\nthe compulsory declaration corresponding to the respective category as set out in the list in Annex 5; the compulsory declaration may be replaced by the particulars laid down in the Catalogue of Feed Materials referred to in Article 24 for each feed material in the respective category.]\n\n2.\nIn addition to the requirements provided for in paragraph 1, the labelling of feed materials shall include the following when additives are incorporated:\n\n(a)\nthe species or categories of animals for which the feed material is intended where the additives in question have not been authorised for all animal species or have been authorised with maximum limits for some species;\n\n(b)\ninstructions for proper use in accordance with point 4 of Annex II, where a maximum content of the additives in question is set; and\n\n(c)\nthe minimum storage life for additives other than technological additives.\n\nTextual Amendments\n\nF1\nWord in Art. 16(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2022) by The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1351), regs. 1(1), 18(2)\n\nF2\nArt. 16(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 103; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)\n\nPrevious: Provision\nNext: Provision\n","sources":["UK feed/pet-food regulations — UK pet food labelling — presentation & mandatory particulars (retrieved 2026-07-27)"],"source":{"authority":"UK feed/pet-food regulations","title":"UK pet food labelling — presentation & mandatory particulars","url":"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/767/article/14","retrieved":"2026-07-27","ref":"Reg 767/2009","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"UK animal feed / pet food legislation (retained EU + UK regulations)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/uk-2026 (legislation.gov.uk article texts)"},"source_document":"UK animal feed / pet food legislation (retained EU + UK regulations)","source_file":"pdf-raw/uk-2026 (legislation.gov.uk article texts)","tokens_estimated":1059,"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."}