{"topic_id":"ingredient_crosswalk_fish_meal","category":"ingredient-crosswalk","context":"---\ntopic_id: ingredient_crosswalk_fish_meal\ncategory: ingredient-crosswalk\ntitle: \"Fish Meal — cross-standard identity (AAFCO 2024 / EU Reg 68/2013 / CN 公告1773)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"AAFCO Official Publication 2024 Ch.6 (first-hand); EU Reg (EU) No 68/2013 Feed Catalogue (first-hand); CN 农业部公告第1773号 饲料原料目录 (first-hand, bjhr.gov.cn mirror). Derived crosswalk; each cell traced to the named source entry.\"\nsource_file: pdf-parsed/aafco_ch6.txt ; pdf-parsed/eu_feed_catalogue_materials_20260714.json ; pdf-raw/cn-law/cn_feed_ingredient_dir_ann1773_bjhr.txt\nsource_type: government_regulation\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-06\ntokens_estimated: 600\nverification: {method: derived_from_dataset, claims: 6, passed: 6, date: 2026-08-06}\nsource_document: \"AAFCO OP 2024 Ch.6; EU Reg 68/2013 Annex; CN Ann.1773 饲料原料目录\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"AAFCO (US) / European Commission Reg (EU) 68/2013 (EU) / 农业部公告第1773号 (CN)\"\n  title: \"Fish Meal — cross-standard identity\"\n  url: \"https://www.aafco.org/ ; https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/68 ; https://www.moa.gov.cn/\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-08-06\"\n  ref: \"Each jurisdiction's name/definition is quoted from the first-hand source; the crosswalk verdict is a derived comparison anchored on Latin name + process, not a claim of regulatory equivalence.\"\n  doc_type: \"derived crosswalk of first-hand regulations (public domain)\"\n  needs_review: false\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1: derived from T1 first-hand government regulations (AAFCO/EU/CN)\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-06\n---\n\n# Fish Meal — cross-standard identity\n\nDerived crosswalk of how one pet-food ingredient is named and defined across three jurisdictions. **No claim of regulatory equivalence is made** — pairings are anchored on **Latin name + process** and the verdict states where the definitions actually diverge.\n\n- **Latin anchor:** Pisces (whole fish or fish cuttings)\n- **Process anchor:** clean, dried, ground tissue of undecomposed whole fish or fish cuttings; oil may be partly extracted; salt rule if >3% NaCl (AAFCO); EU: heated/pressed/dried whole or parts of fish, solubles may be re-added\n- **Verdict:** `equivalent`\n\n## Per-jurisdiction entry\n\n- **🇺🇸 AAFCO (US) — Ch.6 `51.14` \"Fish Meal\"**: clean, dried, ground tissue of undecomposed whole fish or fish cuttings, either or both, with or without the extraction of part of the oil. If it contains more than 3% salt ( ), the amount of salt must constitute a part of the product name, provided that in no case must the salt content of this product exceed 7%. The label shall include guarantees for minimum crude protein, minimum crude fat, maximum crude fiber, minimum phosphorus (P) and minimum and maximum calcium (Ca). If it bears a name descriptive of its kind, it must correspond thereto. (Adopted 1933, Amended 1984, Amended 2003, 2004)  _(src: AAFCO OP 2024 Ch.6, code 51.14)_\n- **🇪🇺 EU — Reg 68/2013 `10.4.2` \"Fish meal(30)\"**: Product obtained by heating, pressing and drying whole or parts of fish and to which fish solubles may have been re-added prior to drying. _(src: EU Reg 68/2013 Annex, code 10.4.2)_\n- **🇨🇳 CN — 公告1773 `鱼粉`**: 全鱼或经分割的鱼体经蒸煮、压榨、脱脂、干燥、 粉碎获得的产品。在干燥过程中可加入鱼溶浆。不 得使用发生疫病和受污染的鱼。该产品原料若来源 于淡水鱼，产品名称应标明“淡水鱼粉”。  _(src: 农业部公告第1773号 饲料原料目录, entry 鱼粉)_\n\n## Crosswalk verdict\n\nAll three define fish meal as dried/rendered whole-fish-or-cuttings tissue. Differences: AAFCO caps salt at 7% with naming rule; EU allows re-adding fish solubles before drying; CN requires '淡水鱼粉' naming if freshwater origin and prohibits diseased/contaminated fish. Same identity, minor process/labelling differences.\n\n## Multilingual names (official where free)\n- EN (AAFCO/EU): see per-jurisdiction entry above\n- ZH (CN): 鱼粉\n- BG (EUR-Lex 68/2013 official): Рибно брашно\n- CS (EUR-Lex 68/2013 official): rybí moučka\n- DA (EUR-Lex 68/2013 official): Fiskemel\n- DE (EUR-Lex 68/2013 official): Fischmehl\n- EL (EUR-Lex 68/2013 official): Ιχθυάλευρο\n- ES (EUR-Lex 68/2013 official): Harina de pescado\n- ET (EUR-Lex 68/2013 official): Kalajahu\n- FI (EUR-Lex 68/2013 official): Kalajauho\n- FR (EUR-Lex 68/2013 official): Farine de poissons\n- GA (EUR-Lex 68/2013 official): not available in Irish (GA) on EUR-Lex — document 32013R0068 was never translated into Irish\n- HR (EUR-Lex 68/2013 official): Riblje brašno\n- HU (EUR-Lex 68/2013 official): Halliszt\n- IT (EUR-Lex 68/2013 official): Farina di pesce\n- LT (EUR-Lex 68/2013 official): Žuvų miltai\n- LV (EUR-Lex 68/2013 official): Zivju milti\n- MT (EUR-Lex 68/2013 official): Smida tal-ħut\n- NL (EUR-Lex 68/2013 official): Vismeel\n- PL (EUR-Lex 68/2013 official): Mączka rybna\n- PT (EUR-Lex 68/2013 official): Farinha de peixe\n- RO (EUR-Lex 68/2013 official): Făină de pește\n- SK (EUR-Lex 68/2013 official): Rybia múčka\n- SL (EUR-Lex 68/2013 official): ribja moka\n- SV (EUR-Lex 68/2013 official): Fiskmjöl\n- JA (FAMIC 飼料の公定規格 別表): 魚粉\n- KO (사료 등의 기준 및 규격 별표 5, law.go.kr admRulSeq 2100000263778): pending — authoritative feed-material list published only as HWP (Hangul Word Processor), which could not be parsed in this environment\n- RU (EAEU ТР feed): pending — the cited ТР ТС 024/2011 is the oils/fats regulation; an EAEU feed technical regulation is not in-force on eec.eaeunion.org and national texts (adilet.zan.kz, souzkombikorm.ru) are unreachable from this environment\n\n> Method: `derived_from_dataset`. Every quoted name/definition is from the first-hand source cited per cell. Equivalence is a derived editorial judgement anchored on Latin name + process; where jurisdictions use different regulatory units (named meal vs category-based PAP) the verdict is `regulatory_divergence` / `no_confirmed_equivalent` rather than 'same'.\n","sources":["ingredient-crosswalk — Fish Meal — cross-standard identity (retrieved 2026-08-06)"],"source":{"authority":"ingredient-crosswalk","title":"Fish Meal — cross-standard identity","url":"https://www.aafco.org/","retrieved":"2026-08-06","ref":"公告第1773号","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"AAFCO OP 2024 Ch.6; EU Reg 68/2013 Annex; CN Ann.1773 饲料原料目录","verification_file":"pdf-parsed/aafco_ch6.txt ; pdf-parsed/eu_feed_catalogue_materials_20260714.json ; pdf-raw/cn-law/cn_feed_ingredient_dir_ann1773_bjhr.txt"},"source_document":"AAFCO OP 2024 Ch.6; EU Reg 68/2013 Annex; CN Ann.1773 饲料原料目录","source_file":"pdf-parsed/aafco_ch6.txt ; pdf-parsed/eu_feed_catalogue_materials_20260714.json ; pdf-raw/cn-law/cn_feed_ingredient_dir_ann1773_bjhr.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"verbatim","license":null,"display_grade":"A"},"tokens_estimated":600,"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."}