{"topic_id":"label_matrix_uk","category":"label-matrix","context":"---\ntopic_id: label_matrix_uk\ncategory: label-matrix\ntitle: \"Label matrix — United Kingdom (retained EU Reg (EC) 767/2009, pet-food/feed labelling)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 on the placing on the market and use of feed, as retained EU law (UK version published by legislation.gov.uk); Art 15 general mandatory labelling requirements\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/tier3-probe/uk_eu_767_art15.html\nsource_type: government_regulation\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-17\nverification: {method: substring_match, claims: 8, passed: 8, date: 2026-08-17}\nsource_document: \"Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 (UK retained version, legislation.gov.uk)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"UK legislation.gov.uk (retained EU law); original: European Parliament & Council\"\n  title: \"Label matrix — United Kingdom\"\n  url: \"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/767/contents\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-08-17\"\n  ref: \"pdf-raw/tier3-probe/uk_eu_767_art15.html\"\n  doc_type: \"government regulation (retained EU law)\"\n  needs_review: false\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1:gov+eu-retained\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-17\n---\n\n# Label matrix — United Kingdom (retained EU Reg (EC) 767/2009)\n\nPet-food and feed **labelling** in the United Kingdom is governed by **Regulation (EC) No 767/2009** on the placing on the market and use of feed. The UK left the EU; legislation.gov.uk publishes the **UK version** of this regulation, kept up to date with UK amendments since IP completion day (31 Dec 2020). It is therefore the applicable UK law for pet-food/feed labelling (the EU \"original\" version remains on EUR-Lex).\n\nSource landed: `pdf-raw/tier3-probe/uk_eu_767_art15.html` (Article 15; fetched via Tokyo relay 2026-08-17). Method: `substring_match` — every quoted clause below is a verbatim, whitespace-collapsed substring of the landed source.\n\n## Article 15 — General 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)** the type of feed: ‘feed material’, ‘complete feed’ or ‘complementary feed’, as appropriate; for ‘complete feed’, the designation ‘complete milk replacer feed’ may be used, if appropriate, for ‘complementary feed’, the following designations may be used if appropriate: ‘mineral feed’ or ‘complementary milk replacer feed’, for pets other than cats and dogs, ‘complete feed’ or ‘complementary feed’ may be replaced by ‘compound feed’;\n- **(b)** the name or business name and the address of the feed business operator responsible for the labelling;\n- **(c)** if available, the establishment approval number of the person responsible for the labelling granted in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 … or with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005;\n- **(d)** the batch or lot reference number;\n- **(e)** the 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- **(f)** the 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;\n- **(g)** the moisture content in accordance with point 6 of Annex I.\n\n## Pet-food relevance\n\n- The **‘complete feed’ / ‘complementary feed’** designation is the core pet-food label claim in the UK: a complete pet food must be nutritionally sufficient alone; a complementary pet food must be fed alongside other foods. (For pets other than cats and dogs, these may be replaced by ‘compound feed’.)\n- Mandatory particulars (responsible operator, batch/lot, net quantity, additives list, moisture) apply to all prepacked feedingstuffs including pet food.\n- The UK has **no separate statutory pet-food nutrient minima** — species-specific nutritional adequacy follows FEDIAF guidelines (covered in `life_stage_nutrient_matrix` EU column). Statutory labelling is the 767/2009 requirement above.\n\n## Honest scope note\n\nOnly Article 15 general mandatory particulars are quoted verbatim here (verified C1). The regulation's further pet-animal-specific and feed-material-specific provisions (Articles 16–17 in the original EU structure; restructured in the UK revised version) are out of scope of this extraction. Cells not specified are honest gaps, not interpolated. 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