Turkey — Regulation on Placing Feeds on the Market and Use (Yem Yönetmeliği, 2011)
Primary source (first-hand, landed): *YEM YÖNETMELİĞİ* — Regulation on Placing Feeds on the Market and Use, Republic of Turkey, Official Gazette No. 28155, 27 December 2011. Official Turkish text obtained 2026-08-18 via Tavily server-side extract of the FAOLEX (FAO, UN) deposit. This is the current Turkish feed framework, adopted under Law No. 5996; it supersedes the older Feed Law No. 1734 (Yem Kanunu). Verbatim Turkish excerpts (C1-checked) with English translation.
Key facts (verbatim Turkish + English translation)
- TR: "YEMLERİN PİYASAYA ARZI VE KULLANIMI HAKKINDA YÖNETMELİK" — EN: "Regulation on Placing Feeds on the Market and Use".
- TR: "Bu Yönetmeliğin amacı; 5996 sayılı Kanunda genel prensipleri belirtilen yem güvenilirliğini en yüksek düzeyde sağlamak, hayvan sağlığı ve halk sağlığını korumak, kullanıcı ve tüketicilerin yeterince bilgilendirilmesini sağlamak ve yemlerin piyasaya arzı ve kullanımı ile ilgili şartları düzenlemektir." — EN: Its purpose is, within the general principles set out in Law No. 5996, to ensure feed safety at the highest level, protect animal and public health, ensure users and consumers are adequately informed, and regulate the conditions for placing feeds on the market and their use.
- TR: "Bu Yönetmelik; ilaçlı yemler, yemlerde istenmeyen maddeler, yem katkı maddeleri" — EN: This Regulation covers medicated feeds, unwanted substances in feeds, and feed additives (among others).
- TR: "5996 sayılı Kanunda genel prensipleri belirtilen yem güvenilirliğini en yüksek düzeyde sağlamak" — EN: to ensure feed safety at the highest level as provided in Law No. 5996.
- TR: "27 Aralık 2011" — EN: 27 December 2011 (date of publication in the Official Gazette).
Relevance to pet food
This Regulation is the core feed-law layer for Turkey, governing the placing on the market and use of feeds (yem) — the category that includes processed pet food. It is built on Law No. 5996 (Veterinary Services, Plant Health and Food and Feed Law), which replaced the 1972 Feed Law No. 1734 (Yem Kanunu). Pet food placed on the Turkish market must comply with this framework (feed safety, additives, unwanted substances, labelling/information to users).
Honest gaps
- The 1972 Feed Law No. 1734 (Yem Kanunu) first-hand full text remained honest-pending in the prior session (mevzuat.gov.tr is an Angular SPA; not reachable). This topic uses the current regulation (Law 5996 framework), which supersedes Law 1734 — the more accurate and current instrument.
- Only the title, purpose (Article 1), scope opening (Article 2) and publication date are reproduced verbatim; the detailed additive, labelling and maximum-level provisions were not exhaustively quoted (Turkish text, 50 KB).