UK/EU feed law — Labelling of Feed & Pet Food (Reg (EC) No 767/2009, Arts 15 & 19)
Source: Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 on the placing on the market and use of feed, consolidated English text from eur-lex (CELEX 32009R0767), retrieved 2026-07-29 via local chromium. In the UK this regulation is retained EU law (assimilated law) and applies to Great Britain with UK adaptations. This is the core EU/UK feed-labelling regulation.
This P2 topic covers the labelling layer: pet food (feed for non-food-producing animals) is subject to the general feed law, and pet-food labels must carry a free telephone number for additive/feed-material information.
Labelling framework
Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)
Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to feed for non-food producing animals.(EN: The general food-law provisions (Reg 178/2002, Art 15 — safety, labelling, traceability) apply, with necessary changes, to feed for non-food-producing animals i.e. pet food — Reg 767/2009 Art 15(1).)On the label of pet food a free telephone number or other appropriate means of communication shall be indicated in order to allow the purchaser to obtain information in addition to the mandatory particulars on:(EN: A pet-food label must show a free telephone number (or other means) so the purchaser can obtain additional information on (a) the feed additives and (b) the feed materials (by category) it contains — Reg 767/2009 Art 19, additional mandatory pet-food labelling.)