UK 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.
[F1Article 14 Presentation of labelling particulars
1. The 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.
2. The 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.]
Textual Amendments
F1 Art. 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)
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Article 15 General mandatory labelling requirements
A feed material or compound feed shall not be placed on the market unless the following particulars are indicated by labelling:
(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’;
(b)
the name or business name and the address of the feed business operator responsible for the labelling;
(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 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;
(d)
the batch or lot reference number;
(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;
(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; and
(g)
the moisture content in accordance with point 6 of Annex I.
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Article 16 Specific mandatory labelling requirements for feed materials
1. In addition to the requirements provided for in Article 15, the labelling of feed materials shall also include:
(a) the name of the feed material; the name shall be used in compliance with Article [F124(2)]; and
[F2(b) the 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.]
2. In addition to the requirements provided for in paragraph 1, the labelling of feed materials shall include the following when additives are incorporated:
(a) the 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;
(b) instructions for proper use in accordance with point 4 of Annex II, where a maximum content of the additives in question is set; and
(c) the minimum storage life for additives other than technological additives.
Textual Amendments
F1 Word 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)
F2 Art. 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)
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