Animal Nutrition Phase 2

Course 1 – EU Legislation on Feed

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 Feed ban
REG 999/2001

TSE prevention measures in the feed sector

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What are TSEs?
• Prion =Proteinaceous
infectious particle

• Change already existing

proteins
o Affected neurons die
o Neurological
symptoms
o Animal dies

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Can we “kill” Prions?
• Very difficult

• Heat, UV, ionizing radiation, chemical…

- Virus, bacteria, fungi: 121°C_15min = STERILE

- Prions: 133°C_20min = -2log10 to -3log10 reduction

• Importance of the physical barrier

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TSE strategy

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Feed ban
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Feedban legislation

Regulation 999/2001
• Article 7 & Annex IV

Two things it regulates

• What feed material is banned for which
species?
• Prevent cross contamination

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 Feedban most important, other bans…
Cannibalism ban (ABP REG)
•Terrestrial: PAP species X to species X
•PAP of farmed fish species Y to farmed fish species Y
•It is important to specify what falls under the definition of PAP and
what not. It is also not cat 1 nor 2 protein meal that is called MBM.
Catering waste ban (ABP REG)
•To farmed animals
•Also derived from catering waste
•Not authorized in commercial petfood
21 days waiting period for OF/SI (ABP REG)
•Access to pasture land
•Harvest feed materials

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Food safety
 Prevent cross contamination
• Certain operators listed as ‘non-ruminant’
or ‘species X’ dedicated:
• - supplier ABP
• - Rendering plants
• - storage plants
• - compound feed plants
EU masterpage + technical specifications
(use “DG SANTE TSE” to find TSE page >
“Feedban”)
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•
List of
“feedban”
establishments

https://
ec.europa.eu/foo
d/safety/biologica
l-safety/food-bor
ne-diseases-zoon
oses/control-tses
/list-establishme
nts_en

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 ATTENTION for EU aquaculture
• ABP regs = mammalian PAP = M1 (exceptions
e.g. for petfood M7)
• 999/2001 listing is for dedication/separation
ruminant/non-ruminant. M1 is no requirement for
listing of mammalian PAP plants.

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Insect PAP for farmed animals
• List of species
Hermetia illucens Musca domestica  
(Black soldier fly ) (common housefly )
Tenebrio molitor Alphitobius diaperinus  
(yellow (lesser
mealworm) mealworm )
Acheta domesticus Gryllodes sigillatus Gryllus assimilis
(house cricket ) (banded cricket ) (field cricket )

• Methods 1-5 or 7 in dedicated processing plant

• Harmonized Import health certificate
• Draft amendment 142/2011: silkworm (Bombyx
mori) Food safety
Analyses
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Two official feed ban control methods
• Reg. 152/2009 + SOPs EURL-AP
• Light microscopy (terrestrial or aquatic) & PCR (ruminant or not)

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Search “EURL-AP SOP”
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Food safety
Now some excercises
on feed ban analysis

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