Compound feedingstuffs: marketing, tracing, labelling (amend. Directive 79/373/EEC)

PURPOSE : to amend the Directive 79/373/EEC on the marketing of compound feedingstuffs. CONTENT : As regards labelling, the purpose of the above-numbered Directive is to ensure that stock farmers are informed as accurately as possible about the composition and use of feedingstuffs. Until now, the Directive has provided for a flexible declaration arrangement confined to the indication of feed materials without stating their quantity. It was also permitted to declare categories of feed materials instead of the feed materials themselves. The BSE and dioxin crises over recent years have demonstrated the inadequacy of the current provisions. This proposal for an amended Directive imposes a compulsory declaration of detailed quantitative and qualitative information about the composition of feedingstuffs for production animals. A declaration of categories of feed materials is no longer sufficient. Different arrangements apply for pet animals.�