LegalizeCommission Regulation (EU) No 68/2013 of 16 January 2013 on the Catalogue of feed materials Text with EEA relevance
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 68/2013 of 16 January 2013 on the Catalogue of feed materials (Text with EEA relevance)
Article 1
The Catalogue of feed materials referred to in Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 is established, as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
Regulation (EU) No 575/2011 is repealed.
References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation.
Article 3
Feed materials which have been labelled in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 575/2011 before 19 August 2013 may continue to be placed on the market and used until stocks are exhausted.
Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX
CATALOGUE OF FEED MATERIALS
PART A
General provisions:
(1)The use of this Catalogue by the feed business operators shall be voluntary. However, the name of a feed material listed in Part C may be used only for a feed material complying with the requirements of the entry concerned.
(2)All entries in the list of feed materials in Part C shall comply with the restrictions on the use of feed materials in accordance with the relevant legislation of the Union; particular attention shall be paid to compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) for feed materials that are or are produced from genetically modified organisms, or result from a fermentation process involving genetically modified micro-organisms. Feed materials consisting of or containing animal by-products shall fulfil the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) and of Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 (3) and their use may be subject to restrictions pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4). Feed business operators using a feed material entered in the Catalogue shall ensure that it complies with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009.
(3)‘Former foodstuffs’ means foodstuffs, other than catering reflux, which were manufactured for human consumption in full compliance with the Union food law but which are no longer intended for human consumption for practical or logistical reasons or due to problems of manufacturing or packaging defects or other defects and which do not present any health risks when used as feed. The setting of maximum contents as referred to in point 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 shall not be applicable to former foodstuffs and catering reflux. It shall apply when further processed as feed.
(4)In accordance with good practice as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5), feed materials shall be free from chemical impurities resulting from their manufacturing process and from processing aids, unless a specific maximum content is fixed in the Catalogue. Substances prohibited for use in feed shall not be present and for those substances such maximum contents shall not be fixed. In the interest of transparency, feed materials with tolerated residues are complemented with relevant information provided by feed business operators in the context of usual commercial transactions.
(5)In accordance with good practice as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005, application of the ALARA (6) principle and without prejudice to the application of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005, Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (7), Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council (8) and Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (9), it is appropriate to specify in the Catalogue of feed materials the maximum contents for chemical impurities resulting from the manufacturing process or from processing aids that are present at levels of 0,1 % or above. Maximum contents may also be set in the Catalogue for chemical impurities and processing aids present at levels lower than 0,1 % if deemed suitable for good trading practices. Unless otherwise specified in Part B or C of this Annex, any maximum content is expressed on a weight/weight basis (10).
The specific maximum contents for chemical impurities and processing aids are set either in the description of the process in Part B, in the description of the feed material in Part C or at the end of a category in Part C. Unless a specific maximum content is set in Part C, any maximum content set in Part B for a given process is applicable to any feed material listed in Part C in so far as the description of the feed material makes reference to this process and in so far as the process at stake meets the description given in Part B.
(6)Feed materials not listed in Chapter 12 of Part C which have been manufactured by fermentation and/or which have a natural presence of microorganisms may be placed on the market with live microorganisms as long as the intended use of the feed materials and compound feed containing them is
(a) not the multiplication of the microorganisms; and
(b) not linked to a function exerted by microorganism(s) according to Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
The presence of micro-organisms, as well as any function resulting thereof shall not be claimed on the feed materials and the compound feed containing them.
(7)The botanical purity of a feed material shall not be less than 95 %. However, botanical impurities such as residues of other oil seeds or oil fruits derived from a previous manufacturing process shall not exceed 0,5 % for each type of oil seed or fruit. Derogating from these general rules a specific level shall be set in the list of feed materials in Part C.
(8)The common name/qualifier of one or more of the processes, as listed in the last column of the glossary of processes in Part B, shall (11) be included, if applicable, in the name of the feed material as laid down in Part C to indicate that it has undergone the respective process or processes, unless this process is provided for in the respective description of the feed material in Part C. A feed material whose name is a combination of a name listed in Part C with the common name/qualifier of one or more of the processes listed in Part B shall be considered as included in the Catalogue and its label shall bear the compulsory declarations applicable for this feed material as set out in the last columns of Parts B and C, as applicable. Whenever set out in the last column of Part B, the specific method used for the process shall be specified in the name of the feed material. If the combination of the name of the feed material and the qualifier relating to the production process exists in part C, the declarations set out in the last columns of part C apply exclusively. The name of the feed material as referred to in Article 24(1a) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 shall be the name listed in Part C together with the common name/qualifier of one or more of the processes listed in Part B, as appropriate.
(9)If the manufacturing process for a feed material differs from the description of the process concerned, as set out in the glossary of processes in Part B, the manufacturing process shall be set out in the description of the feed material concerned.
(10)For a number of feed materials, synonyms may be used. Such synonyms are included in square brackets in the column ‘name’ of the entry for the feed material concerned in the list of feed materials in Part C.
(11)In the list of feed materials in Part C, apart from animal by-products, the word ‘product’ or ‘co-product’, as appropriate, is used instead of the word ‘by-product’ to reflect the market situation and the language used in practice by feed business operators to highlight the commercial value of feed materials.
(12)The botanical name of a plant is only given in the description of the first entry in the list of feed materials in Part C concerning that plant.
(13)The underlying principle for the compulsory labelling of analytical constituents of a certain feed material in the Catalogue is, whether a certain product contains high concentrations of a specific constituent, or the manufacturing process has changed the nutritional characteristics of the product.
(14)Article 15(g) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 in conjunction with point 6 of Annex I to that Regulation lays down labelling requirements as regards the moisture content. Article 16(1)(b) of that Regulation in conjunction with its Annex V lays down labelling requirements as regards other analytical constituents. In addition, point 5 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 requires the declaration of the level of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid if it exceeds 2,2 % in general or for certain feed material if it exceeds the level set in the relevant section of Annex V to that Regulation. However, some entries in the list of feed materials in Part C deviate from those rules as follows:
(a) compulsory declarations regarding analytical constituents in the list of feed materials in Part C replace the compulsory declarations as set out in the relevant section of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 767/2009;
(b) if the column relating to compulsory declarations in the list of feed materials in Part C is left blank with respect to the analytical constituents that would have to be declared in accordance with the relevant section of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 767/2009, none of those constituents need be labelled. For ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid, however, where no level is set in the list of feed materials in Part C, the level shall be declared if it exceeds 2,2 %;
(c) where one or more specific moisture levels are set in the column ‘compulsory declarations’ of the list of feed materials in Part C, those levels shall apply instead of the levels in point 6 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 767/2009. However, if the moisture content is below 14 % its declaration is not compulsory. Where no specific moisture level is set in that column, point 6 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 shall apply.
(15)A feed business operator, who claims a feed material has more properties than those specified in the column ‘description’ of the list of feed materials in Part C, or refers to a process listed in Part B that can be assimilated to a claim (e.g. rumen protection), shall comply with Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009. Furthermore, feed materials may meet a particular nutritional purpose in accordance with Articles 9 and 10 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009.
(16)If a feed material listed in part C, for which it is required in a footnote that the name shall be supplemented with the species, consists of several species, it can only be considered as a feed material, when the characteristics and the origin of the plants or the animals used for the feed materials, or parts thereof, are the same.
PART B
Glossary of processes
| Process | Definition | Common name/qualifier | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Air fractionation | Separation of particles by means of an air stream | Air fractionated |
| 2 | Aspiration | Process to remove dust, fine particles and other particulates with suspended grain fines from bulk grain during transfer by means of an air-flow | Aspirated |
| 3 | Blanching | Process consisting of heat treatment of an organic substance by boiling or steaming in order to denature natural enzymes, soften tissue and remove raw flavouring, followed by immersion in cold water to halt the cooking process | Blanched |
| 4 | Bleaching | Removing naturally occurring colour by chemical or physical processes or by the use of bleaching earth | Bleached |
| 5 | Chilling | Lowering the temperature below ambient but above freezing point to aid preservation. | Chilled |
| 6 | Chopping | Reduction of particle size using one or more knives | Chopped |
| 7 | Cleaning | Removal of objects (contaminants, e.g. stones) or vegetative parts of the plant e.g. unattached particles of straw or husks or weeds | Cleaned/sorted |
| 8 | Concentration (1) | Removal of water and/or other constituents (2) | Concentrate |
| 9 | Condensation | Transition of a substance from a gaseous to a liquid phase | Condensed |
| 10 | Cooking | The application of heat to change the physical and chemical characteristics of feed materials | Cooked |
| 11 | Crushing | Reduction of particle size using a crusher | Crushed |
| 12 | Crystallisation | Purification by the formation of solid crystals from a liquid solution. Impurities in the liquid are usually not incorporated into the lattice structure of the crystal | Crystallised |
| 13 | Decortication (3) | Complete or partial removal of outer layers from grains, seeds, fruits, nuts and others | Decorticated, partially decorticated |
| 14 | Dehulling/dehusking | Removal of the outer skins of beans, grains and seeds usually by physical means | Dehulled or dehusked (4) |
| 15 | Depectinising | Extraction of pectins from a feed material | Depectinised |
| 16 | Desiccation | Process of extracting moisture | Desiccated or dehydrated |
| 17 | Desliming | Process used to remove the slime layer on a surface | Deslimed |
| 18 | Desugaring | Complete or partial removal of mono- and disaccharides from molasses and other material containing sugar by chemical or physical means | Desugared, partially desugared |
| 19 | Detoxification | Process by which toxic contaminants are destroyed or reduced in concentration | Detoxified |
| 20 | Distillation | Fractionation of liquids by boiling and collecting condensed vapour into a separate container | Distilled |
| 21 | Drying | Dehydration by artificial or natural processes | Naturally dried or artificially dried, as appropriate |
| 22 | Ensiling | Process by which natural deterioration of feed materials is controlled by acidification in anaerobic condition resulting from natural fermentation or/and addition of silage additives | Ensiled |
| 23 | Evaporation | Reducing water content | Evaporated |
| 24 | Expansion | Thermal process, during which the product’s internal water content, abruptly steamed, leads to the breaking-up of the product | Expanded or puffed |
| 25 | Expelling | Removal of oil/fat by pressing | Expeller/cake and oil/fat |
| 26 | Extraction | Removal by partial or total separation of soluble constituents from a raw material with water or another solvent into liquid and solid phases, the resulting materials being an extract (5) and one or several co-products of extraction (6) | Extract/oil/sugar or co-product of extraction/meal/molasses/pulp, as appropriate |
| 27 | Extrusion | Thermal process during which the product’s internal water content is rapidly evaporated leading to the breaking-down of the product, combined with specific shaping of the product by passing through a defined orifice | Extruded |
| 28 | Fermentation | Process in which micro-organisms such as bacteria, fungi or yeasts either are produced or used on materials to modify their chemical composition or properties | Fermented |
| 29 | Filtration | The process of passing a liquid through a porous media or membrane filter in order to remove solid particles, resulting in the filtered feed material and the filter residue (2) | Filtered |
| 30 | Flaking | Rolling of moist heat-treated material to generate thin pieces of material | Flakes |
| 31 | Flour milling | Reduction of particle size of dry grain and to facilitate separation into constituent fractions (principally flour, bran and middlings) | Flour, bran, middlings (7) or feed, as appropriate |
| 32 | Winterisation | Cooling of oils separates the more saturated parts of the oils and the more unsaturated parts of the oil. The more saturated parts of the oil congeal by cooling, while the more unsaturated parts of the oil are liquid and may e.g. be decanted. The winterized product is the congealed oil | Winterised |
| 33 | Fragmentation | Process of breaking a feed material into fragments | Fragmented |
| 34 | Frying | Process of cooking feed materials in an oil or fat | Fried |
| 35 | Gelling | Process to form a gel, a solid, jelly-like material that can have properties ranging from soft and weak to hard and tough usually using gelling agents | Gelled |
| 36 | Granulation | Treatment of feed materials to obtain a specific particle size and consistency | Granulated |
| 37 | Grinding/milling | Reducing the particle size of solid feed materials in a dry or wet process | Ground or milled |
| 38 | Heating | Heat treatments carried out under specific conditions such as pressure and moisture | Heated / Heat treated |
| 39 | Hydrogenation | Catalytic process aimed at saturating double bonds of oils/fats/fatty acids, carried out at high temperature under hydrogen pressure, in order to obtain partially of or fully saturated triglycerides/fatty acids, or polyols by reduction of carbonyl groups of carbohydrates to hydroxyl groups | Hydrogenated, partially hydrogenated |
| 40 | Hydrolysis | Reduction of molecular size by appropriate treatment with water and either heat/pressure, enzymes or acid/alkali. For hydrolysed feed materials covered by Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, the definition laid down therein applies | Hydrolysed |
| 41 | Liquefying | Transition from a solid or a gas phase into a liquid | Liquefied |
| 42 | Maceration | Process of placing either a raw material proposed for a feed material, or a feed material itself, in a liquid in order to solubilize its compounds, using mechanical methods. This results in a reduction of the size of the feed material (2) | Macerated |
| 43 | Malting | Allowing grain to commence germination to activate naturally occurring enzymes that are able to break down starch to fermentable carbohydrates and proteins to amino acids and peptides | Malted |
| 44 | Melting | Transition from a solid to a liquid phase by the application of heat | Melted |
| 45 | Micronisation | Process of reducing the average diameter of a solid material’s particles to the micrometre scale | Micronised |
| 46 | Parboiling | Process of soaking in water and subjecting to a heat treatment so that starch is fully gelatinised, followed by a drying process | Parboiled |
| 47 | Pasteurisation | Heating to a critical temperature for a specified time to eliminate harmful micro-organisms, followed by rapid cooling | Pasteurised |
| 48 | Peeling | Removal of the skin/peel from fruit and vegetables | Peeled |
| 49 | Pelleting | Shaping by compression through a die | Pellet, pelleted |
| 50 | Rice milling | Removal of almost all or part of the bran and embryo from husked rice | Milled |
| 51 | Pregelatinisation | Modification of starch to significantly improve its swelling properties in cold water | Pregelatinised (8) |
| 52 | Pressing (9) | Partial or total separation of liquid and solid phases by mechanical forces | Pressed |
| 53 | Refining | Complete or partial removal of impurities or unwanted components by chemical/physical treatment | Refined, partially refined |
| 54 | Roasting | Heating of feed materials into a dry state to improve digestibility, increase colour and/or reduce naturally occurring anti-nutritive factors | Roasted |
| 55 | Rolling | Reduction of particle size by passing the material, e.g. grains, between pairs of rollers | Rolled |
| 56 | Rumen protection | Process which, either by physical treatment with use of heat, pressure, steam and combination of such conditions and/or through the action of e.g. lignosulfonates, sodium hydroxide or organic acids (such as propionic or tannic acid) aims to protect the nutrients from degradation in the rumen. Feed materials shall not be rumen protected by formaldehyde | Rumen protected through the action of [insert as applicable] |
| 57 | Sieving/Screening | Separation of particles of different sizes by passing feed materials through screen(s) whilst being shaken or poured | Sieved, sifted, screened |
| 58 | Skimming | Separating the top floating layer of a liquid by mechanical means, e.g. milk fat | Skimmed |
| 59 | Slicing | Cutting feed materials into flat pieces | Sliced |
| 60 | Soaking/Steeping | Moistening and softening of feed materials, usually seeds, to reduce cooking time, aid seed coat removal and facilitate water uptake to activate the germination process or reduce concentration of naturally occurring anti-nutritive factors | Steeped |
| 61 | Spray-drying | Reducing the moisture content of a liquid by creating a spray or mist of feed material to increase the surface area to weight ratio through which warm air is blown | [Spray-]dried, powder |
| 62 | Steaming | Process using pressurised steam for heating and cooking to increase digestibility | Steamed |
| 63 | Toasting | Heating using dry heat usually applied to oilseeds, e.g. to reduce or remove naturally occurring anti-nutritive factors | Toasted |
| 64 | Ultra-filtration | Filtration of liquids through a fine membrane permeable to small molecules only | Ultra-filtered |
| 65 | Degermination | Process of complete or partial removal of germ from crushed cereal grain | Degermed, degerminated |
| 66 | Infra-red micronisation | Thermal process using infrared heat for cooking and roasting cereals, roots, seeds or tubers, or their co-products, usually followed by flaking | Infrared micronised |
| 67 | Oil/fats and hydrogenated oils/fats splitting | Chemical process of hydrolysis of fats/oils. The reaction of fats/oils with water, carried out at high temperatures and pressures, allows obtaining crude fatty acids in the hydrophobic phase and sweet waters (crude glycerol) in the hydrophilic phase | Split |
| 68 | Ultrasound sonication | Release of soluble compounds by mechanical processing with power ultrasound and heat in water | Sonicated |
| 69 | Mechanical food packaging removal | Mechanical removal of packaging material | Mechanically unpacked |
| 70 | Alkali treatment [soda treatment] | Applying sodium hydroxide (10) on a feed material rich in fiber to improve its digestibility | Soda treated |
| (1) In German ‘Konzentrieren’ may be replaced by ‘Eindicken’ where appropriate, in which case the common qualifier should be ‘eingedickt’. (2) The principal purpose of the resulting feed materials is to supply proteins, carbohydrates, fats, energy, minerals or dietary fibres. (3) ‘Decortication’ may be replaced by ‘dehulling’ or ‘dehusking’ where appropriate, in which case the common qualifier should be ‘dehulled’ or ‘dehusked’. (4) In the case of rice, this process is referred to as ‘husking’ and the common qualifier as ‘husked’. (5) Extract refers to the liquid phase containing the solubles (e.g. fat/oil, sugar or other soluble components). The principal purpose of these extracts as feed materials is to supply proteins, carbohydrates, fats, energy, minerals or dietary fibres. The fact that extraction is listed as a process for feed materials does not preclude that extracts can be classified as feed additives. (6) Co-product of extraction refers to the remaining fraction of the extraction process other than the extract, e.g. meal or pulp. The principal purpose of these co-products of extraction as feed materials is to supply proteins, carbohydrates, fats, energy, minerals or dietary fibres. (7) In French the name ‘issues’ may be used. (8) In German the qualifier ‘aufgeschlossen’ and the name ‘Quellwasser’ (referring to starch) may be used. In Danish the qualifier ‘Kvældning’ and the name ‘Kvældet’ (referring to starch) may be used. (9) In French ‘Pressage’ may be replaced by ‘Extraction mécanique’ where appropriate. (10) Instructions for proper and safe use shall be respected. |
PART C
List of feed materials
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