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  • Animal feed

    Topics:
    • Livestock Farming, 
    • Animal feed and primary production hygiene

    Agri food inspection Branch (AfIB) implements European Union (EU), United Kingdom (UK) legislation relating to animal feeds. This involves inspection of establishments producing and marketing animal feeds and feed ingredients, checks on imports of animal feed and feed ingredients and inspection of on-farm facilities for production of animal feeds (home-mixers).

    AfIB role

    The Branch is also responsible for approving certain establishments using animal medicines or other specified feed additives and also implements a program of sampling and testing of feeds and feed ingredients.

    • List of NI approved feed business operator premises establishments

    Contingency plans

    • Animal feed safety incident management plan

    Unauthorised substances

    • Prior notification of exports of unauthorised substances to another MS or 3rd country

    More useful links

    • Forms relating to the approval/registration/change of business details of feed premises
    • Animal feed leaflets
    • ACAF Review of On- Farm Feeding Practices

    Contact details

    • Agri-food Inspection Branch - Feed Inspectorate contacts
    • DAERA AFIB PPH Inspectorate contacts

    Related content

    • Primary production hygiene - food and feed
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