Feed

Food Compliance Int. advises clients on the composition and labeling of feed and pet products and has specific expertise on the regulatory framework for animal by-products.

We performed an EU wide regulatory due diligence check for the $2.2 billion acquisition of the world's largest animal by-product rendering company.

Feed materials

The rules on the marketing and labelling of feed are laid down in Regulation 767/2009. Feed materials must be included in the EU Catalogue of feed materials, listed in Commission Regulation 68/2013. In order to be included, feed materials must be notified before the representatives of the European feed business sectors.

Regulation 767/2009 lays down general labeling requirements for feed and specific requirements for feed materials, compound feed, feed intended for particular nutritional purposes, pet food and contaminated feed.

Rules on feed hygiene are laid down in Regulation 183/2005 and rules on undesirable substances are laid down in Directive 2002/32.

Feed additives

Feed additives are regulated under Regulation 1831/2003. The regulation specifies the categories of additives, their conditions of use and their specific labeling requirements.

Feed additives need to be authorized in accordance with an EU procedure. The application dossier needs to contain studies on the safety and efficacy of the additive.

Animal by-products

Animal by-products and derived products are parts of animals, products of animal origin or other products obtained from animals, which are not intended for human consumption and products derived therefrom.

Strict rules have been laid down in Regulation 1069/2009 on how animal by-products may be disposed and used, depending on the category of by-product. Only category 3 material may be used for the production of feed and pet food.

Certain activities involving the handling of animal by-products are subject to prior approval by the national authorities of the Member States.

The dispatch of animal by-products within the EU is subject to restrictions and may be refused by the Member States.

Success Stories

We represented the world's top dairy producer in a high profile application for the use of the term "probiotic"; in the EU, coordinating the work in several EU countries

We represented one of the global leaders in the life science markets refuting a forthcoming Spanish policy directly affecting one of their top-grossing ingredients, by filing a complaint before the European Commission

We represented one of Japan's largest food-processing companies in the impact of new GMO rules for their products in Poland and Russia

We advised one of the world's leading companies in the healthcare and medical products industry with their communication strategy on health claims on their flagship line of products

We performed the regulatory due diligence in a multi-million dollar acquisition of a food ingredients producer by an animal by-products processing company

We represented one of the world's fruit and fruit juice manufacturers on the conformity of the labelling of their new products in several jurisdictions

We advised the world's number one online food supplement store in their expansion in the EU with their own line of products

We analyzed composition and labelling of their products, classified them and placed them on several EU countries

We represented a publicly traded pharmaceutical company based on several food policy issues such as advertising claims, withdrawals and recalls and the placing on the market of novel food

We advised one of the world's largest food ingredients companies on a high profile, highly confidential issue with one of their top-grossing products in a EU country

We assisted a food sector association in advocating a policy revision by the European Commission in relation to health claims

We helped one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies with the negotiation with the authorities in connection with the withdrawal of one of their flagship products from the market

We helped several governments to draft several food safety policies

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