Animal feed

We are responsible for making sure that feeds and fertilisers are of an acceptable quality and are correctly labelled.

Legislation

We enforce a wide range of legislation for feeding stuffs which lays down detailed labelling requirements and standards of composition.
A lot of the information that is required is similar to food labels with "best before" dates, ingredients and nutritional labelling.
The legislation covers all farm and pet animals, from cattle, sheep and pigs to dogs, cats and rabbits. There are also rules for wild animal feed.
The feed should contain no dangerous or unwholesome materials, such as heavy metals, foreign matter or certain animal by-products.

Monitoring

To make sure that such standards are met, we:

Carry out inspections at all points in the supply chain.
Make visits to manufacturers of feed, including farmers who mix feed for their own holdings.
Hold a register of all manufacturers and wholesalers of feeding stuffs in Derbyshire.
Provide advice and assistance to help business to comply with the law.
Investigate complaints of wrongly labelled or unwholesome feed.

Where there are serious problems we may consider taking legal action.

Fertilisers

We also make sure that fertilisers are correctly labelled and contain no illegal animal by-products. Officers routinely sample products such as agricultural lime at the many quarries within Derbyshire.

Please use the link below to look at and download our leaflet: "Retail sale of pet food".

Animal feed

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