This newsletter is meant for those who use the IDTF (International Database Transport (for) Feed).

As a result of the publication of Regulation (EU) No 2019/1869 amending and correcting Annex 1 to Directive 2002/32/EC (undesirable substances), changes have been made to the maximum contents for arsenic, fluorine, lead, mercury, free gossypol, dioxins, sum of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs and non-dioxin like PCBs in certain animal feed, in the following documents:

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Memorandum of Understanding on the prolongation with one year of the temporary mutual recognition between OQUALIM and AIC, GMP+ International, OVOCOM and QS effective as from 1st of January 2020.

Si vous êtes actif / active dans le secteur de l'alimentation animale belge, voici la formation qu’il vaut faut!

The RASFF or Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed is the European notification centre for all hazards notifications in food and feed. This analysis of the RASFF notifications is a very useful tool for implementing and the updating your danger analysis.

The certificate of the company mentioned below has been suspended on 27/09/2019.

If you want to purchase feed or obtain services from a supplier, the supplier should be certified Feed Chain Alliance (or equivalent).

On 16/09/2019, we have published new modifications to document BT-16.

Following the recent evaluation of the aflatoxin results received in the past months, the document has been adjusted as follows:

If you want to purchase feed or obtain services from a supplier, the supplier should be certified Feed Chain Alliance (or equivalent).

Today, we modified document BT-02 Purchase: General provisions on several points.

Fortement recommandée pour les entreprises débutantes et les futures entreprises Feed Chain Alliance, cette formation complète de deux jours vous permettra de faire connaissance avec tous les principes de base du Standard Feed Chain Alliance.

In this newsletter we dive deeper into the future modification of Annex I of Regulation (EC) no 1831/2003 as regards the establishment of two new functional groups of feed additives through Regulation (EU) 2019/962.

Following the recent evaluation of the aflatoxin results received in the past months, the document has been adjusted as follows:

There have been several changes for the IDTF by the International Committee for Road Transport (GMP+ International, OVOCOM, QS, Qualimat, EFISC-GTP, AIC and AMA). The changes are now implemented in the IDTF. Please find here further information about the changes.

With this newsletter we would like to inform you about the requirements for FCA companies wishing to purchase animal feed from an RCNA certified company:

In a world where huge efforts are made to limit the spread of viruses like H3 (influenza) or ASF, it is essential to avoid any risk of contamination. In this context it is important to apply the correct cleaning regime.

Purchases of feed materials within the FCA Standard will preferably be conducted with and FCA (or equivalent) certified supplier. However, this is not always possible. In some cases, and when the supplier does not dispose of a certification, the Gatekeeper Principle may offer a solution.

For the June follow-up, we return to the amendment of Regulation (EU) 2018/686 on MRLs for chlorpyrifos-methyl residues.