Authorisation requirements and what you need to submit as part of your application.
Feed additives are products authorised for specific purposes in animal feed, for example:
- satisfy the nutritional needs of animals
- favourably affect the characteristics of animal products
- favourably affect animal production, performance or welfare, particularly by affecting the gastro-intestinal flora or digestibility of feedingstuffs
Feed additives must be authorised before they are placed on the market in Great Britain (GB) and may only be used for the purpose stated in the authorisation. If a feed additive is intended to perform more than one function, a separate authorisation is required for each function.
Register of feed additives
FSS maintains a register that accurately reflects the authorisation status of feed additives as determined by the appropriate authority (ministers) in Scotland, England, and Wales. The register of feed additives lists the feed additives permitted for use in Great Britain and provides references to their terms of authorisation. Regulation (EC) 1831/2003 is the legal basis for the use of individual feed additives.